Events

Upcoming and Recent Events:

Sigma Delta Pi, the Spanish Honor Society traveled to the Nasher Museum at Duke University on Saturday, November 8, to visit the El Greco/Velazquez exhbit.  For  information on other opportunities to learn more about Spanish arts and culture here at Fayetteville State, contact Sigma Delta Pi advisor, Jane Peacock.

The Department of English and Foreign Languages sponsored a film series, "China on the Screen," the week of November 18-21, featuring a number of recent Chinese films.  For more information on the film series, please contact Dr. Hongbing Zhang or Dr. Yali Li. 

Several EFL faculty members presented their current research on Tuesday, November 11, at 3 PM, as part of the department's ongoing series, The Izola Young Memorial Discourses.  Dr. Dean Swinford presented his paper, "Pestilence of the 'Medieval' Body."  Dr. Michael O'Shea  delivered a talk entitled, "Joyce's DaVinci Code: Mangan's Sister in 'Araby." 

Faculty, Student, and Alumni News:

M.A. student Antony Grow published an essay, "Read My Lips: No New Syntaxes," in the most recent issue of Ghoti, a literary magazine.  Antony had previously published a shory story, "How the Earth is Round," also in Ghoti.

Jennifer Fitch was accepted into the UNC in Washington program. This program offers student internships in areas including politics, journalism, and research.

Dr. Chuck Tryon was recently featured on an episode of the New Hampshire Public Radio series, "Word of Mouth," where he discussed the role of web video in the 2008 presidential election.  Audio from the interview is available from the "Word of Mouth" website. 

Dr. Kim Kirkpatrick has two notable recent publications.   With Dr. David Izzo, she co-edited the volume, Huxley's Brave New World: Essays (McFarland).  She also contributed the essay, "Maturing Communities and Dangerous Crones," to the collection, Narratives of Community: Women's Short Story Sequences, edited by Roxanne Harde (Cambridge Scholars Publishing).

The Trillium Literary Journal, which features the work of a number of Fayetteville State faculty members, students, and alumni, released their fall 2008 issue.  The journal is sponsoring a writing competition for their Winter 2009 issue.  Go to the Trillium website for more information.