Job Opportunity!

The National Council for the Traditional Arts seeks an Administrative Assistant/Intern for a five-month term, starting June 1.  See the AFS Career Center at

http://www.afsnet.org/networking/apply_now.aspx?view=2&id=153658
(This is different from the internship at the American Folklife Center in the Library of Congress, which Anna Christiansen recently received.  This internship also carries a stipend.)

Creative Nonfiction

The Human Face of SUSTAINABILITY

 

Deadline: May 31, 2013

Creative Nonfiction and Arizona State University’s Global Institute of Sustainability are looking for remarkable true stories that illuminate and present the human side of environmental, economic, ethical, and/or social challenges related to the state of the planet and our future.

Please click the folllowing link for more details!
https://www.creativenonfiction.org/submissions/human-face-sustainability

Graduates Moving On!

Our graduating class of 2013 is moving onwards and upwards, not only in the academic field but also on the business side of things. Here are a few places some of our students are going:

Rosa Thornley will be teaching ENGL 2010 as an adjunct for USU RCDE (Regional Campuses/Distance Education). 

  

Laura Verna accepted a position as Assistant Professor of English in Professional Writing at Radford University in Radford, Virginia and will start in August.

 

Jeff Howard is planning to enter a Ph.D. program this fall at Idaho State University. The program is called English and the Teaching of English. He will have been given a fellowship, 1/1 teaching load, a stipend, and fee and tuition waiver as part of my offer. 

Kristin Ladd has received and accepted an offer for the Teton Science School this summer as an Outdoor Educator in their Curriculum Development and Youth & Family Programs.

Josh Anderson has decided to accept the offer at Ohio State for a PhD in American literature with an emphasis in US ethnic and post-colonial literature. He will have the opportunity to continue copy editing as he’s done here at Western American Literature, working with him at SAIL--which is the leading academic journal in the field of Native literature. Josh also considered attractive competing offers from Texas Tech University; University of Colorado, Boulder; University of Nebraska, Lincoln; and Ohio State University.
 

Jacob Thomas will be working towards a Ph.D. in English and the Teaching of English at Idaho State University starting Fall 2013. 

If there are any other students from our graduating class that would like their story shared, please email Candi Checketts.

Title Page instructions for Plan A/B thesis or Dissertation:

The Grad School Publication Guide

(http://rgs.usu.edu/graduateschool/files/uploads/NEWPubGuide.pdf) will give you all sorts of information on formatting.  Also if you are looking for how to do that all-important title page (which you need to take to your defense), see pages 22-25.

ARTS PROGRAM REPRESENTATIVE I

Posted: 04/17/2013

Job Status: Full Time

Job Reference#: 29400

Job Description

Location:Salt Lake City, UT
600 E 100 S
Chase Home Museum of Utah Folk Arts
Salary Range: $16.50 to $26.17
Category: EDUCATION / PUBLIC INFORMATION / ARTS
Agency: Dept of Heritage and Arts
Application Period: 04/17/2013 - 04/28/2013
Part/Full Time: Full Time

Job Characteristics: The individual in this position is responsible for coordinating components of the arts education program, and grant implementation. Incumbent will assist in the coordination of additional components including Poetry Out Loud, professional development workshops for teaching artists and educators/administrators, etc.) In addition, this person will also assist the Program Manager with special projects in the Arts Education, Folk Arts and Literature offices. This position requires significant interaction with the public that visits the Chase Home Museum of Utah Folk Art, including guiding tours for the public. Clerical work associated with all administration of programs, building maintenance requests, website tasks, updating of SalesForce data, preparation of materials for workshops/conference activities with partners, preparation of financial materials required to honor contracts, MOUs, purchases or workshop materials, office supplies, etc.

"Grad Toast" Party

Graduate students who would like to be toasted at our annual “Grad toast” party on Saturday, May 4^th, should immediately contact Melody Graulich and tell her who is on their committee.  Melody.graulich@usu.edu.  Anyone who graduated in December or will graduate in May or this summer is eligible.  We need to know who will be there to make sure someone is ready to do the toast. 

Everyone is welcome to attend this event, 5:30-9.  Family members or partners/friends are all welcome. 

Notice to Prospective Students:

USU English MA/MS programs in Literature and Writing, American Studies, and American Studies/Folklore are still accepting applications for the Fall 2013 semester. Applications should be completed by May 15. Any applications submitted after that deadline will likely be delayed by for much of the summer. For information about the application process or about the available programs can be found at these links: http://usuenglishgrad.blogspot.com/2011/08/how-do-i-apply.htmland https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/37859439/GradProgramFlowchart.pdf.
Please note that deadlines for the MS in Technical Writing or the PhD in Theory and Practice of Technical Communications have not been extended. The next application deadlines for those programs are Nov 1 (for MS only) and January 15 (for PhD).