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[Englishstudents] NPR Internships (paid)
by English 16 Jun '20

16 Jun '20

Dear students, National Public Radio is accepting applications for paid (remote) internships. Here’s a brief description of the internships: "From day one, interns at NPR are given real-world, hands-on responsibilities. Working alongside top professionals in the field, interns do meaningful work across a variety of departments at NPR.” It’s also pretty exciting that 10% of NPR staff started as interns. You can find out more details here<https://www.npr.org/about-npr/181881227/want-to-be-an-npr-intern>. If you’re interested in applying, I suggest scheduling an online consultation with the Center for Career Engagement<https://www.qc.cuny.edu/StudentLife/services/career/Pages/default.aspx> to get help with our application materials. You can also find listings for other employment opportunities there. I’m also happy to look them over if you want. Sincerely, Professor Jason Tougaw Coordinator, English Internship Program

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[Englishstudents] follow-up email for making a short video to protest cuts
by Karen Weingarten 15 Jun '20

15 Jun '20

Dear all, As promised, here are the instructions about how to make a short video to show your support for QC/ CUNY. Please forward this message to anyone you think might be interested in participating. And also, please share our website that was created to educate the public about what these cuts will do to Queens College: http://fundQC.org<https://fundQC.org> all my best, Karen Weingarten Acting Chair, English The departmental chairs at QC are working hard to fight for funding for CUNY. You can play a very important role. They need you to film yourself saying "I am QC" and "We are QC." (If you only want to do one, please do "I am QC.") Your clip(s) will be edited into a short video. Creating this would be very, very much appreciated. We are facing devastating cuts and you can help make the difference. Here's how to do it: If you are shooting with a phone: 1. If you have a friend or relative you live with, ask them shoot you with your phone turned horizontally. (No vertical videos!) A medium shot or medium close shot would be good - that is head to mid chest. Shoot in the daytime as the light is better. Do not have your back to a window. 2. If you want to film yourself, prop your phone up horizontally using a few books on a table. Turn the camera on and go sit in front of it. Adjust your position according to the results till you get the correct framing. 3. Turn the camera on, sit down. Take a moment and then say "I am QC". Wait a moment then you can go turn the camera off. 4. Repeat saying, "We are QC." If you have a camera and a tripod: Set up to shoot yourself in medium or medium close up. Do not worry about editing. Send the clip(s) to FundQC(a)gmail.com<mailto:FundQC@gmail.com>

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[Englishstudents] Queens College/ CUNY Budget Crisis
by Karen Weingarten 15 Jun '20

15 Jun '20

Dear English Majors and Minors, We do not usually email our students about political matters, or reach out over the summer break. However, in the wake of the pandemic, Queens College is facing unprecedented budget cuts. These cuts will really affect the quality of your experience with us, so we are reaching out in the hopes that you will help us fight them, and preserve the quality education you deserve. The proposed budget cuts will make class sizes across the college go up enormously. At the same time, other classes will be cancelled, and faculty will be laid off. Entire programs may be eliminated. At a time when our students need the opportunities that a CUNY education affords more than ever, we are being starved of the resources that will allow us to provide it. A recent op-ed about CUNY and racial justice<https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-how-cuny-helps-dismantle-racism…> that was published by a Queens College professor argues against these cuts. The piece also features one of your peers, a fellow QC student. The good news is that we still have time to avoid those cuts if students, faculty, staff, and alumni organize together to oppose them. In these unprecedented times, I write to ask that all of you to think about how you have benefited from a CUNY education and share your story with Governor Cuomo, your state assembly member, and your state senator. Queens College's budget comes from the state. However, if you live in NYC, you can also write your city council member and encourage them to increase funding for CUNY because the community colleges are funded by the city. You can find your elected officials here<https://www.commoncause.org/find-your-representative/change-your-address/> or here<http://disc-chipmunk-ca47.squarespace.com/>. Many State Senators/ Assembly members will write back to acknowledge your email. I will also follow up this email with another about how to submit a short video for a project the Media Studies department is putting together. As always, please feel free to reach out with any questions. Best, ? Karen Weingarten Acting Chair and Associate Professor English Department Klapper Hall 602 Queens College, CUNY http://english.qc.cuny.edu

