Footnotes: The English Department Newsletter
Volume 54 | August 31, 2009 | Number 2
FROM THE GRADUATE STUDIES OFFICE
Fellowship Payment
Graduate students on fellowship for the Fall semester (8/16/09-12/15/09), will receive their last fellowship payment on 12/16/09.
Dissertation Travel Grants
Information regarding Graduate College Dissertation Travel Grants has been distributedby email. If you did not receive the information but feel that you should have, contact Stephanie Shockey at
shockey@illinois.edu. Applications are due to Stephanie Shockey on September 7.
Conference Travel Grants
Applications for fall 2009 Conference Travel Grants have been distributed by email. If you did not receive an application please stop by the Grad Studies Office or contact Stephanie Shockey at
shockey@illinois.edu. Applications are due to Stephanie Shockey on September 14.
Reminder to Grad Students
The Registrar does not take account of teaching and research appointments when certifying full-time status of students. TAs with student loans must carry 12 hours when full-time certification is necessary. (Requirements can differ; check with your loan company.) If you have any questions concerning your status, check with Stephanie Shockey in 210 EB.
Pictures
Anyone wanting an updated picture should see Chris in 210 EB by September 11. These pictures will be posted in the glass case outside 208 EB.
Congratulations!
Kimberly Koch was chosen to receive the Charity Cannon Willard Scholarship from the North American Branch of the International Christine de Pizan Society (NAB-ICPS) this year to present her paper, “The Three Genders of Prophetic Authority in Christine de Pizan’s La Mutacion de Fortune,” at the International Christine de Pizan Colloqium, in Bologna in September. Her project was the unanimous choice of the members of the selection committee, who remarked on its potential to make an original contribution to Christine de Pizan studies.
Fall 2009 – Dates to Remember
September 4: Last day to add a first-half session course
September 4: Last day for student to add or drop a semester course on Web Self-Service
September 4: Last day to add name to Dec. degree list using Web Self-Service
September 4: Last day to add name to Oct. degree list
September 7: Labor Day (all campus holiday)
September 18: Last day to take final doctoral exam for Oct. degree
September 25: Last day to deposit Oct. master's theses
October 2: Last day for student to add a semester course through Graduate Registration and Records without written dept approval
October 2: Last day to deposit Oct. doctoral dissertations
October 2: Last day to drop a first half-session course
October 2: Last day to elect credit-no-credit option for a first half-session course or to change from credit-no-credit option to a regular grade
October 15: Oct. degree conferral (no commencement)
October 15: Last date for guaranteed review of petitions for graduating students
October 19: Second half-session courses begin
November 2: Registration for spring begins
November 6: Last day to add a second half-session course
November 13: Last day for student to drop a semester course without a grade of W (without approval)
November 13: 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 13: Last day to withdraw from the current term without a grade of W
November 13: Last day to add name to Dec. degree list
November 13: Last day to take final exam for Dec. doctoral degree
Nov 21 - 29: Fall vacation for students
Nov 26 - 27: Thanksgiving Break (all campus holiday)
November 30: Instruction resumes
December 4: Last day to drop a second half-session course
December 4: 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
December 4: Last day to deposit Dec. doctoral dissertations
December 4: Deadline for Office of the Registrar to receive the final exam Certificate of Result
December 9: Instruction ends
December 10: Last day to add or drop a second half-session course with approval (a W is recorded)
December 10: Last day to add or drop a semester course with approval (a W is recorded)
December 10: Reading Day
December 10: Last day to change a grade of DFR (in a non-thesis course) or I, awarded last spring or summer to prevent F by rule
December 11: Last day to deposit Dec. master’s theses
Dec 11 – 18: Final examination period
December 21: Dec. degree conferral (no commencement)
REMINDER TO FACULTY & GRAD STUDENTS
Second Reminder
If you have not submitted a copy of your syllabus for each class you are teaching this semester, please do so as soon as possible to Maureen in room 200 or mailbox #92. It is our department’s policy to keep on file syllabi for each section of all English Department courses (Literature, Rhetoric, Creative Writing and BTW).
EVENT
Grad Student Resource Fair 2009
One-stop for a wide range of information and resources about the Urbana campus and the surrounding Champaign-Urbana community. Open to all new and continuing graduate/professional students and their families. Partners, spouses, and children are welcome.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Illini Union Rooms A, B & C
11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Participating organizations in 2009
Download the flyer here at www.grad.illinois/events/flyers/GradFairFall09.pdf.
Co–Sponsored by: The Graduate College and University Housing
In partnership with the Provost and Graduate College Student Advisory Board
For more information: call 217.333.4610 or email GradCareerServices@illinois.edu
CALL FOR PAPERS
8th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts & Humanities
January 13 - 16, 2010
Waikiki Beach Marriot Resort & Spa and Hilton Waikiki Prince Kuhio Hotel
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Since many people have individually asked for an extension of the submission deadline, we are extending the deadline for submissions to Saturday, September 12th, 2009.
Call for papers, abstracts, student papers, work-in-progress reports, research proposals, workshop proposals, poster sessions, research tables, or reports on issues related to teaching, practitioner forums, panel discussions, and tutorials.
All areas of arts and humanities are invited. You may submit your paper/proposal by using our online submission system! To use the system, and for detailed information about submitting see: http://www.hichumanities.org/cfp_artshumanities.htm
Hawaii International Conference on Arts & Humanities
P.O. Box 75036
Honolulu, HI 96836 USA
Telephone: (808) 542-4385
Fax: (808) 947-2420
E-mail: humanities@hichumanities.org
Website: http://www.hichumanities.org
