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[EnglishMA] MA students: Last Call!
by Hillary Miller 12 Oct '22

12 Oct '22

Dear English MA students: This Friday is the final day to let us know if you’d like to volunteer for our 2023 Graduate Student Conference Committee. This is a great opportunity to develop your academic CV credentials while also collaborating with fellow students and faculty to create a memorable conference. Students at any stage of the MA can serve on this committee— whether you’re in your first semester or final semester-- even if you’re graduating this fall! Faculty and students work together on the Conference Committee to create a theme, a call for papers, and take care of planning and prep. Click here<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fqcenglish…> to see past themes, and fill out the following form<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.goog…> (or reply to this email) if you’re interested in being on this committee. Please send along any questions about the above. Best, Hillary -- Hillary Miller Assistant Professor, Theatre & Performance, The Graduate Center Assistant Professor of English, Queens College, CUNY https://hillarymiller.commons.gc.cuny.edu<https://hillarymiller.commons.gc.cuny.edu/>

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[EnglishMA] October Message/ MA Program in English
by William Orchard 06 Oct '22

06 Oct '22

Dear MA students, September went by swiftly, and now we find ourselves at the start of October and in weather that feels decidedly autumnal. There a lot of things going on in October, so we have divided this month’s message into three sections: one relating to the program, one relating to events on campus, and the last devoted some funding and prize opportunities at CUNY and beyond. Please remember, too, that we will supplement these monthly messages with regular postings on our social media accounts: * Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/QCMAEnglish/> * Twitter<https://twitter.com/QCEnglishMA> THE MA PROGRAM Graduate Student Conference: The date for the Graduate Student Conference has been set for Wednesday, March 29, 2023, and now we need a THEME! Do you have ideas for our 2023 conference theme? We are looking for MA students to help us brainstorm and draft our call for papers. Click here<https://qcenglish.commons.gc.cuny.edu/graduate/ma-in-english/graduate-confe…> to see past themes, and fill out the following form<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe3r4Z2OyYS7-WjgMtQxdpypirkbOois-m…> if you’re interested in being on this committee. Pre-registration: Pre-registration occurs early this year during the week of October 24. Course descriptions and instructions on pre-registering will be sent out the week prior. In recent years, there has been a high demand for on-line and hybrid courses. Please note that we will need to enforce enrollment limits on these classes, and will maintain waitlists for courses that reach capacity. We therefore urge you to register for courses early. Teaching Opportunities at Queens College: Occasionally, a very limited number of one-course adjunct and graduate assistant teaching positions, primarily in freshman composition (ENGL 110 and 130), may be available. Although these opportunities are limited—usually just one or two courses per academic year—we would like to build a list of students who would be interested in teaching. The strongest applicants will be those who have completed or in the process of completing about a half of the courses required for the program, and who have performed well (3.7 GPA and higher) in these courses. Please complete the following form<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdXzUyF9na1eG1zBG0savGDWCciXrfvHim…> if you would like to be considered for opportunities that might become available for the next academic year. Graduation Deadline: If you plan to complete the program this semester, remember that the deadline to apply for graduation is November 1. You apply for graduation on CUNYFirst. OCTOBER EVENTS OCTOBER 13: READING: Queens College’s own John Weir will be reading with Queens College MFA alumna and poet Camila Santos at 7pm in the Godwin-Ternbach Museum in Klapper Hall. A reception and book signing will follow the event. OCTOBER 18: READING: Queens College’s Off the Page Series welcomes Daphne Palasi Andreades. A graduate of Baruch College/ CUNY, Andreades is the author of Brown Girls, a novel about a group of women who grew up together in an outer borough of New York City. The novel was a New York Times Editor’s Pick and longlisted for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize. You can read more about Andreades here<https://pen.org/the-pen-ten-daphne-palasi-andreades/> and here<https://bombmagazine.org/articles/daphne-palasi-andreades-interviewed/>. The reading happens at 7:30 pm. Click here to register for this free event<https://kupferbergcenter.org/event/off-the-page-a-conversation-with-daphne-…>. OCTOBER 21: OPEN HOUSE: The English PhD program<https://www.gc.cuny.edu/english> at the CUNY Graduate Center is hosting an Open House for students who are considering applying to their PhD program in English. For those considering applying to a PhD programs this year or later, this event will give you an overview of the process in addition to explaining the particular strengths and features of the Graduate Center’s program. The Open House takes place at 3 pm, and will happen virtually. Click here<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fall-2022-english-open-house-tickets-428687234…> to register for this event. OCTOBER OPPORTUNITIES We want to make students aware of some of the funding opportunities and writing prizes available to MA students. If you plan to apply for any of these, Hillary and I are happy to talk with you about your application before you submit it. Women Writing Women’s Lives Kathy Chamberlin Award: This award provides a grant of $500 to women who are writing about women’s lives. The grant funds support research to be completed in 2023, and would be well-suited to a student who is planning to write a thesis on a woman writer. The details about the grant are available here<https://womenwritingwomenslives.org/kathy-chamberlain-award/>, and the deadline for applications is November 1, 2022. CLAGS Graduate Student Paper Award: Each year, CLAGS (The Center for LGBTQ Studies at CUNY) sponsors a student paper competition open to all graduate students enrolled in the CUNY system. A cash prize of $250 is awarded to the best paper written in a CUNY graduate class on any topic related to gay, lesbian, bisexual, queer, or transgender experiences. Papers should be between 15 and 50 pages. Deadline: November 23, 2022. More details on the prize can found here<https://clags.org/fellowships-and-awards3/#GraduateStudentPaperAward>. CUNY Career Opportunities List: CUNY maintains a weekly listserv that lists job opportunities, internships, careers fairs, and other job search resources. If you are considering a job outside of academics or teaching after graduating, this is a useful resource. You can subscribe to the list at this link<https://cuny.us9.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=90ce25ec40ea491c1a8cc5a90&id=5…>. As always, feel free to reach out to Hillary Miller or me if you any questions or concerns. Hillary’s student hours are Mondays from 2 to 4 pm in Klapper 707, and mine are Tuesdays from 3:30 to 5 pm and Wednesdays from 5:30 to 6:30 pm in Klapper 637. You’re also welcome to contact us by email if you can’t make those times. Last week, Ada Limón gave her inaugural reading at the Library of Congress as the new Poet Laureate of the United States. I leave you with one of my favorite poems of hers, “Instructions on Not Giving Up.” Best, Bill Instructions on Not Giving Up Ada Limón<https://poets.org/poet/ada-limon> - 1976- [cid:image001.png@01D8D973.B57CEFC0]<https://poets.org/poem/instructions-not-giving> More than the fuchsia funnels breaking out of the crabapple tree, more than the neighbor’s almost obscene display of cherry limbs shoving their cotton candy-colored blossoms to the slate sky of Spring rains, it’s the greening of the trees that really gets to me. When all the shock of white and taffy, the world’s baubles and trinkets, leave the pavement strewn with the confetti of aftermath, the leaves come. Patient, plodding, a green skin growing over whatever winter did to us, a return to the strange idea of continuous living despite the mess of us, the hurt, the empty. Fine then, I’ll take it, the tree seems to say, a new slick leaf unfurling like a fist to an open palm, I’ll take it all.