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[Englishstudents] Environmental Literature: open to enrollment
by English 08 Jun '20

08 Jun '20

Dear students, We have added another elective to the roster for the Fall: ENGL 327 (Environmental Literature) is now open to general enrollment. All English majors and minors who have taken ENGL 170W may register. Please note that the course will be fully online in the Fall, with most coursework being completed on your own schedule, with face-to-face meetings scheduled at convenient personalized times throughout the semester. The listed meeting time in CUNYfirst of M/W at 9:15am will no longer apply. The course will also satisfy the Literature after 1820 elective requirement. (full disclosure, I'm the instructor, and I'd love to see you in the Fall in the course! I have some great readings and fun digital assignments planned!) Very best, Prof. Silyn Roberts ENGL 327: Environmental Literature What can literature teach us about climate crisis? In an era of ecological collapse, how can the humanities - and literary study in particular - offer imaginative new theories of being, thinking, and social relations in a broken world? How might literary texts help us navigate a long history of what multispecies feminist critic Donna Haraway calls the "unexpected collaborations and combinations" entwining the human species and its environment? Beginning with the question, "what is ecocriticism?", this course engages these questions to consider how climate crisis demands revised ways of approaching literature. Specifically, we will work to understand the changing relationship between the natural world and literature in relation to such critical concepts as liberal sovereignty, slave capitalism, biopolitics, deep time, posthumanism, and animal studies. Dr. Siân Silyn Roberts Associate Professor of English Director of Undergraduate Studies Department of English, Queens College Klapper Hall 601 Office Hours for Spring 2020: Mon 3:00-4:00pm; Wed 12pm-2pm; and by appointment

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[Englishstudents] English Department statement on racism and racial violence
by English 03 Jun '20

03 Jun '20

Dear English Majors and Minors, I hope you are all safe and well during these trying times. I wanted to let you know that the English Department just posted a statement on our website in response to recent events. You can see it here: http://english.qc.cuny.edu/ And I'm pasting it below. Please take care and stay safe. all my best, Karen Weingarten Acting Chair and Associate Professor English Department Klapper Hall 602 Queens College, CUNY http://english.qc.cuny.edu The English Department at Queens College condemns all forms of violence that target the lives of Black Americans and other people of color. As academics who study the literature, rhetoric, and writing of different periods and peoples, we recall the words of James Baldwin, who wrote “History is not the past. It is the present. We carry our history with us. We are our history. If we pretend otherwise, we are literally criminals.” We therefore hold ourselves accountable for remembering the history of Black oppression in this country, and naming its connection to police brutality that targets Black people. We also see a direct link between the devaluing and defunding of public urban institutions of higher education, like CUNY, and state racism. As a department affirm our commitment to the work of anti-racism, through our teaching, service, and research. Black lives matter.

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[Englishstudents] English Matters Newsletter Submissions
by English 03 Jun '20

03 Jun '20

Good morning, We're writing to you because we thought you may want to share your experience in learning during a pandemic for the next issue of English Matters. We'd like to know how you navigated family, work, and learning through a fully online platform during such an extremely stressful time. Please feel free to share with us your personal experience of fears and triumphs. Submissions should be 100-150 words sent by July 15th. We wish you and your families continued safety and good health. Sincerely, The English Department http://english.qc.cuny.edu/ Klapper 607 718-997-4600

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[Englishstudents] Share: Virtual Career Events starting this week
by English 02 Jun '20

