The Marya Hornbacher lecture on Wednesday night was a success. Speaking to a full crowd, Marya divulged details of her life and read from her best-selling memoir Wasted. The next morning, Marya hosted a writing workshop for a limited number of students. Check out our pictures from the event and send us any of your pictures too.
Thursday, November 5th at 7 PM, NPR foreign correspondent Eric Weiner will be on campus to talk about his book The Geography of Bliss in the CSB Auditorium. This event is free and open to the public, and there will be a reception afterwards in CSB 110. The Campus Bookstore will also be on hand to sell copies of the book, which Eric will sign.
For more information about his book, go to http://www.ericweinerbooks.com/content/book.asp?id=desc
This event is made possible by the generous contributions and involvement of the following organizations: Campus Auxiliary Services, Center For International Programs, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, English Department, Geography Department, The Honors Program, Major Connections/ Career Resource Center, Office of Academic Affairs, Philosophy Department, Psi Chi, Psychology Department, Residence Hall Student Association (RHSA), Sigma Tau Delta, Teaching and Learning Center, the Undergraduate Psychology Association (UPA), The Writing Board
WABC-TV INTERNSHIPS SPRING 2010 INTERVIEWS WHEN: Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 Registration: Begins 5:00 PM Interviews: 6:00 – 9:00 PM WHERE: ABC Building Cafeteria – 1st Floor 77 West 66 th Street, NYC (Between Columbus Ave. and Central Park West) REQUIREMENTS: You must receive college credit for the internship. You must be an undergraduate junior or senior. You must be available at least 16 hours per week. You must reside or attend school in the Tri-State area This is NOT a paid internship RSVP to Linda Henderson at (212) 456-3862 PLEASE BRING 5 COPIES OF YOUR RESUME!
Members of the English Department have just finished editing a special edition of the Shawangunk Review, which celebrates the best of all of this English Department graduate program and faculty publication, including poetry and special sections on a range of authors and subjects such as Johnny Cash, Robert Penn Warren, and Hurricane Katrina.
The English Department is hosting a reading to celebrate the special edition’s release onWednesday, November 11 at 7 PM in the College Terrace at SUNY New Paltz.
Please come to this event and invite friends!
WABC-TV INTERNSHIPS SPRING 2010 INTERVIEWS WHEN: Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 Registration: Begins 5:00 PM Interviews: 6:00 – 9:00 PM WHERE: ABC Building Cafeteria – 1st Floor 77 West 66 th Street, NYC (Between Columbus Ave. and Central Park West) REQUIREMENTS: You must receive college credit for the internship. You must be an undergraduate junior or senior. You must be available at least 16 hours per week. You must reside or attend school in the Tri-State area This is NOT a paid internship RSVP to Linda Henderson at (212) 456-3862 PLEASE BRING 5 COPIES OF YOUR RESUME!
Graduating Students:
Are you applying for SUNY New Paltz’s MA program for the spring semester? The deadline for submitting applications for TA program is 4:00 pm, November 16.
Application forms and information are available in the English Department office, JFT 714. Completed application materials should be submitted to the English Department office.
The TA program offers tuition remission and a stipend to selected MA students. See Professor Dan Kempton (257-2728) for details.
Here are the Spring 2010 semester “Expanded Course Descriptions” for English Department course offerings.
You may click and view now as a .pdf, or right-click and “save as…” to download the file.
SPRING 2010 Expanded Course Descriptions no pagebreaks revised
Poetry and memoir! Live!
There will be a poetry reading tonight to kick off the release of WaterWrites, the anthology of poetry and memoir by Hudson Valley writers. Authors from the book will read their work, and books will be available for purchase.
Where: Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Church St., New Paltz. (bookstore phone: 845.255.8300)
When: 7:00 p.m.
Thursday October 22nd at 7:30p.m. in SUB 100, the Slam Team will be having their annual poetry slam. Poets are asked to bring two poems that are less three minutes, with no props, music or costumes.
Any questions, contact: megan@intangiblecollective.com