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[EnglishMA] September Email/ MA Program in English
by William Orchard 07 Sep '22

07 Sep '22

Dear MA Students, I hope that you had a chance to enjoy the Labor Day weekend, and I hope that the chaos of the start of the semester has subsided and that you’re nicely settled into your classes. I plan to send out email messages on the first Monday of each month, alerting you to important upcoming deadlines and events and sharing information about the program. With the exception of urgent announcements, like those regarding registration, we’ll try to limit emails to these monthly messages. More regular postings about the department will appear on the program’s social media accounts, which you can click on below to follow: * Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/QCMAEnglish/> * Twitter<https://twitter.com/QCEnglishMA> GRADUATE CONFERENCE: We will begin planning soon for the program’s annual graduate student conference. The conference is a chance to share your research and writing with others, meet students from other NYC graduate programs, and develop your curriculum vitae or resumes. MA students select the conference theme, review proposals, and organize the day. If you would like to be involved in this year’s conference, please email EnglishMA(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:EnglishMA@qc.cuny.edu> by September 23. The first meeting of the conference planning committee will happen in the beginning of October. SPRING COURSES: Although the schedule is in the process of being finalized and specific course titles and descriptions will be available next month, we wanted to give you a sense of what next semester’s course offerings and modalities will likely look like (keep in mind that this still might change slightly). 636 Tue 6:40pm 8:30pm Ferguson In Person 701 Mon 4:40pm 6:30pm Weingarten In Person 702 Thu 6:40pm 8:30pm Nysenholc Hybrid 719 Tue 6:40pm 8:30pm Sargent Hybrid 722 Mon 6:40pm 9:30pm Alryyes In Person 729 Thu 6:40pm 8:30pm Mak In Person 781 Tue 4:40pm 6:30pm Cassvan Online 781 Wed 4:40pm 6:30pm Hintz Online 781 Thu 4:40pm 6:30pm Paslawski Online September important dates and events: September 14: TALK: Community as Rebellion: A Conversation with Lorgia García Peña. This conversation will discuss strategies for decolonizing higher education, which in this case means thinking about ways to resist the academy’s extractive and exploitative practices, and how we might transform existing institutional spaces in ways that create more liberation and cultivate community for students and faculty of color. Sponsored by the Public Labs Project at the CUNY Graduate Center (which sponsors many events that are open to MA students for free). Online at 6 pm. Register for the zoom link at: https://publicslab.gc.cuny.edu/events/community-as-rebellion-a-conversation… September 20: READING: Crystal Hana Kim, Visiting Assistant Professor of Creative Writing, will read and discuss her work in Queen’s College’s Off the Page Series. Read more about Professor Kim’s work here<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Hana_Kim> and here<https://electricliterature.com/crystal-hana-kim-doesnt-want-to-write-the-pe…>. For tickets and registration, visit the Off the Page website: https://kupferbergcenter.org/off-the-page-conversations-with-writers/ September 26 / 27: No Classes (Rosh Hashanah) September 29: READING: Emmanuel Xavier, Americano. Xavier is a queer Latinx writer who came of age in New York City’s ballroom culture (think Pose or Paris is Burning). The reading will include ballroom performances by the House of Babylon. More information on Xavier is available here<https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/emanuel-xavier> and here<https://labloga.blogspot.com/2009/07/interview-with-emanuel-xavier.html>. 6 pm at the Student Union. September 29 (Thursday): Follows a Monday schedule. Finally, an alumna of the MA program sent along an announcement for some teaching jobs in English and History at the Cristo Rey School in Brooklyn. That announcement is attached here and posted outside my office door. As always, feel free to reach out to Hillary Miller or me if you any questions or concerns. Hillary’s student hours are Mondays from 2 to 4 pm in Klapper 707, and mine are Tuesdays from 3:30 to 5 pm and Wednesdays from 5:30 to 6:30 pm in Klapper 637. You’re also welcome to contact us by email if you can’t make those times. I hope your semester is off to a great start. Best, Bill

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[EnglishMA] Fall 2022 Beginning-of Semester Announcements
by William Orchard 22 Aug '22

