Quick Department Update

Happy Friday! And happy last day of finals week. Wee hoo! And a gorgeous day (considering we are in December and at nearly 5,000 feet) to end the semester on. We have done some stuff this semester, haven’t we? Hey a quick note to keep you updated on the cool things going on in the department. Some […]

The last Friday of classes this fall

The last Friday of classes this fall. Amazing right? With exams next week we will be at graduation and into winter break. What a great—and challenging—semester this has been. Scott has a couple of new, short essays out “The Joy Luck Club” and “Amy Tan,” in Barry Keith Grant, ed., Books to Film: Cinematic Adaptations of Literary Works (Cengage Learning, 2017), […]

Another Successful Week!

Happy Friday. It really and truly is November, isn’t it? The days keep getting shorter, and the nights are colder. I comfort myself in knowing that in five or six weeks the days will begin again to lengthen. Another successful week here in the department. For example, Elizabeth Williams learned this week that her co-authored […]

Mind, Body, & Soul Refreshment

Hey folks, it is Friday! Time for another Friday email. I hope it has been a good week for you. Kit is off this weekend for Washington DC for a conference she helped plan with the Radio Preservation Task Force. She writes: “We’re an initiative of the Library of Congress to coordinate the preservation and accessibility of American radio recordings. The conference […]

Good news comes in waves!

Hey, folks, it is another Friday and so another Friday email. And we are about the put a check next to another month. We are cranking it, my friends! Tons of fun stuff to talk about today. For example, this is Friday Community Tea #2 day. 11:00-11:50 in BSB A217. Carol will host the tea today as I am with the TT faculty will be […]

Alumni Panel Season

Happy Friday, folks, as we head into October. This is the month of pumpkin spice everything, the month of falling leaves, and the month of shortening days. And this is the month where we pass the half-way mark on fall semester. It has been a whirlwind so far, right? We continue to have much to celebrate. […]