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Footnotes: The Department Newsletter

Volume 52 | November 5, 2007 | Number 11

FROM THE MAIN OFFICE

Mandatory 2007 Ethics Training
The online Ethics training continues through November 14 th. All University of Illinois employees are required to complete this training. http://www.etcc.il.gov/.

FROM THE GRADUATE STUDIES OFFICE

Fellowship Payment
Graduate students on fellowship for the Fall semester (8/16/07-12/15/07), will receive their last fellowship payment on 12/16/07.

Congratulations!
Martha Webber successfully passed her Special Field exam with Distinction on Material Rhetoric and Composition ( Hawhee, Ch.; Mortensen, Schaffner, Prendergast, Nguye) on 10/26/07.

FALL 2007 - DATES TO REMEMBER
November 9: Last day for student to drop a semester course without a grade of W (without approval)
November 9: Last day to add name to Dec. degree list
November 9: Last day to elect credit-no-credit option for a semester course or to change from credit-no-credit option to a regular grade
November 9: Last day to withdraw from the current term without a grade of W
Nov 17 - 25: Fall vacation for students
Nov 22 - 23: Thanksgiving Break (all campus holiday)
November 26: Instruction resumes
November 30: Last day to drop a second half-session course
November 30: Last day to elect credit-no-credit option for a second half-session course or to change from credit-no-credit option to a regular grade
November 30: Last day to take final exam for Dec. doctoral degree
December 7: Instruction ends
December 7: Last day to deposit Dec. master's theses December 8: Last day to add or drop a second half-session course with approval (a W is recorded)
December 8: Last day to add or drop a semester course with approval (a W is recorded)
December 8: Reading Day
Dec 10 – 15: Final examination period
December 10: Last day to change an I grade from spring or summer to prevent F by rule
December 14: Last day to deposit Dec. doctoral dissertations
December 17: Dec. degree conferral (no commencement)

INTERNSHIP

The Morris K. Udall Foundation is pleased to announce their 2008 Internship Program opportunity!

The Native American Congressional Internship Program is a ten-week summer internship in Washington, DC, for Native American and Alaska Native undergraduate, graduate and law students. Students are placed in Congressional offices, committees, or select agencies to experience an insider’s view of the federal government and learn more about the federal government’s trust relationship with tribes. The Foundation provides round-trip airfare, housing, per diem, and a $1,200 educational stipend. Applications must be received at the Foundation by January 31, 2008.

We encourage you to visit our website at www.udall.gov to learn more about our programs! Interested students may contact me at the information below. We look forward to hearing from you!

Contact: Colin R. Ben, Program Manager, Native American Congressional Internship Program, Morris K. Udall Foundation, 130 South Scott Ave., Tucson, AZ 85701-1922, Email: ben@udall.gov, Phone: (520) 901-8568, Fax: (520) 901-8570, Website: www.udall.gov.

MLA BOOTH ASSISTANT NEEDED

Council of Editors of Learned Journals needs a booth assistant for the Chicago MLA
Responsibilities and Deadlines for the Booth Attendant at the MLA: Each year the Council of Editors of Learned Journals (CELJ) sponsors a double booth at the Modern Language Association book exhibit, where CELJ members may display and promote their journals. Because the CELJ executive officers are spread across the continent—at present in Texas, New York, and Washington state—and are involved with many CELJ activities throughout MLA, we arrange each year to employ one or two graduate students in the convention city as contacts and attendants for the booth display.

One of the booth staff members has to provide a reliable postal address—not a P.O. box—a telephone number, a fax number, and an e-mail address that can be put on the flier sent out in the fall to CELJ members, asking them to provide copies of their journals for display.

