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news and announcements
The deadline for English
honor society membership applications for Fall 2010 will be
October 18. Please contact Dr. Kerrigan
to obtain an application form. The 2010 issue of Infectus, a student journal of the literary and visual arts for the Rockhurst community, is now available online. Electronic versions of each of Infectus’s published volumes can be downloaded or printed by following the link to infectus in the lefthand menu. Print copies (while supplies last) will be distributed on campus beginning in May 2010. Many thanks to Rockhurst student government for funding the printing of volume 6 (2010) of Infectus. English students and
faculty are gearing up for the 2011 International English Honor Society
Convention, to be held in Pittsburgh. The convention is
scheduled for March 2011. The convention paper submissions deadline will be
in mid-November. Further information
will soon be available at the ΣΤΔ web site (www.english.org).
The 2011 “Common Reader” is Lorene
Cary's Black Ice. All ΣΤΔ members and
convention participants are invited to read the book in advance of the March
convention. For information about the
book and the Common Reader program, visit the ΣΤΔ web site (www.english.org). A full complement of literary events in the Kansas City area, including readings by noted authors, dramatic performances, and English-related academic conferences, is periodically updated and featured in the upcoming events page (see link on the menu to the left). Infectus now seeks submissions and applications for positions on the Editorial Board for the 2011 edition. The Editors seek submissions of poetry, short fiction, creative non-fiction, and artwork by Rockhurst students, faculty, staff, and alumni (within a 3000 word limit). Please send submissions to Dr. John Kerrigan. The submissions deadline for volume seven will be in Feburary of 2011. |