22 Aug '22

Dear Graduate Students, Welcome back! The Fall 2022 semester officially begins on Thursday, August 25. Please read carefully through these important beginning-of-the-semester announcements, attached and pasted below. For more information and policies specific to our English MA program, please consult our most recent handbook, also attached here. As Professor Hong mentioned in her message to everyone last week, Hillary Miller and I will be directing the MA program starting this year. We are looking forward to another semester of learning and being in community together. Hillary and I are here to support you as best we can, so please don't hesitate to email us both if you have any questions or need advising. Best, Bill Orchard _______________________________________________ William Orchard Associate Professor Associate Professor Director, MA Program Department of English Department of English CUNY Graduate Center Queens College, CUNY QC English MA Program Fall 2022 Announcements Academic Calendar The Fall 2022 semester officially begins on Thursday, August 25. You can find the CUNY Academic Calender with important dates and deadlines at https://www.cuny.edu/academics/academic-calendars/. You can find the QC-specific calendar at https://www.qc.cuny.edu/communications/calendar-page/. Important dates to keep in mind: * The last day to drop classes for a 100% tuition refund is Wednesday, August 24. The last day to add classes is Wednesday, August 31. * There are no classes scheduled on Monday, September 5 (Labor Day); Monday, September 26–Tuesday, September 27 (Rosh Hashanah); Tuesday, October 4–Wednesday, October 5 (Yom Kippur); Monday, October 10 (Indigenous People’s Day/Italian Heritage Day); and Thursday, November 24–Sunday, November 27 (Thanksgiving). * Thursday, September 29 follows a Monday schedule. * For students planning to graduate Fall 2022, the deadline to file for graduation via your CUNYfirst Student Center is November 1. * The last day of classes is Tuesday, December 13, and the last day to drop a course with a W grade is Wednesday, December 14. The Fall 2022 semester officially ends on Wednesday, December 21. Fall 2022 Advising For important info about our program and its policies and procedures, please consult the most recent English MA Handbook (attached separately). We will be available for advising both virtually via email and Zoom, as well as in-person. If you have any questions, need advising, or want to make an appointment, please email us. Prof. William Orchard, Director of Graduate Studies (English MA) Email: worchard(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:worchard@qc.cuny.edu> Faculty Office: Klapper Hall 637 Graduate Studies Office: Klapper Hall 604 Fall 2022 office hours: Tue 3:30–5:00pm, Wed 5:30–6:30pm, and by appointment Prof. Hillary Miller, Assistant Director of Graduate Studies Email: hillary.miller(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:hillary.miller@qc.cuny.edu> Office: Klapper Hall 707 Fall 2022 office hours: in-person Mon 2:00–4:00pm and by appointment via Zoom You can also contact us by emailing MAEnglish(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:MAEnglish@qc.cuny.edu>. For general inquiries not specific to the MA program (e.g., for faculty contact info), please consult the English Department website at https://qcenglish.commons.gc.cuny.edu/ or contact the English Department Office (english(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:english@qc.cuny.edu>, 718-997-4600). Please be sure to check your QC email regularly (and also add any other primary email addresses to your CUNYfirst account), as the College and your professors may be communicating with you that way. Check (and Double-Check) Your Schedule Before the semester begins, please take a moment to log-in to your CUNYfirst and check that you’re registered for your courses. If for some reason your registration has been canceled by the Bursar, or if you’re registered for the wrong courses, it’s much easier to sort out any issues before the semester begins. English MA courses will continue to be taught in-person, hybrid, or fully online. When you check your schedule, please also double-check the instruction modes for your courses. If you’re taking an in-person course, please confirm your classroom location the day of your first meeting, as classrooms can sometimes be changed at the last minute. If you’re taking a hybrid or fully online course, your professor should communicate how/where to join their class. If you don’t hear from them by the first day of the semester, please email them directly to request this info. Faculty contact info and office hours can be found at https://qcenglish.commons.gc.cuny.edu/people/. Adding a Course / Requesting an Overtally If you are looking to add a fall course, there are open seats still available in ENGL 728. Please review the updated course descriptions<https://www.dropbox.com/s/2c1blwr1sdswori/2022%20Fall%20ENGL%20MA%20course%…> and confirm current availability by searching the Class Schedule on CUNYfirst<https://globalsearch.cuny.edu/>. If you wish to overtally into a