To this address, in the weeks before the convention, will be sent roughly an SUV- or station-wagon-load of journals, fliers, pamphlets, other advertising materials, AND three large bundles of the Times Literary Supplement for distribution. A number of magazine racks will also arrive from their place of storage at one of the officers’ homes. The attendant(s) will need to have a place to pile these materials for a few weeks. A day or so before the conference starts, it’s very important to visit the site and ask whether we’ll be required to use union labor or, preferably, allowed to do our unloading either at the dock or through the front entrance (at no cost). If the former, find out where the unloading will take place and get a price estimate from the union for “drayage.” Beforehand, you’ll want to weigh the boxes on a bathroom scale and note the weight on each, as well as on a separate list. The union workers at the unloading dock will expect an estimate of the total weight of the shipment. They may suggest that you “crate” the materials to simplify unloading, but that will most likely be impractical; however, the fewer boxes into which you can consolidate all the materials without risk to anyone’s back, the better (10-ream boxes from printer paper work well).

Hours and Duties: On the first day of the convention—Thursday, December 27 th—the booth staff members transport the materials to the convention site, where the president (or, in case of airport delays, another officer) will oversee the work of setting up the space we’re assigned and of arranging the display with the following: a banner, journal racks on two long tables, a chair at the entrance with “Free TLS Issues” (which will need a sign), and a side area accommodating a round table and two chairs for “Chat with an Editor.” If any of the furnishings are missing, we’ll contact Convention Services for help.

For 2007, move-in hours for exhibitors are 8 am to 5 pm (though not much happens before 10:00). Be sure to bring scotch tape, a pair of scissors, and post-it notes not packed in the boxes.

The actual exhibit hours are 9 am to 6 pm on the 28 th and 29 th, and 9 am to 1 pm on the 30 th. During these hours, the staff member(s) will be at the booth answering questions, distributing copies of TLS, and so on—for much of the time with the help of a CELJ officer or member editor. At some point, Conference Services will leave a bill at the booth—that bill goes to the CELJ treasurer, who needs to pay it the same day, if possible.

On the final day, we give away the journals, starting at 9 am—any journals that were reserved in advance lose that status as of 10 am. After the exhibit closes at 1 pm on the final day of the convention, the staff member(s) will help the president pack up the exhibit and clean up the display area. We throw out the left-over journals.

Reimbursement and Benefits: The reimbursement for attendants totals $500, for one person or to be divided between two people as they agree (either between equal partners or between a main attendant and a second person signed on for help with hauling and for occasional relief during the conference itself). Both attendants receive badges allowing access to the full MLA book display (one also allows attendance at any evening sessions that might seem interesting), as well as letters of recommendation and appreciation from CELJ for a job well done. The check will be handed over at the close of the conference.
_________________

For the 2007 MLA convention, the exhibit hall is located at the Hyatt Regency Chicago, 151 E. Wacker Dr., and CELJ’s booth numbers are 811/813. Both the president and the secretary/treasurer arrive on the 26 th and can arrange a specific time to meet you on the 27th; setting up the booth takes a couple of hours, depending on how much we have. As for materials coming to you (probably right up through the 26 th), you can expect somewhere in the realm of 250-350 journals. Furthermore, the biggest single package will contain hundreds of copies of the CELJ issue of TLS, for distribution. So we're talking definitely a few hundred pounds. The materials will fit fairly comfortably in a station wagon or van—or can be transported in two car trips. Getting all this to the Convention Center is half of the booth attendant’s job.

Contact information:Nicholas Birns, CELJ Secretary/Treasurer, Antipodes, New School University, 205 East Tenth Street, New York, NY 10003, Phone: 212-533-8397, Cell: 646-460-3124, Fax: 212-229-8585, birnsn@newschool.edu.

FACULTY ACTIVITIES

Ramona Curry
--- has received the 2006-07 Illinois Student Senate Award (bestowed by that body's Academic Affairs Committee) for "Excellence in Discussion" leadership in the classroom. After officially notifying her recently that she had won the award, two student senators presented a framed certificate to her on Nov. 2 during a session of her English 104: Introduction to Film class.

