2010 Fall Forum

As we hit the mid-semester mark, GSAC is looking ahead to our annual All-Department Meeting. To generate ideas for this meeting and to think about issues in the department more generally, we graduate students will be meeting first for our Fall Forum.

This year, the Fall Forum will be held on Wednesday October 20th, from 1:00-3:00pm in Ballantine 004.

This meeting will be our opportunity to discuss--in a gradutate student-only environment--the ongoing changes in the department, as well as any other issues on your mind, from teaching opportunities to budgetary changes. This is also a great time to pool our knowledge about many of the transitions the department is undergoing, and to make us all more knowledgeable English department citizens! So--if there is ANYTHING on your mind in terms of how the department is running and/or serving you; if you would like to be involved in a dialogue with the faculty about the future direction of the department; or if you are interested in hanging out while listening to your peers and eating some snacks for a couple of hours, PLEASE COME to the Fall Forum on Wednesday October 20th. From this discussion, we will get a sense of the key issues concerning the graduate students that we can then take to the faculty in the All Department Meeting.

Of course, we encourage you to come to the All-Department Meeting, but please make time to attend the Fall Forum; our ability to effectively communicate with the faculty and state our needs depends largely on your participation in this first discussion. If you're teaching at this time or have other conflicts, but still want to make your voice heard, please feel free to email GSAC (engsac@indiana.edu) or any of your GSAC representatives individually to discuss your concerns, vision for the department's future, or whatever! We would love to hear from you, and we're anxious to be able to represent your interests fairly and fully to the faculty in this year's All-Department Meeting.