course that is already closed, please email the professor and ask for their permission to overtally and/or to be placed on the class waiting list. Please keep in mind that instructors have no obligation to overtally you into classes once they’re full and that all instructor decisions are final. COVID-related Policies + Campus Access Pandemic-related policies and procedures may continue to evolve, so please check your QC email regularly for updates and announcements. QC COVID-related info can be found at https://www.qc.cuny.edu/covid/. CUNY COVID info can be found at https://www.cuny.edu/coronavirus/. A reminder that all CUNY students taking in-person or hybrid classes must be fully vaccinated (unless they’ve been granted a medical or religious exemption). If you haven’t already, please be sure to upload proof of vaccination to CUNYfirst<https://cunyithelp.cuny.edu/sp?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0012414…> at least 10 days before classes begin. Once your vaccination verification has been approved, you can access campus at entry points by tapping in with your QCard or showing a Cleared4 Access Pass<https://www.cuny.edu/coronavirus/howtoregister-cleared4/>. Please note that the CUNY random COVID testing program<https://www.qc.cuny.edu/covid/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2022/03/Random_CO…> is still in effect. If you get an email from no-reply(a)cleared4work.com<mailto:no-reply@cleared4work.com> that you have been selected for testing and do not comply, your campus access will be revoked until you do. If you were selected for testing this summer and did not get tested within the 14-day time period, please get tested ASAP before the semester begins at any CUNY testing site (including the one on the 1st floor of QC’s Student Union; all CUNY testing locations and hours can be found at https://www.cuny.edu/coronavirus/cuny-covid-19-testing-site-locations/) Any questions re: campus access should be sent to ReturnToQC2022(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:ReturnToQC2022@qc.cuny.edu>. Please also keep in mind that QC is a mask-friendly campus, and you’re encouraged to continue masking indoors, especially as COVID cases, hospitalizations, and deaths remain high in NYC. And if you feel ill, please stay home. QC Hub The QC Hub is a centralized office with staff from the Registrar, the Bursar, Financial Aid, etc., and is the easiest way to get any financial or registration problems resolved and your bureaucratic questions answered. You can make a virtual appointment with them via the QC Navigate app (https://qc-cuny.navigate.eab.com/, using your CUNY Login<https://www.cuny.edu/cuny-login/>) or email them at QCHub(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:QCHub@qc.cuny.edu>. For more info and their hours, see https://www.qc.cuny.edu/qchub/. Please note that, unfortunately, the QC Hub is understaffed and can get overwhelmed. If you contact the QC Hub and don’t get a response within a week or two, please let us know so we can help follow up. Information Technology Services (ITS) For help with online account or tech issues, contact ITS (https://www.qc.cuny.edu/its/) You can try live chat support<https://chat.qc.cuny.edu/UserForm.aspx?busy=true&deptid=14&userid=> (Mon–Thu 9am–10pm; Fri 9am–5pm), call them at 718-997-4444 (Mon–Fri 9am–5pm), email support(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:support@qc.cuny.edu>, or submit a ticket online<https://support.qc.cuny.edu/support/tickets/new>. You can also check their knowledge base for potential solutions to common issues<https://support.qc.cuny.edu/support/solutions>. QCard The QCard is your official QC student ID, and you will need it to gain access to and throughout campus. If you don’t already have a QCard, you can find info on how to obtain one at https://www.qc.cuny.edu/its/qcard/. Rosenthal Library You will need to tap in with your QCard to access the Rosenthal Library building. There are study areas located throughout the library, including Zoom Rooms and Group Study Rooms<https://library.qc.cuny.edu/services/spaces/> on levels 4 and 5. Visit their website (https://library.qc.cuny.edu/) for their hours and for help with your research (https://library.qc.cuny.edu/services/research/ask-us/) Our librarian, Prof. Leila Walker<https://library.qc.cuny.edu/profile/leila-walker/>, can also help you with any research-related questions; you can email her at leila.walker(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:leila.walker@qc.cuny.edu>. Counseling Services Being a grad student can be really stressful. For free and confidential mental health services, check out QC’s Counseling Services (https://www.qc.cuny.edu/cs/) You can call them at 718-997-5420 or email CounselingServices(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:CounselingServices@qc.cuny.edu> to make an appointment. Learn more about CUNY mental health services at https://www.cuny.edu/current-students/student-affairs/student-services/coun…. And if you ever find yourself in crisis, you can also connect 24/7 with a trained crisis counselor by texting CUNY to 741741.