Prof. Curry's teaching of that General Education English course received mention over the summer in an article that appeared on the university's webpage and in the LAS College News about Don Ferguson, a 2006 English Department Rhetoric graduate who is now working in the film industry. Ferguson reports that he decided to pursue a minor in Cinema Studies after taking the Intro to Film course with Prof. Curry. http://www.las.uiuc.edu/news/2007spring/07june_tolono.html



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Footnotes Directory	Footnotes: The Department Newsletter Volume 52 \| November 5, 2007 \| Number 11 FROM THE MAIN OFFICE Mandatory 2007 Ethics Training The online Ethics training continues through November 14 th. All University of Illinois employees are required to complete this training. http://www.etcc.il.gov/. FROM THE GRADUATE STUDIES OFFICE Fellowship Payment Graduate students on fellowship for the Fall semester (8/16/07-12/15/07), will receive their last fellowship payment on 12/16/07. Congratulations! Martha Webber successfully passed her Special Field exam with Distinction on Material Rhetoric and Composition ( Hawhee, Ch.; Mortensen, Schaffner, Prendergast, Nguye) on 10/26/07. FALL 2007 - DATES TO REMEMBER November 9: Last day for student to drop a semester course without a grade of W (without approval) November 9: Last day to add name to Dec. degree list November 9: Last day to elect credit-no-credit option for a semester course or to change from credit-no-credit option to a regular grade November 9: Last day to withdraw from the current term without a grade of W Nov 17 - 25: Fall vacation for students Nov 22 - 23: Thanksgiving Break (all campus holiday) November 26: Instruction resumes November 30: Last day to drop a second half-session course November 30: Last day to elect credit-no-credit option for a second half-session course or to change from credit-no-credit option to a regular grade November 30: Last day to take final exam for Dec. doctoral degree December 7: Instruction ends December 7: Last day to deposit Dec. master's theses December 8: Last day to add or drop a second half-session course with approval (a W is recorded) December 8: Last day to add or drop a semester course with approval (a W is recorded) December 8: Reading Day Dec 10 – 15: Final examination period December 10: Last day to change an I grade from spring or summer to prevent F by rule December 14: Last day to deposit Dec. doctoral dissertations December 17: Dec. degree conferral (no commencement) INTERNSHIP The Morris K. Udall Foundation is pleased to announce their 2008 Internship Program opportunity! The Native American Congressional Internship Program is a ten-week summer internship in Washington, DC, for Native American and Alaska Native undergraduate, graduate and law students. Students are placed in Congressional offices, committees, or select agencies to experience an insider’s view of the federal government and learn more about the federal government’s trust relationship with tribes. The Foundation provides round-trip airfare, housing, per diem, and a $1,200 educational stipend. Applications must be received at the Foundation by January 31, 2008. We encourage you to visit our website at www.udall.gov to learn more about our programs! Interested students may contact me at the information below. We look forward to hearing from you! Contact: Colin R. Ben, Program Manager, Native American Congressional Internship Program, Morris K. Udall Foundation, 130 South Scott Ave., Tucson, AZ 85701-1922, Email: ben@udall.gov, Phone: (520) 901-8568, Fax: (520) 901-8570, Website: www.udall.gov. MLA BOOTH ASSISTANT NEEDED Council of Editors of Learned Journals needs a booth assistant for the Chicago MLA Responsibilities and Deadlines for the Booth Attendant at the MLA: Each year the Council of Editors of Learned Journals (CELJ) sponsors a double booth at the Modern Language Association book exhibit, where CELJ members may display and promote their journals. Because the CELJ executive officers are spread across the continent—at present in Texas, New York, and Washington state—and are involved with many CELJ activities throughout MLA, we arrange each year to employ one or two graduate students in the convention city as contacts and attendants for the booth display. One of the booth staff members has to provide a reliable postal address—not a P.O. box—a telephone number, a fax number, and an e-mail address that can be put on the flier sent out in the fall to CELJ members, asking them to provide copies of their journals for display. To this address, in the weeks before the convention, will be sent roughly an SUV- or station-wagon-load of journals, fliers, pamphlets, other advertising materials, AND three large bundles of the Times Literary Supplement for distribution. A number of magazine racks will also arrive from their place of storage at one of the officers’ homes. The attendant(s) will need to have a place to pile these materials for a few weeks. A day