{"id":1671,"date":"2018-12-18T08:58:49","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T13:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mark-west\/?p=1671"},"modified":"2018-12-18T08:58:49","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T13:58:49","slug":"monday-missive-december-17-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mark-west\/blog\/2018\/12\/18\/monday-missive-december-17-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Missive – December 17, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Commencement<\/strong>—\u00a0Last Saturday the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences held its winter\u00a0commencement<\/span><\/span>\u00a0ceremony.\u00a0 Jen Munroe, Lara Vetter and I took responsibility for lining up our graduating students in alphabetical order before they filed into the Dale F. Halton Arena.\u00a0 Thanks to Jen’s organizing efforts, our students made quite an impression when they they all participated in a makeshift “wave” while they were waiting to enter the arena.<\/p>\n

For 78 of our students, this ceremony marked their transition from current students to graduates.\u00a0 A total of 6 of our graduate students are listed in the\u00a0commencement program, and 72 undergraduate students are listed.\u00a0\u00a0I am especially impressed with how many of our BA students fall under the heading of “Graduation<\/span>\u00a0with Distinction.” \u00a0Of the 72 students, 12 earned the distinction of Cum Laude (GPA between 3.4-3.7), 6 earned the distinction of Magna Cum Laude (GPA between 3.7-3.9), and 5 earned the distinction of Summa Cum Laude (GPA between 3.9-4.0).\u00a0 This total comes to 23\u00a0students. I am very proud of all of our graduating students, but I want to mention by name the 5 students who earned the distinction of Summa Cum Laude.\u00a0 Their names are Desiree Michelle Brown, Susan Collins, Meredith Nora Harris, Mary Ellen Mercer Kurtz, and Susanna Ellen Parkhill.\u00a0 Susanna also graduated with English Honors and University Honors.<\/p>\n

Kudos<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u2014 As 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

Meghan Barnes<\/b>\u00a0recently wrote a piece titled “Tough Choices” for the homeless literacies program. You can check it out by clicking on the following link:\u00a0https:\/\/www.urbanministrycenter.org\/tough-choices\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Clayton Tarr\u00a0<\/b>recently published an article titled “For British Eyes Only:\u00a0Arrested Development<\/i>\u00a0and Neo-Victorian Television Comedy” in\u00a0Neo-Victorian Studies. \u00a0<\/i>\u00a0Clayton’s article is available under “current issue” at the following link:\u00a0 http:\/\/www.neovictorianstudies.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Ralf Thiede<\/strong>\u00a0published a review of\u00a0Tales of Literacy for the 21st Century<\/i>\u00a0in the current issue of the\u00a0Children’s Literature Association Quarterly.<\/i><\/p>\n

Lara Vetter<\/b>‘s\u00a0A Curious Peril: H.D.’s Late Modernist Prose\u00a0<\/i>recently received a very positive review in\u00a0Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature\u00a0<\/i>37.2 (2018).<\/p>\n

Upcoming Events and Meetings<\/b>\u00a0— Here is a list of upcoming events and deadlines:<\/p>\n

January 9 — First day of classes for the Spring 2019 semester.<\/p>\n

January 16 — Last day for students to add or drop a course with no grade.<\/p>\n

January 29 — The Personally Speaking presentation featuring Janaka Bowman Lewis will take place on Tuesday, January 29, 2019, at UNC Charlotte Center City.\u00a0 Janaka’s presentation on her book\u00a0Freedom Narratives of African American Women<\/i>\u00a0will begin at 6:30 p.m.\u00a0 A book signing and reception will follow her presentation. For more information and to RSVP, please click on the following link: \u00a0https:\/\/exchange.uncc.edu\/how-early-womens-writings-led-to-civil-rights-discourse\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Quirky Quiz Question<\/b>\u00a0\u2014 As far as I know, this winter’s commencement marked the first time that our graduating students did “The Wave.”\u00a0 In sports circles, however, there is a great deal of debate about when “The Wave” made its first appearance.\u00a0 The first documented example of sports fans doing “The Wave” occurred on October 15, 1981, during a baseball playoff game between the Athletics and the Yankees.\u00a0 What is the name of the city where the Athletics play?<\/p>\n

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Last week’s answer: The League of Nations<\/strong><\/div>\n
The effort to establish an international organization to help the nations of the world work out their differences without resorting to war led to the formation of the United Nations after World War Two.\u00a0 However, before the establishment of the United Nations, an effort was made to establish a similar international organization following World War One.\u00a0 What was the name of the organization that was a predecessor to the United Nations?<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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