{"id":1374,"date":"2018-02-19T13:19:11","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T18:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mark-west\/?p=1374"},"modified":"2018-02-19T15:45:33","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T20:45:33","slug":"monday-missive-february-19-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mark-west\/blog\/2018\/02\/19\/monday-missive-february-19-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Missive – February 19, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Educating Educators<\/b>\u00a0— Bobbie Cavnar, who received an M.A. in English from our department in 2011, has just been named the nation’s best teacher for 2018 by National Education Association (NEA).\u00a0 Bobbie is an English teacher at South Point High School in Belmont, North Carolina.\u00a0\u00a0 Bobbie received this award on February 9, 2018, in Washington, D.C.\u00a0 Here is the link to the NEA’s article about Bobbie’s award:\u00a0\u00a0http:\/\/neatoday.org\/2018\/02\/12\/2018-nea-foundation-gala\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

During his graduate studies in our English Department, Bobbie focused on English Renaissance literature, but he also took courses in other areas.\u00a0 For example, he took my seminar on Children’s Literature Award Winners for which he wrote an excellent paper comparing Neil Gaiman’s\u00a0The Graveyard Book\u00a0<\/i>to Rudyard Kipling’s\u00a0The Jungle Book.\u00a0\u00a0<\/i>All of us who had Bobbie in our classes remember his passion for literature–a passion that he now shares with the students in his high school English classes.\u00a0 I know that I speak for the entire English Department in congratulating Bobbie on winning this prestigious and well-deserved award.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Bobbie’s latest award underscores for me our English Department’s connections with area educators.\u00a0 For example, members of our department regularly lead seminars for area teachers through the Charlotte Teachers Institute (CTI).\u00a0 Over the years, Lil Brannon, Paula Connolly, Jeffrey Leak, Ron Lunsford, Alan Rauch, Ralf Thiede, and I have also led CTI seminars.\u00a0 Next semester both Sarah Minslow and Alan Rauch will be leading CTI seminars.\u00a0 Sarah’s seminar is titled “‘A Person’s a Person No Matter How Small’:\u00a0 Teaching Human Rights,” and Alan’s seminar is titled “Animals, Culture, and Society.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

By regularly leading CTI seminars and by welcoming area teachers in both our undergraduate and graduate courses, our English Department has a long and proud record of educating educators.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Third Annual Transcribation<\/b>\u00a0—\u00a0 The Early Modern Paleography Society (EMPS) will hold its Third Annual Transcribaton this\u00a0Thursday, February 22<\/span><\/span>, from\u00a09:30<\/span><\/span>\u00a0to\u00a04:00<\/span><\/span>\u00a0in the Atkins Library VisLab.\u00a0 Breakfast and pizza will be provided.\u00a0 At this year’s transcribathon, participants will be working on an anonymous cookbook, published around 1720, from the Folger Shakespeare Library.\u00a0 The book is not very long, and members of EMPS are hoping to finish transcribing it\u00a0on Thursday<\/span><\/span>.\u00a0 Also that day, the participants will finish making the ink that was started at last week’s EMPS meeting.\u00a0 The ink is from an early modern recipe.<\/p>\n

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Kudos<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u2014\u00a0As you know, I like to use my Monday Missives to share news about recent accomplishments by members of the English Department.\u00a0 Here is the latest news:<\/p>\n

Anita Moss\u00a0<\/b>recently published an article titled “In a Deep, Dark Wood:\u00a0 The Forest in Folk Literature” in the current issue of\u00a0RISE:\u00a0 A Children’s Literacy Journal.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

Upcoming Events and Deadlines<\/b>\u00a0\u2014 Here is information about an upcoming event:<\/p>\n

February 19<\/span>\u00a0\u2014 The Faculty\/Staff performance of “Tales From Down There” will be on\u00a0Monday, February 19 at 7pm<\/span><\/span>\u00a0in McKnight Hall. This performance will include appearances by the following people associated with the English Department: Janaka Lewis, Tiffany Morin, Angie Williams, Alison Walsh, and Shannon Bauerle. Advanced tickets can be purchased on-line at\u00a0https:\/\/goo.gl\/V6SYwq<\/a>\u00a0or with cash only at the door.<\/p>\n

Quirky Quiz Question<\/b>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0 The English Department supports the Charlotte Teachers Institute by offering seminars and participating in other CTI events.\u00a0 As a result, the English Department is in frequent contact with CTI’s\u00a0 Executive Director.\u00a0 What is this person’s name?<\/p>\n

Last week’s answer:<\/span> Antoni Gaud\u00ed<\/strong><\/p>\n

The upcoming panel presentation about the current situation in Catalonia reminds me of a trip my wife and took to this part of the world a few years ago. While we were there, we visited several buildings designed by Catalonia’s most famous architect.\u00a0 Does anybody know the name of this famous architect?<\/em><\/p>\n

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