or so before the conference starts, it’s very important to visit the site and ask whether we’ll be required to use union labor or, preferably, allowed to do our unloading either at the dock or through the front entrance (at no cost). If the former, find out where the unloading will take place and get a price estimate from the union for “drayage.” Beforehand, you’ll want to weigh the boxes on a bathroom scale and note the weight on each, as well as on a separate list. The union workers at the unloading dock will expect an estimate of the total weight of the shipment. They may suggest that you “crate” the materials to simplify unloading, but that will most likely be impractical; however, the fewer boxes into which you can consolidate all the materials without risk to anyone’s back, the better (10-ream boxes from printer paper work well). Hours and Duties: On the first day of the convention—Thursday, December 27 th—the booth staff members transport the materials to the convention site, where the president (or, in case of airport delays, another officer) will oversee the work of setting up the space we’re assigned and of arranging the display with the following: a banner, journal racks on two long tables, a chair at the entrance with “Free TLS Issues” (which will need a sign), and a side area accommodating a round table and two chairs for “Chat with an Editor.” If any of the furnishings are missing, we’ll contact Convention Services for help. For 2007, move-in hours for exhibitors are 8 am to 5 pm (though not much happens before 10:00). Be sure to bring scotch tape, a pair of scissors, and post-it notes not packed in the boxes. The actual exhibit hours are 9 am to 6 pm on the 28 th and 29 th, and 9 am to 1 pm on the 30 th. During these hours, the staff member(s) will be at the booth answering questions, distributing copies of TLS, and so on—for much of the time with the help of a CELJ officer or member editor. At some point, Conference Services will leave a bill at the booth—that bill goes to the CELJ treasurer, who needs to pay it the same day, if possible. On the final day, we give away the journals, starting at 9 am—any journals that were reserved in advance lose that status as of 10 am. After the exhibit closes at 1 pm on the final day of the convention, the staff member(s) will help the president pack up the exhibit and clean up the display area. We throw out the left-over journals. Reimbursement and Benefits: The reimbursement for attendants totals $500, for one person or to be divided between two people as they agree (either between equal partners or between a main attendant and a second person signed on for help with hauling and for occasional relief during the conference itself). Both attendants receive badges allowing access to the full MLA book display (one also allows attendance at any evening sessions that might seem interesting), as well as letters of recommendation and appreciation from CELJ for a job well done. The check will be handed over at the close of the conference. _________________ For the 2007 MLA convention, the exhibit hall is located at the Hyatt Regency Chicago, 151 E. Wacker Dr., and CELJ’s booth numbers are 811/813. Both the president and the secretary/treasurer arrive on the 26 th and can arrange a specific time to meet you on the 27th; setting up the booth takes a couple of hours, depending on how much we have. As for materials coming to you (probably right up through the 26 th), you can expect somewhere in the realm of 250-350 journals. Furthermore, the biggest single package will contain hundreds of copies of the CELJ issue of TLS, for distribution. So we're talking definitely a few hundred pounds. The materials will fit fairly comfortably in a station wagon or van—or can be transported in two car trips. Getting all this to the Convention Center is half of the booth attendant’s job. Contact information:Nicholas Birns, CELJ Secretary/Treasurer, Antipodes, New School University, 205 East Tenth Street, New York, NY 10003, Phone: 212-533-8397, Cell: 646-460-3124, Fax: 212-229-8585, birnsn@newschool.edu. FACULTY ACTIVITIES Ramona Curry --- has received the 2006-07 Illinois Student Senate Award (bestowed by that body's Academic Affairs Committee) for "Excellence in Discussion" leadership in the classroom. After officially notifying her recently that she had won the award, two student senators presented a framed certificate to her on Nov. 2 during a session of her English 104: Introduction to Film class. Prof. Curry's teaching of that General Education English course received mention over the summer in an article that appeared on the university's webpage and in the LAS College News about Don Ferguson, a 2006 English Department Rhetoric graduate who is now working in the film industry. Ferguson reports that he decided to pursue a minor in Cinema Studies after taking the Intro to Film course with Prof. Curry. http://www.las.uiuc.edu/news/2007spring/07june_tolono.html

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