CASE Concordia

For the first time ever C.A.S.E. is S.H.A.C.king-up for the holiday season! English and History are co-hosting an end-of-semester celebration dinner that you won’t want to miss! Tickets are only $10.00 for wine and a delicious table d’hôte dinner at L’Academie on November 30, 2011 at 7:30 pm. Inviting dates and friends are encouraged, however, we have a limited number of seats so express your interest and get your tickets quick! Email Jess at case.communications@asfa.ca or Katrina at shac@asfa.ca for more information or stop by the CASE Office (LB 656)!

Bishop’s University is hosting the 3rd annual QUEUC this year on February 24-26, 2012. This conference is an excellent opportunity for undergraduate students in the Humanities across Quebec to meet with fellow students and present their ideas, while also gaining valuable experience for post-graduate studies and careers.

Students are encouraged to submit papers by DECEMBER 16, 2011. Papers are presented in panels with a discussion period following each presentation. For more information on how to submit a paper, including the requirements and expectations, please see the QUEUC webpage (http://www.ubishops.ca/queuc/index.html).

QUEUC will be a great experience, with many social and cultural activities planned. We look forward to having you participate!

CAMPAIGNING HAS BEGUN!

Amanda L. Shore, Lizy Mostowski, and Colin McMahon are campaigning with hopes to become the next Creative Writing Committee Representative! Be on the look-out for any and all campaigning because YOU need to vote next Wednesday, November 9th in the CASE office on the 6th floor of the library building (LB 656)!

Come out and show your support for your peers because any vote is greatly appreciated and highly sought after.

See you next week!
Your 2011 CASE Executive

Hello fellow English students!

This is a call for Members at Large for the current school year, 2011-12. The position is a great way to get more involved with the English Department as well as an opportunity to meet fellow students and faculty. As a Member at Large you will be asked to help host C.A.S.E. events – as events are organized, I will be e-mailing you to find out if you are available.

If you are interested, please e-mail me, Tullia Monaco, and I will forward any additional details. I hope to see many of you interested in taking part!

Thank you for your support!

Tullia Monaco
English Literature Member at Large
case.elml@asfa.ca

OFFICIAL CALL FOR C.A.S.E. BY-ELECTIONS!

To all English Lit and Creative Writing students: This is the official call to fill remaining C.A.S.E. Executive positions for the 2011-12 academic year!

The NOMINATION PERIOD will be from October 3rd – 6th. There will be an information session on Thursday, Oct. 6th, at 5:30 in LB-646. Nominees will be asked to submit their forms at this time.

If you are interested in a position, please email Jess Marchand at case.communications@asfa.ca ASAP! She will give you a further information on the available slots and will keep in touch with you on anything to do with the proceedings. This is a really great chance to get to know your peers, to have them get to know you, and to be more involved with your program and your faculty!

The four available positions include:

VP INTERNAL: shall be the primary liaison between our association and the department.

VP EXTERNAL: shall be the primary liaison between our association and other social bodies.

VP FINANCE: shall be assigning authority and will hold responsibility over the financial matters of our association.

VP ACADEMIC AFFAIRS: shall be the main representative of the association on all matters relating to curriculum within the department. The VP Academic shall also be responsible for coordinating all academic services and events provided for the members.

Bring yourselves, because drinks are on us!

It’s that time of year again – after the back to school jitters have come and gone, students and faculty find themselves in a desperate state, contemplating why they have chosen to come back to school when the beach is calling their names! BUT HAVE NO FEAR, THE C.A.S.E MEET ‘N GREET IS HERE! That’s right! Come join your fellow students, Faculty and C.A.S.E Exec. for our Meet ‘n Greet, and find reason again!

Meet us at the Mckibbins Speakeasy on Bishop for a night of shmoozing ‘n boozing! BE THERE OR BE SQUARE!

McKibbin’s Irish Pub: 1426 Bishop St.

The time has come to be more involved with your program! Three committees are looking for students in English Lit and Creative Writing and require not a large amount of commitment and it is all for your personal benefit and the benefit of your peers!

If you want to sit on the Curriculum Committee and help develop new courses, fine-tune calendar descriptions and freshen up old courses then this is the position for you!

If you’re interested in talks and lectures offered at Concordia and you want to help decide and invite guest scholars then the Speaker’s Committee is for you!

And finally, if you want to help solve any issues pertaining to the Creative Writing department then the Creative Writing Committee is the committee for you!

Email me, Jess Marchand, at case.communications@asfa.ca if you have ANY questions or concerns and if you are at all interested!! I’ll be in the office this week Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1:00-2:45 and Thursdays from 4:00-6:00 if you want to stop by our office LB-646! I hope to hear from you!

Official Letter from the Department:

The English Department is calling for nominations for undergraduate student representatives to sit on Department Committees for the current school year, 2011-12. Students are encouraged to self-nominate for the following positions:

1. Creative Writing Committee (1 position, must be a student accepted in the Creative Writing program). The Creative Writing Committee is responsible for all issues pertaining to Creative Writing (the program, admission guidelines, Writers Read at Concordia, Summer Literary Seminars, Matrix).

2. Curriculum Committee (2 positions). The Curriculum Committee is responsible for developing new courses, refreshing older ones, fine-tuning Calendar descriptions of courses, and selecting Honours special topic courses.

3. Speakers’ Committee (1 position). The Speakers’ Committee is responsible for selecting and inviting guest scholars to give academic talks. The Committee also coordinates and promotes the talks.

Nominations should be sent directly to Dr. Meredith Evans, Student Liaison Officer, Room LB641, and received no later than 10 a.m. Friday, October 21, 2011.

If there are more candidates than positions, an election will be held on Friday, October 28, 2011, in Room LB-646. Only registered English students will be allowed to vote. The vote will be held between 10 and 11 a.m.

Thank you for your support.

Dr. Meredith Evans
Student Liaison Officer
Department of English
meredeva@alcor.concordia.ca
848-2424, x.8930