After a board meeting and our first club meeting of the semester, we have tons of exciting news to offer up to you all!
The first item of big news is regarding our conference. The date of the AGSE annual conference will be March 14, 2015. Our speaker is Viet Nyguen, a professor at USC who specializes in Asian American studies. Prof. Nyguen has a new book of fiction coming out and we are very excited to hear what he has to present. Along these notes, the theme of our conference is going to be "Voyages." We are currently working on a CFP, so be on the lookout for that soon.
Secondly, we will be having a bunch of fundraisers this semester to raise money for our conference and all of the fun things we want to do. Our first fundraiser will be the AGSE $1 Book Sale, which will take place September 16th and 17th in the Jerome Richfield/Sierra Hall Breezeway (specific times to be announced soon). We will need volunteers who want to help us sell. We also welcome any book donations because we are all about finding orphaned books new homes. Concluding the book sale will be a fundraiser at a local restaurant (TBA shortly).
Other fundraisers to look forward to are: a special Halloween themed bowling night, a second book sale later in the semester, and other food-related fun times.
At the meetings we also discussed other possible fundraising ideas and welcome any ideas you may have. Please contact one of the board members with your suggestion or idea!
Lastly, we have two fantastically informative workshops in the works for this semester: How to Write an Abstract (featuring new Rhet/Comp professors and special tips for each emphasis) as well as a What to do with a Degree in English Aside from Teaching workshop brought to us by Kathy Leslie.
As always, if you know someone who is not yet a member, tell him/her to join us! Membership forms are on our board on the 7th Floor of Sierra Tower and all forms and $10 lifetime membership fees can be turned in to Marjie. If you need help convincing them, remember we offer 5 C’s: it looks good on your CV, the opportunity to take part in and build up our scholarly Community, a chance to Commiserate with other grads taking the same classes as you, our annual spring Conference, and to Celebrate all the hard work we put in week after week! We will be making the rounds to classes soon to gather new members and to spread the word about our upcoming events.
Our next monthly meeting will be Wednesday, October 1 from 1-2 in JR 319. Help us get the word out by inviting your friends and new grad students you may have in your classes!
Thanks to all who attended last week's meeting, in person and in spirit!
