{"id":1733,"date":"2019-02-18T11:04:35","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T16:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mark-west\/?p=1733"},"modified":"2019-02-18T11:04:35","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T16:04:35","slug":"monday-missive-february-18-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mark-west\/blog\/2019\/02\/18\/monday-missive-february-18-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Missive – February 18, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Going on an Expotition\u00a0<\/b>— Toward the end of\u00a0Winnie-the-Pooh,\u00a0<\/i>Christopher Robin gathers up his friends sets out on an expedition to discover the North Pole. \u00a0 Pooh, however, is not familiar with the word expedition, so he replaces it with the following new word that he invents on the spot: Expotition.\u00a0\u00a0<\/i>Apparently for Pooh, this new word is a proper noun, for it is always capitalized in the book.\u00a0 For Pooh, an Expotition has to do with going on adventures and discovering new things.\u00a0 I am please to report that many members of our English Department have been going on their own Expotitions over the past few weeks.\u00a0 Although none of them discovered the North Pole as far as I know, they all had interesting experiences during their various Expotitions.\u00a0 Here are summaries of three recent Expotitions involving members of our department.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Expotition #1 — Malin Pereira took three undergraduate students (Kevin Bonilla, Diana Nava, and Xavier Neal) to the Collegium for African American Research (CARR) held at the University of Central Florida from January 30 to February 2.\u00a0 Malin’s teaching assistant, Shanon Murray, also participated in CARR.\u00a0 The students participated in a round-table discussion titled “The Relevance of Zora Neale Hurston to American College Students Today.”\u00a0 They also had an opportunity to hear a presentation by Alice Walker, the keynote speaker.\u00a0 These students are taking Malin’s course on African American Literature:\u00a0 Harlem Renaissance to the Present.\u00a0 For these students, this experience gave them an opportunity to make connections between the insights they gained at CARR and what they are learning in Malin’s course.<\/p>\n

Expotition #2 — Tiffany Morin took the members of the English Learning Community (ELC) last week to see Charlotte Ballet’s performance of “Shakespeare Reinvented:\u00a0 A New Take on the Works of William Shakespeare through Contemporary Dance” by the Charlotte Ballet.\u00a0 Part of the Charlotte Ballet’s Innovative Works Series, “Shakespeare Reinvented” has a direct connection to the English Department through Andrew Hartley, who was one of the collaborators on this production.\u00a0 For the ELC students, going to this performance provided them with a memorable experience and it helped them become more familiar with the cultural resources available in Charlotte.<\/p>\n

Expotition #3 — Alan Rauch took the drive down Providence Road to the Sandra & Leon Levine Jewish Community Center on four occasions between January 16 and February 13 in order to deliver a series of salons on the topic of “Jewish Identity and Assimilation.”\u00a0 Sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Charlotte, these salons attracted over forty people for each of the four presentations.\u00a0 For Alan, leading these salons provided him with an opportunity to share his deep knowledge of Jewish heritage with an important segment of the Charlotte community.<\/p>\n

As the aforementioned examples demonstrate, the reach of the English Department extends far beyond the walls of the Fretwell Building.\u00a0 It seems clear to me that Pooh is speaking our language when he says to Piglet, “We’re going on an Expotition, all of us, with things to eat.\u00a0 To discover something.”<\/p>\n

Kudos<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u2014 As you know, I like to use my\u00a0Monday<\/span>\u00a0Missives<\/span>\u00a0to share news about recent accomplishments by members of the English Department.\u00a0 Here is the latest news:<\/p>\n

Janaka Lewis<\/b>‘s\u00a0Freedom Narratives of African American Women:\u00a0 A Study of 19th-Century Writings<\/i>\u00a0was recently named a Choice Outstanding Academic Title.<\/p>\n

Quirky Quiz Question<\/b>\u00a0\u2014 For the students who participated in Collegium for African American Research, one of the highlights was having the opportunity to hear Alice Walker speak.\u00a0 Walker is perhaps best known for her book\u00a0The Color Purple,\u00a0<\/i>which was also made into a movie.\u00a0 In what state was this movie filmed?<\/p>\n

Last week’s answer: Clue<\/strong><\/p>\n

CLGO’s board game night reminds me of the board games that I played as a boy.\u00a0 One of my favorite games from my childhood includes a character named Professor Plum. What is the name of this board game?<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Going on an Expotition\u00a0— Toward the end of\u00a0Winnie-the-Pooh,\u00a0Christopher Robin gathers up his friends sets out on an expedition to discover the North Pole. \u00a0 Pooh, however, is not familiar with the word expedition, so he replaces it with the following new word that he invents on the spot: Expotition.\u00a0\u00a0Apparently for Pooh, this new word is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-monday-missive"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mark-west\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mark-west\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mark-west\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mark-west\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mark-west\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1733"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mark-west\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1737,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mark-west\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1733\/revisions\/1737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mark-west\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mark-west\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mark-west\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}