Thursday's Notes

1. Announcements:

• Ian Barnard, Petra Dierkes-Thrun, and Leilani Hall will speak at Sigma Tau Delta's English Grad School Workshop from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 26 in 310 Sierra Hall. The event will help answer questions students have about the process of applying to and attending graduate school. Refreshments will be served.
• Members of the English Department Personnel Committee will be available 1:30-3 p.m. Oct. 24 and 3:30-5 p.m. Oct. 25 in Sierra Tower 703 to hear from students who wish to comment on the teaching effectiveness of any of the faculty members being considered for Retention, Tenure, or Promotion. If unable to attend, students may submit written comments to the Personnel Committee at Sierra Tower 704. All comments will be held in confidence by the committee.

2. Reminders:

• Provost Harry Hellenbrand will host question-and-answer sessions concerning the Retention, Tenure, and Promotion process: 12:30-2 p.m. Oct. 25 and 10-11:30 a.m. Nov. 17. Both sessions will be held in Sierra Hall 451. Reservations can be made at extension 6536 or kelly.kroeker@csun.edu.
• Each semester the English Department recognizes outstanding work by its students with a variety of awards. The Oliver W. Evans Writing Prize ($100) is awarded for the best piece of prose (critical or creative) submitted in an upper-division English course. The Eva Latif Writing Prize in Children’s Literature ($100) is awarded for the best piece of writing (critical or creative) by a student on the subject of children’s literature. The Henry Van Slooten Award ($500) is a new prize to be awarded to a lower-division student who has written an essay on any topic that best demonstrates “a passion for the English language.” Contact Evelyn McClave for submission requirements. The deadline for submissions for student awards is Nov. 13.
• The Harry Finestone Award of $750 will be given to the graduate student whose thesis in literary studies is considered by a panel to be the most distinguished. The thesis must be nominated by the faculty director, and the panel will evaluate the nominees on the following criteria: potential scholarly impact; logical and effective organization; and clarity, coherence, and elegance of prose style. The thesis must have been filed in 2005-2006 and the student must have a GPA of 3.5. Nomination forms are available in the English Department Office (706 Sierra Tower). The application deadline is Nov.3.The Northridge Review staff invites you to join in on the celebration of the Fall 2006 issue of CSUN's award-winning literary magazine. The celebration starts at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 13 in Jerome Richfield 319. Refreshments will be served. Friends and family are welcome to join in on the fun.
• The Richard Lid and Helen Lodge Scholarship is an annual award of $500 given to a graduate student enrolled in English and/or Secondary Education to help pay for fees for graduate work. The applicant must be teaching in middle school or secondary school or be on sabbatical. Applications are available in the English Department Office and are due Nov. 13.
• The Huntington Library has a variety of short- and long-term fellowships available for faculty members and graduate students. The fellowships allow scholars to use the extensive library collection for their projects and provide some monetary compensation. The application deadline is Dec. 15. For information, visit http://www.huntington.org.
• The Northridge Review is accepting submissions from students for the Spring 2007 issue of CSUN's award-winning literary magazine. For guidelines and cover sheets visit: http://www.csun.edu/English/northridgereview.html.
• Thursday’s Notes is also published weekly on our department webpage. Please submit items for upcoming Thursday’s Notes to Scott Andrews, the Associate Chair, or to the Thursday’s Notes folder in Martha Alzamora’s office.

3. Faculty/Student/Staff Achievements:

• Leilani Hall presented her paper "Creative Writing as the Paitent Body" at the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association conference in Tucson. She is currently one of two advisors to the Associated Writing Programs Pedagogy Steering Committee.
• Evelyn McClave has been asked to serve on the Scientific Committee for the International Society of Gesture Studies conference in June at Northwestern University.

4. New Items in the Thursday’s Notes file (ST708) or on Bulletin Board (Outside 710)

Competitions and Fellowships 

• Research opportunities are available in connection with the Tseng Family Collection of Chinese antiquities, which were donated to CSUN by Roland Tseng. The research may be focused on artistry, history, language and culture of China, or on the origin, nature, and artistry of the donated antiquities. A total pool of $50,000 will be available to award in 2006-2007. The proposal deadline is Nov. 29. Guidelines are available at http://www.csun.edu/research/03_Research/09_on-campuscompetion.html.

Lectures and Other Events 

• James Ballard, associate professor of Sociology at CSUN, will present "Publishing Successfully: Strategies for Success" 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Nov. 7 in 451 Sierra Hall (Whitsett Room). Reseervations can be made by contacting kelly.kroeker@csun.edu.
• Online Instruction and Smart Technologies will present "SmartBoards in Essence and Manifestation," a demonstration and workshop on SmartBoard technology in some CSUN classrooms, 3-4:30 Oct. 31 in 451 Sierra Hall (Whitsett Room).
  

Compiled by Scott Andrews, Associate Chair

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