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English Department Orientation Day 2
August 17, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 4:45 pm
Location: All events will occur in Turlington 2354 unless otherwise specified; will also be available on Zoom
| 1:00-2:00 | Info for MFA Students
Review of the most pressing first year program requirements and answer other questions about your year. Mandatory for incoming MFA student; PhD students please skip this session. Look out for a handout in email. Speakers: David Leavitt, Carla Blount, Peggy Lowenstein, and Leah Rosenberg |
| 2:15-3:00 | Looking Ahead: Teaching in the English Department, led by Anastasia Ulanowicz
Useful information for how teaching is assigned, ranges of courses available, examples of how students connect their interests to teaching, and important to understand the role of the DGST in helping develop your teaching experience while in the program. All incoming students in both the MFA and PhD should attend this and remaining sessions today. |
| 3:15-4:15
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Graduate Panel on teaching in the English Department
Current students in the PhD and MFA programs will discuss their experience of teaching classes in the English Department. The speakers are: Cristovao Nwachukwu |
| 4:15-4:45 | The Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere, Professor Barbara Mennel and Alexandra Cenatus,
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IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, please email Leah Rosenberg (rosenber@ufl.edu) or Raúl Sánchez(rsanchez@english.ufl.edu).