GESA Meeting Minutes

February 7, 2008, 5 pm

• Present: Amanda Sigler, president; Ken Price, Vice President; Britt Johnson, treasurer; Kelly Chroninger, MA Rep; Chris McVey, MA Rep; Ginny Weckstein, Secretary
• 22 members attending.

Keira's Recital

• Rescheduled for Mon, Feb 25^th at 8 p.m at Univ. Baptist Church
• Contact Keria for tickets (or buy them at the door)

Treasurer's Report

• One last time, if you've forgotten your yearly dues, go ahead and pay them ($10!)
• Area Committee heads, submit receipts to Britt – you have $60/year

Spring Book Fair

• Remnants from last semester's sale
• All books $1 at Dawson's row
• Coming soon!

Grad Conference Update and Reminders

• Submit!!!! Submit!!!
• Weekend of 13^th-14^th (Thurs-Fri)
• There will probably be a party that Friday night
• E-mail any suggestions to Peter
• The New Literary History conference following ours will be very exciting too, so look up for that.

MA Matters

• If you're an MA and you have Matters (questions, needs, anything), come to the MAs!
• 2^nd year options chart is available on the department website and the GESA website (http://graduate.engl.virginia.edu/gesa/resources.html)
• Thanks to Chris and Kelly for assembling it!

Faculty Lecture Series

• Fri, Feb 22^nd, 2pm faculty lounge, Alison Booth on Dickens World
• April 4^th, 2 pm, faculty lounge, Rita Felski on the Aesthetics and Politics of Recognition

First Year Series

• There are two panels in the spring semester one on Conferences and one on Publications
• Feb 22^nd on Conferences
• Stephen Arata, Mrilini Chakrovorty, David Seigler, and Amanda Sigler will be on the panel.
• March 21^st on Publications
• Bruce Holsinger, Anna Brickhouse, and Richard Gibson will be on the panel.

ENCR 801

• We discussed feedback for the course..

GSAS Announcements

• GSAS is planning its rollover for next year – be aware that there are positions available that could be right for you!
• 2 student council positions open to graduate students
• 2 honor committee representatives
• 2 university judiciary committee positions
• If you'd like to be involved, get in touch with Ken Price and he'll get you more information.
• Also if you'd like to be a GSAS rep, contact Ken (more information to come)
• Graduate Research Exhibition
• For the whole graduate school of arts & sciences
• There are cash prizes by discipline (top prize $650!)
• Abstracts due Fri, Feb 22^nd
• Conference is March 19^th in Newcomb Hall
• Grad Student Yoga
• Check grad connections e-mail
• Happy Hour
• Thurs, Feb 21^st 6-8 at Baja Bean
• There is a taco bar
• St. Patrick's Day Party
• Mar 14^th
• 2 free drinks ($5 cover charge)
• If you want to sponsor something interdisciplinary, we can approach GSAS

Area Rep Announcements

• 18^th C Reading group Feb 27^th at 3:30 in faculty lounge
• If you like 18thc or theory, attend! It's fun!
• Amazons and Africans from Laura Brown's book
• Medieval reading group is hosting meetings on alternate Tuesdays and Wednesdays
• Approach the 20^th c or American areas if you have ideas!