{"id":92,"date":"2014-03-06T18:12:24","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T18:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mark-west\/?p=92"},"modified":"2014-08-26T16:55:40","modified_gmt":"2014-08-26T16:55:40","slug":"monday-missive-march-3-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mark-west\/blog\/2014\/03\/06\/monday-missive-march-3-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Missive – March 3, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Seuss-a-Thon\u00a0\u2014\u00a0The third annual Seuss-a-Thon took place this past Saturday at Park Road Books, and the English Department was very well represented. \u00a0Jeffrey Leak and his son did a great job of reading Green Eggs and Ham. <\/i>\u00a0The audience really had a sense that Jeffrey does not care for green eggs or ham or annoying people who keep pestering him with repetitive questions. \u00a0 <\/i>Angie Williams read Horton Hears a Who, <\/i>and her granddaughter hung on every word. \u00a0Alan Rauch read If I Ran the Zoo. \u00a0<\/i>At one point he broke into a Russian accent, and it added a whole new dimension\u00a0to Dr. Seuss. \u00a0The children’s literature faculty all participated.\u00a0Paula Connolly read\u00a0The Sneetches,\u00a0<\/i>Beth Gargano read Horton Hatches the Egg,\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0and Anita Moss read And to\u00a0Think I Saw It on Mulberry\u00a0Street.<\/i>\u00a0 Our\u00a0advisors\u00a0also showed up. \u00a0Tiffany Morin kicked off the event by reading The Cat in the Hat, <\/i>and Sarah Minslow practically performed The Butter Battle Book. \u00a0<\/i>Valerie Bright, one of our part-time faculty members, read Bartholomew and the Oobleck. \u00a0<\/i>Several of our graduate students and former graduate students also\u00a0participated. \u00a0In the\u00a0publicity\u00a0leading up to the Seuss-a-Thon, I described it as an English Department event. Well, to paraphrase a line from Horton Hatches the Egg, <\/i>I meant what I said, and I said what I meant, Dr. Seuss is at home in English\u2014one hundred per cent.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dr. Jeffrey Leak and son reading Green Eggs and Ham<\/p><\/div>\n

Kudos<\/span><\/b>\u2014 As you know, I like to use my Monday Missives to \u00a0share news about recent accomplishments by members of our department. \u00a0Here is the latest news:<\/span><\/p>\n

Brook Blaylock<\/span><\/b> and Laura Erturk<\/b>, two of our graduate students, have been invited to give presentations at the upcoming Graduate Research Symposium.<\/span><\/p>\n

Paula Eckard<\/span><\/b>\u00a0was recently awarded \u00a0a Publication Grant from the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies in support of a project related to her work with the Thomas Wolfe Review.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Upcoming Events and Deadlines<\/span><\/b>— \u00a0Here are some dates to keep in mind:<\/span><\/p>\n

March 4<\/strong> \u2014 The deadline for mid-term grades has been changed due to concerns from faculty about missed classes because of the inclement weather. \u00a0The online entry of Unsatisfactory Grades submission deadline has been extended.\u00a0The web will be open for grading until\u00a0noon on Tuesday, March 4th.<\/sup>.<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

March 11 and 12<\/strong> \u2014 English Major Days<\/strong>. \u00a0For more information about the this event, please click on the following link: http:\/\/english.uncc.edu\/sites\/english.uncc.edu\/files\/media\/pdfs\/English-Majors-Days-2.20.2014.pdf<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Quirky Quiz Question<\/span><\/b>\u00a0\u2014 Dr. Seuss never completed a doctoral degree, but he did attend graduate school with the goal of earning a PhD in English. \u00a0Where did Dr. Seuss go to graduate school? \u00a0For extra credit, from what college did Dr. Seuss earn his BA in English?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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