02 Jun '20

Dear English Majors and Minors, The Center for Career Engagement and Internships is hosting three events about job searching, applying to graduate schools, and a career information event. See below for more details. Please contact the Center if you have any questions. all my best, Karen Weingarten Acting Chair, English As we start the summer session, I have attached three flyers to share with your students and recent alumni: 1. Coping with stress while searching for job on Wednesday, June 3rd 3:00 – 4:00 pm 2. Thinking of Going to Graduate School at QC on Thursday, June 4th 12:00 – 12:45 pm 3. Career Virtual Summer Events Students can register on www.qc.cuny.edu/hireqc<http://www.qc.cuny.edu/hireqc> (Students > Events > Workshop > RSVP) Stay healthy and be well. Regards, Zavi Zavi Gunn Director Center for Career Engagement and Internships Queens College, CUNY Visit our Career Website<http://www.qc.cuny.edu/career> Employer and Student HireQC Log-In<http://www.qc.cuny.edu/hireqc> Students can schedule a virtual appointment<http://tinyurl.com/qccareercontact>

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[Englishstudents] Congratulations!
by English 28 May '20

28 May '20

Dear Graduating English Majors and Minors, Congratulations! Today is graduation, and I hope you're celebrating your accomplishments as best as you can. While I wish we could all be on campus to congratulate you in person and share some well-deserved hugs and handshakes, please know that I speak for all the English Department faculty when I say we are cheering you on from our homes. We made a virtual English Department graduation site for you that I hope expresses how proud we are of all your accomplishments. Check it out here: https://www.klappergrads.com<https://www.klappergrads.com> It's best viewed on a computer, if possible. And a special shout out to Professor Sian Silyn Roberts, Director of Undergraduate Studies, who spent many hours collecting videos from faculty and putting the site together. So again, congratulations! Woo-hoo! You made it! You did it! You should be proud today for this significant accomplishment! We miss you a ton, and we hope you come back next year to celebrate with us. with all the very best wishes, Karen Weingarten Associate Professor and Acting Chair of English

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[Englishstudents] Virtual Commencement
by English 28 May '20

28 May '20

Dear students, Today was supposed to be the QC English commencement ceremony, and many of you were looking forward to walking across the stage in celebration with your family, professors, and fellow students. The ceremony is by far and away my favorite time of the year, and I join you in deep sadness that we are not able to be together at this time to celebrate your accomplishments. An email is a wholly inadequate substitution for a commencement ceremony, but I do want to offer you my sincere congratulations on this day. Please know that I am thinking of all our wonderful graduates and wishing you the very best for the future. Very shortly, the Acting Chair Prof. Karen Weingarten, will be sending out a more substantial tribute to your accomplishments, so I encourage you to look for her email. My best wishes to you all, Prof. Silyn Roberts Dr. Siân Silyn Roberts Associate Professor of English Director of Undergraduate Studies Department of English, Queens College Klapper Hall 601 Office Hours for Spring 2020: Mon 3:00-4:00pm; Wed 12pm-2pm; and by appointment

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[Englishstudents] English courses will be online in Fall 2020
by English 21 May '20

21 May '20

Dear English Majors and Minors, Apologies if you received a message from me already today. I want to make sure everyone gets this news. If you're planning to take English courses for Fall 2020, I wanted to let you know that our department has decided that all courses will be online for the fall. We decided to make this move because of the pandemic, and in anticipation that it will still not be safe for us to meet in the small classrooms allotted to most of our courses. We also know that many of you depend on public transit to get to campus. Please know that all instructors teaching your courses will be asked to take a seminar about online teaching pedagogies. Unlike this spring, when the move to online teaching was sudden, our faculty will now have the opportunity to prepare for teaching online this summer, which is in part why we're making this decision early. If you go on CUNYFirst, you should soon be able to see how your courses will be taught. Synchronous means that the course will be taught via videoconferencing at the scheduled times. Asynchronous means that the course will be taught mostly at your own pace, with set deadlines and discussion on online forums/ lecture material posted online. Some professors will choose to do a combination of these two things, and in the next few weeks we will post this information in the "notes" in CUNYFirst. If you have any questions about your specific classes, please feel free to reach out to your professor. For general or registration questions, please write to me or to the English Department at english(a)qc.cuny.edu <mailto:english@qc.cuny.edu> Have a good summer! Please stay safe. all my best, Professor Karen Weingarten Acting Chair of English

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