Monday September 30th @ 12:30pm | CU Third Floor Atrium
Faculty & Grad Student Social
We hope to see you at our Faculty & Graduate Student Social on Monday September 30th at 12:30pm in the CU 3rd floor atrium. You can meet faculty members you haven’t yet connected with, as well as to catch up with familiar faces. Please stop by to introduce yourself and enjoy pastries and other sweet treats with English department faculty and fellow MA and MFA students.
For those of you in thesis hours, please use this time to get to know potential readers for your thesis committee. Reminder—your proposal and completed committee form are due the week of October 14th. Email your proposal and form to your comittee and CC Erin Kiley (ekiley1@fau.edu)
Professors Carissa Ma and Alexander Slotkin will host an "Applying to PhD Programs" workshop at 4pm on Monday October 21. The workshop will cover
Are you planning to apply to law school after graduation? Learn from a panel of law school admissions representatives and legal professionals when to apply for law school, how to prepare for the LSAT, what to focus on when researching law schools, and much more! Students from all campuses and all majors are invited to attend... [more info]
Julia Mason will lead a CV Workshop on Friday, November 1 at 2:30pm in CU 301. Participants will learn what distinguishes a resume from a CV, learn typical CV sections, and strategies for writing your CV for different audiences. The workshop will also cover letters of recommendation, focusing on who, how, and when to ask.
Spring 2025 MA grads are invited to a thesis formatting workshop. Please bring your thesis file/s and your questions! (Participants must have the latest version of MS Word for their OS installed on their laptop. Full versions of all Microsoft Office applications are available to FAU students at no charge. Please see OIT's Software Licensing & Support for details and instructions.) Time, date, and location TBA
This workshop will present job searches for careers outside of teaching/academia. Participants are encouraged to bring their CVs/resumes, drafts of cover letters, etc.
The panel will include representatives from FAU's Career Center, as well as speakers from careers across the disciplines including public policy research, academic leadership, education technology, library science, publishing, content writing and marketing, project management, and securing government bids and contracts.
Past Events
We hope to see you at our Faculty & Graduate Student Social on Monday September 30th at 12:30pm in the CU 3rd floor atrium. You can meet faculty members you haven’t yet connected with, as well as to catch up with familiar faces. Please stop by to introduce yourself and enjoy pastries and other sweet treats with English department faculty and fellow MA and MFA students.
For those of you in thesis hours, please use this time to get to know potential readers for your thesis committee. Reminder—your proposal and completed committee form are due the week of October 14th. Email your proposal and form to your comittee and CC Erin Kiley (ekiley1@fau.edu)
Julia Mason will conduct a Thesis Info Session for Spring 2025 Grads on Friday, October 4 @ 2:30pm in AH 205. The info session will focus on the proposal and committee, research tools, avoiding pitfalls, and advice from chairs and readers.