For interested parties, please see this nifty run-down of what’s what in CoLEAGs land:
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| Mary has been getting in touch with wp organizers and students to understand needs. There may be a poll in the works to get a clearer picture of what the process for teaching selection has been like for those teaching lit. Workshops may also be on the way! | Laura is setting up two professionalization panels (Nov & Apr) on the job search process. Look out for more info for the first one covering interviews with a panel of new professors and students on the job market. Budget for snacks: $25 per event. | |
| Caitlyn shared info from the first GPSF meeting including the new campus-wide orientation fee that is being reworked by the grad school, mandatory sexual harassment training, and grant money for Boundaries for food. | Rae and Doreen have confirmed speaker Dr. Liz Grosz for our April 8 Boundaries event. Funds for honorarium confirmed. Need money for food. | |
| Nora has been developing a lot of resources to help connect DoECL grads connect with various centers on campus that provide important training and support. She is also working putting together a guide for these centers including a possible walking tour. If we can get 20+ people interested, we may also be able to have a group training session in Greenlaw! Money for snacks pending. | Laurel and Anna are gearing up for the second Furst Forum talk with Paul Stapleton on Oct 30th. Also discussed: ideal days for future talks and publicity. Funding for Furst Forum separate and all set. | |
| Michael and Anneke are looking into teaching awards for comp lit students and spearheading a move to make the town halls work for graduate students. Additionally, they encourage all grad students to attend the external review open session. Interested parted should keep an eye out for a group prep-session to organize talking points for grad students to make the most of our 30 minute time slot. | Tyler is planning 1-2 roundtables for participants to circulate work, present for 5-7 minutes, and start a conversation/get feedback. Snack money: $50 total. | |
| We will also eventually host the CoLEAGs constitutions (which we ratified at this meeting!) on this site. | Sam is planning a mentor-mentee mixer to touch base further along in the semester. | |
| We also talked about this little guy and his adorable raindrop-hat:
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Bridget and Susan have kicked off our social calendar with the welcome back lunch, happy hour at Topo, and happy hour at Tru. Much more to come including the Pig Pickin’ on Nov 8th. It’ll need a bigger budget this year ($300), but since the funds from school do not cover alcohol, the $40 in donations we have need to be paired with a BYOB style potluck this year (either bring food or libations to share!). Also, there’s a motion to resurrect Twelfth Night. It will be a voluntary variety show with skits and music bringing faculty and students together. |
