... to the University of Montana's English Department.
We congratulate this year's graduates and look forward to the 2008-09 academic year. In the meantime,
the first summer session begins on May 19.
OUTSTANDING SENIORS:
This year's Mortar Board Outstanding Seniors are Tessa Larson (English Teaching), Carly Jenkins (Literature), and Rebecca Hefty (Creative Writing). Congratulations!
FALL 08 COURSES:
The Fall 2008 course descriptions are now available.
ADJUNCT POSITIONS:
The department is inviting applications for adjunct positions for the 2008-09 academic year, mostly in Composition.
GRAD/FAC CONFERENCE:
This year's Graduate Student and Faculty Research conference will be held on Saturday, April 5, in the University Center. Besides poster and oral presentations by UM faculty and graduate students, the conference will feature a Roundtable Discussion entitled "Ethics in Modern Graduate Studies." See the conference website for more details.
GARLANDS:
The Department congratulates Professor Casey Charles for receiving the Pantzer Presidential Humanitarian Award, Professor Katie Kane for being awarded a research grant by the Montana Committee for the Humanities, and Professor Deirdre McNamer, whose novel Red Rover won the 2007 Montana Book Award.
THE NEW POET LAUREATE:
The English Department proudly congratulates Greg Pape for being named the new poet laureate of Montana. Governor Brian Schweitzer announced that Pape would succeed Sandra Alcosser for a designation that "recognizes and honors a citizen poet of exceptional talent and accomplishment."
ON THE NIGHTSTAND:
Joanna Klink's second book of poetry, Circadian, John Glendening's The Evolutionary Imagination in Late-Victorian Novels, and Deirdre McNamer's new novel, Red Rover (available 8/2), have all been published this summer. See Garlands for more faculty news.
NOT JUST VISITING:
The English Department is pleased to welcome an exciting group of visiting faculty for the upcoming academic year.
CROSSROADS:
We welcome our new colleague and new Director of Creative Writing, Prageeta Sharma, and continue to celebrate our retiring colleague, Kate Gadbow, whose stewardship of the program ended early this summer.
