Dear Graduate Students,
A reminder for those of you who are coming to graduation. Looking forward
to congratulating you in person!
Congratulations to everyone who is finishing up and graduating this semester
! The 2019 English Department Graduation Ceremony will take place on *Thursday,
May 30*, around 12pm (or about 30 minutes after the campus-wide commencement
<https://www.qc.cuny.edu/about/Commencement/Pages/Default.aspx>), in the
Goldstein Theater. MA students who are graduating in Spring 2019, who
already graduated in Fall 2018, and who won't be officially graduating till
Summer 2019 are all welcome to participate in the ceremony. No RSVP or
tickets are required for the department ceremony, though I recommend you
and your loved ones get there by at least 11-11:30 to grab seats (and even
earlier if you need to look for parking). Graduates should come up to the
stage, and you'll be given instructions on where to sit, when to line up to
get your name called, etc. Cap and gown are not required. The ceremony usually
lasts about an hour, followed by a small reception with cake.
Best,
Caroline
--
Caroline Kyungah Hong
Associate Professor of English
Director of Graduate Studies (English MA)
Queens College, CUNY
65-30 Kissena Blvd.
Klapper Hall 604
Queens, NY 11367-1597
caroline.hong(a)qc.cuny.edu
Dear Graduate Students,
Our regular office hours for the spring semester will be ending this week,
but please do email if you have any questions or need advising. And please
read below for some important end-of-the-semester announcements:
*1. Taking an Incomplete *
If you're unable to complete a final course assignment and want to take an
incomplete, please discuss and make arrangements with your professor. Keep
in mind that an incomplete is a temporary grade and should be resolved
ASAP. All INCs must be completed within 1 calendar year (so an INC in
Spring 2019 must be resolved before the end of Spring 2020).
*2. Registering for Summer and Fall 2019 Classes*
Please register for your summer and fall classes ASAP, if you haven't
already. Courses that are underenrolled could be in danger of being
canceled by the College administration.
I've attached the updated course descriptions here. Please note that
there's a new course description and instructor for ENGL 727 during Summer
Session 2.
*3. Registering for ENGL 791 and 795*
If you're planning to write your thesis essay or take an independent study
in the fall, you should've already been in touch with me or Bill and also
already asked the faculty members you'd like to work with (before they're
gone for the summer). If you have questions or need copies of the sign-up
forms, which are due by August 1, please let us know.
*5. Graduation*
Congratulations to everyone who is finishing up and graduating this semester
! The 2019 English Department Graduation Ceremony will take place on *Thursday,
May 30*, around 12pm (or about 30 minutes after the campus-wide commencement
<https://www.qc.cuny.edu/about/Commencement/Pages/Default.aspx>), in the
Goldstein Theater. MA students who are graduating in Spring 2019, who
already graduated in Fall 2018, and who won't be officially graduating till
Summer 2019 are all welcome to participate in the ceremony. No RSVP or
tickets are required for the department ceremony, though I recommend you
and your loved ones get there by at least 11-11:30 to grab seats (and even
earlier if you need to look for parking). Graduates should come up to the
stage, and you'll be given instructions on where to sit, when to line up to
get your name called, etc. Cap and gown are not required. The ceremony usually
lasts about an hour, followed by a small reception with cake.
*6. Apply to Write for QC Voices*
QC Voices <http://qcvoices.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu/> is a student publication
that trains writers to work with editors to reach a wide audience on a
topic they choose. All QC students—graduate and undergraduate—are eligible
to apply. Students who are interested should take a look at the website for
a sense of the wide range of topics and styles they publish. Writers for QC
Voices publish six columns each semester, and they attend five workshops.
The salary is $600 per semester. For the academic year 2019-2020, QC Voices
would also like to add writers who are interested in podcasting or video
essays. Apply here
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf97mwQjDSyV52-hhSd-sAihdAWA22u4zS…>,
and if you have questions, contact the Faculty Mentor, Gloria Fisk at
Gloria.Fisk(a)qc.cuny.edu.
*7. CCNY's Grad Conference*
Please see the attached flyer for CCNY's Graduate Literature Student
Association conference, this Friday, May 17, from 11am-4pm.
Keep in mind that most full-time faculty are not available on campus during
the summer and may be slower to respond to email, as they're traveling or
focused on their research. As always, please don't hesitate to email us,
the Directors of Graduate Studies, if you have questions or concerns.
Hope everyone's semester is winding down nicely, and wishing you all a
lovely summer!
Best,
Caroline and Bill
--
Caroline Kyungah Hong
Associate Professor of English
Director of Graduate Studies (English MA)
Queens College, CUNY
65-30 Kissena Blvd.
Klapper Hall 604
Queens, NY 11367-1597
caroline.hong(a)qc.cuny.edu
Dear Graduate Students,
We just want to congratulate everyone who helped make our 6th annual
English grad conference <http://pursuitofpleasure.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu/>
yesterday a great success! The presentations were so engaging and
thought-provoking, and we were thrilled to award this year's Best
Conference Presentation prize to Alicia Farouk for her paper, “Esther
Greenwood’s Pursuit of the ‘Womb-Tomb’ in Sylvia Plath’s *The Bell Jar*”!
Our special thanks to the fabulous conference-planning committee: Maria
Bulzone, Alison Eldredge, Farrah Goff, Saidah Henderson, Tenisha McDonald,
Sal Pisciotta, and Nandi Prince.
You can check out pics from the conference over at our Facebook page
<https://www.facebook.com/pg/QCMAEnglish/photos/?tab=album&album_id=24027917…>.
And can't wait to start planning our 7th annual conference with y'all in
the fall!
Best,
Caroline and Bill
--
Caroline Kyungah Hong
Associate Professor of English
Director of Graduate Studies (English MA)
Queens College, CUNY
65-30 Kissena Blvd.
Klapper Hall 604
Queens, NY 11367-1597
caroline.hong(a)qc.cuny.edu
