ENGL 6006 Speaker Series Continues!

Please join us and invite students, faculty, and other interested parties to the second presentation of this semester’s ENGL 6006 Speaker Series.

Dr. Nancy V. Vicente

El Despertar:
A Journey Into Colonial Experience

December 1,  2010 @ 6:00 pm in Chardón 318

See flyer for additional information and/or write to jocelyna.geliga@upr.edu:

FlyerSpeakerSeriesVicenteDec2010

ENGL 6006 Speaker Series Returns!

Please join us and invite students, faculty, and other interested parties:

Mentor and Mentee:

Bridging two perspectives on GTA training in the

Department of English at UPRM

JENIFFER SANABRIA (MAEE, 2010)

10 November 2010

6:00 pm Chardón 318

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MAEE Meet & Greet 2010

Dear MAEE students and English Department faculty:

We hope you can ALL join us at our annual MAEE Meet & Greet: Graduate Student Reception and Orientation on Friday, October 22 from 4:30-6:00 p.m. in Chardón 326.

• It’s an invitation to meet & greet new and familiar faces: MAEE students and the faculty who teach, advise or otherwise contribute to the training, development and mentoring of our department’s graduate students.
• It’s an occasion to personally welcome the 2010 incoming students (6 in Spring and 7 in Fall).
• It’s a unique opportunity to share information, ask questions, clarify doubts and foment collaborations amongst MAEE community members.
• It’s a reception!!! So we’ll also share good food and good company!

MAEE welcomes seven new students

It’s an honor to introduce the new members of our MAEE community:

Mercedes Estrada

Matthew Kobialka

Elizabeth Lenherr

Kimberly Long

Josué Morales

Melissa Torres

Juan Vera

Please join us in welcoming these  graduate students to our Master of Arts in English Education program.  We wish them continued success and look forward to many future and stimulating collaborations.

My name is Beth Lenherr and I'm originally from Kansas. I completed my BA in English: Creative Writing in 2002 from Washburn University. Since 2007 I was living and working as an Accent Reductionist in the Republic of Mauritius. I come into the MAEE program interested in a focus on linguistics. I'm happy to be a part of the MAEE program here at UPRM.

My name is Kimberly D. Long. I completed my BA in Elementary and Secondary English Education with Multimedia Technology from the University of Puerto Rico at Aguadilla. I love teaching both young and older students. I truly enjoy my profession and my goal is to become an English professor in the future.

My name is Josué Morales Rivera. I currently live in Cabo Rojo. I graduated Magna Cum Laude from the Spanish Program in the Colegio, and since my first language is English I chose to continue the study of language and literature in the English Department. There is much more to my story, but the blog wouldn't have that much room. Besides, I much rather talk about it over dinner or coffee.

MAEE Deadlines for Semester I, 2010-2011

Dear MAEE students and faculty:

Best wishes for a productive semester. To help you plan for it, the Graduate Committee has once again prepared the list of relevant deadlines for MAEE students.  The file has been sent to you via e-mail and can also be accessed here:

MAEE Deadlines, Semester 1 2010-2011

Exitos!

Switching MAEE Degree Completion Options

This is a friendly reminder to all MAEE students. As was announced by the Office of Graduate Studies last February, beginning the first semester of the 2010-2011 academic year, students who would like to switch from Option I to Option II or vice-versa need to request an internal transfer the semester BEFORE they plan the change to come into effect. This is established in Certificación 09-09:Normas que rigen los estudios graduados en el RUM (By-law 09-09) in sectionG.8.g on page 19

cert%2009-09%20-%20Normas%20Estudios%20Graduados%20RUM.pdf

A detailed memo explaining the policy implementation was sent to MAEE faculty and graduate students on February 9, 2010. If you would like to receive it again, please write me at jocelyna.geliga@upr.edu.

MAEE Thesis Defenses August 2010

MAEE students Stella Ramírez Rodríguez, Karrieann Soto Vega, Jeniffer Sanabria Morell, and Gabriel Romaguera will be defending their thesis projects this week. Below you will find the schedule of the defenses. You’re all invited to attend but please be punctual to avoid any disruptions or unnecessary delays.

Information for students submitting thesis proposals

Beginning the first semester of the 2010-2011 academic year, when students submit the signed cover page of their approved thesis proposals to the Office of Graduate Studies they will also need to submit the form titled “FORMULARIO PARA SOMETER PROPUESTA DE DISERTACIÓN, TESIS O PROYECTO,” which must be signed by the student, all committee members and the department director. Please note that the OGS will also require all students whose research involves human subjects to submit their IRB release or approval form.

Here’s a link to the form:  http://grad.uprm.edu/oeg/RecursosDocumentos/PDF/propuestaform.pdf

Congrats to English Major Laira Rosario

We ALL know Laira because she has been a reliable and diligent student assistant in our departmental office for over a year. SOME of us are also familiar with her excellent performance as a student in our English and/or Film Certificate courses. But perhaps only a FEW of us know that this multifaceted English major is also making inroads into professional photography.

Congratulations to Laira, whose original photographic work was featured in the March 4, 2010 edition of the national newspaper El Vocero (pp. 31-34).

You can access the digital reproduction of the newspaper’s publication at: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=153464&id=198815961304

Review: Hollywood in the Holyland by Nick Haydock

Please see below review by D. Hoffman of Nick Haydock’s most recent book, Hollywood in the Holyland: Essays on Film Depictions of the Crusades and Christian-Muslim Classes (2009).

http://www.uprm.edu/english/blogfiles/English/Hollywood%20in%20the%20Holy%20Land_%20Arthuriana%20Review.pdf