March 2010

March: Carol Sklenicka will read and discuss her much-heralded new biography, Raymond Carver: A Writer's Life
March: Poet Sam Hazo will be reading from his poetry, under the auspices of RENASCENCE.
March 9: Little Rock Nine, Conferral of the Pere Marquette Discovery Award, Varsity Theater, 4:00.

February 2010

Oct Nov. 16: Paul Wilkes Catholic writer to share how he found his vocation.

May 6: Meeting of Senior Faculty to Review Jr. Faculty The senior faculty will hold its annual review of junior faculty from 3:00-5:00 in AMU 305.
May 6: Poetry Reading from Angela Sorby's new book: Bird Skin Coat This event located at Woodland Pattern will begin at 7:00pm.
May 7: Pere Marquette Dinner. AMU 5:00 cocktails; 6:00 dinner.
May 17: Commencement.
May 18: Summer School (Session 1) Begins

April 2: Peter Turchi Talk On Thursday at 4pm (with a reception to follow), Haggerty Museum of Art, 13th and Clybourn. Peter Turchi will be at Marquette making a presentation on his book Maps of the Imagination: The Writer as Cartographer", which was chosen as one of the Outstanding Academic Titles of 2005 by Choice Magazine (and which won a number of design awards as well).
April 8: Junior Faculty Files Available for Review. Senior Faculty may check out junior faculty files from Deb.
April 8 Department Meeting. Vote on 2 New Minors and DQE Changes. Raynor BC from 3:00-5:00.
April 15: Reception for Michael and Paula Gillespie. Raynor lower level, BC. 3:00-5:00. Tributes at 4:00.

April 16: Joseph M. Schwartz Memorial Lecture The 2009 Joseph M. Schwartz Memorial Lecture will be held on Thursday, April 16, 2009, at 4 p.m. Tom Schaub, chair of English at UW Madison and editor of Contemporary Literature, will deliver: “Secular Scripture and Cormac McCarthy’s novel, The Road.” Follow the link for more information.
April 16: Poetry Reading from Angela Sorby's new book: Bird Skin Coat The reading will begin at 7:00pm at the Barnes and Noble at Mayfair Mall.
April 22: Meeting of Full Professors. On Wednesday morning the full professors will meet to review Associate Professors who have put themselves forward for consideration of promotion to full.
April 23: "Under the Dome" featuring a Poetry Reading from Angela Sorby's new book: Bird Skin Coat The event at the Central Library begins at 6:00pm and features several other poets celebrating National Poetry Month.
April 29: Spring Party. On Wednesday afternoon at 4 pm the English Department Spring Party, sponsored by AEGS will be held in the English Department Conference Room. Awards will be presented at 4:30.

March 5: Mitchem Scholars' Talks On Thursday afternoon at 3:30, Mitchem Fellows from English (Lauren Mason) and History (Sherri Charleston) will present their scholarship in Raynor BC.
March 20: P&T Deadline. Associate Professors choosing to be reviewed in this non-triennial review year should submit their P&T materials.
March 25: Associate Professor Files Available for Review. Full professors may check out assoicate professor files from Deb.
March 27: P&T Deadline. Junior faculty should submit their P&T materials.
March 30: Wisconsin Englishes: Lalumiere Languae Hall, Room 176. Dr. Joe Salmons and Dr. Tom Purnell, co-directors of the Wisconsin Englishes Project at UW-Madison, will discuss Wisconsin words, the influence of German on English in Wisconsin, and other aspects of the past, present, and future of language in the Badger State. Reception to follow. Presetation free and open to the public. For more information contact bradley.rentz@mu.edu. Sponsored by Marquette University Linguistics Club.

Feb. 1-8: Mission Week During Mission Week, Jodi Melamed will serve as the University "host" for Shirin Ebadi, our mission week speaker (Nobel Peace Prize Winner).

Feb 2: Book Discussion During Monday of Mission Week, Kris Ratcliffe will lead a discussion of Persepolis on Monday at 9pm in AMU 163.
Feb. 5: Luncheon & Book Discussion During Thursday of Mission Week, Jodi will be leading a university-wide discussion of Ebadi's memoir Iran Awakening: A Memoir of Revolution and Hope at a luncheon during her visit.
Feb. 9: Bruce Kellner Talk on Monday English and History will co-sponsors Carl Van Vechten scholar Bruce Kellner, who will speak at 7:00 p.m. in the Raynor Library. The program launches a new digital collection featuring over 700 portraits of prominent African Americans, images made by author, critic, and amateur photographer Carl Van Vechten (CVV). The library is lauching the digital collection in conjunction with the centennial of the NAACP.
Feb. 25: Department Meeting On Wednesday afternoon, the department will hold a department meeting in AMU 163 from 3:30-5:00