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[EnglishMA] Signing off as DGS
by Caroline Hong 15 Aug '22

15 Aug '22

Dear Graduate Students, I’m wrapping up my term as DGS today, so this will be my final email to the MA listserv! I started as Assistant DGS way back in 2012 and then stepped in as DGS in 2015. For the past decade, it’s truly been a pleasure and privilege to work with our fantastic MA students and to help grow and improve our graduate program. But it’s time to move on, and I’m thrilled to pass the baton to my wonderful colleagues, Prof. Bill Orchard and Prof. Hillary Miller, who are CC-ed here. If you don’t already know them, please get to know them! They are the absolute best, and you should never hesitate to reach out to them for advising and support. (And I’m of course not going anywhere and always happy to continue to support you in a less official capacity, as a regular ol’ faculty member.) Bill will be in touch soon with announcements about the upcoming semester, which starts next Thursday, August 25. Looking forward to running into you in the halls of Klapper or on Zoom or maybe having you in an MA class someday soon. In the meantime, please continue taking care and being kind and gentle with yourselves and each other! Best, Caroline -- Dr. Caroline Kyungah Hong Associate Professor of English Queens College, CUNY she/her/hers * Please note that I am off email on weekends and will respond to your email during business hours, Monday–Friday 9am–5pm, generally within 1–2 business days.

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[EnglishMA] Signing up for ENGL 791 in Fall 2022
by Caroline K. Hong 01 Aug '22

01 Aug '22

Dear Graduate Students, Hope you're all continuing to take care, especially as we enter the home stretch of this semester. If you think you'll be completing your MA in Fall 2022 and are planning to take ENGL 791 and write your thesis essay next semester, please read on. Please start by watching this 13-minute video on "*Preparing for ENGL 791 <https://youtu.be/36_Kdwa5zrc>*." The video was recorded last year, so the dates are incorrect, but all the other info is still relevant—what the thesis essay is, how to find an advisor, how to sign up for ENGL 791, write an effective proposal, etc. I've attached here a handout of the updated slides for Fall 2022, which includes the correct deadline for submitting your ENGL 791 sign-up form and proposal, *August 5, 2022*. I've also attached copies of the sign-up form and the sample proposals. After watching the video, if you're planning to take ENGL 791 and write your thesis essay in Fall 2022, please *reply to this email to let me know and include your 8-digit CUNY ID #*. I'll follow up to confirm that you'll be ready to take ENGL 791 in the fall and then send you the Guide to ENGL 791 and add you to the 791 email list. Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns. Best, Caroline -- Dr. Caroline Kyungah Hong Associate Professor of English Director of Graduate Studies (English MA) Queens College, CUNY *she/her/hers* * Please note that I am off email on weekends and will respond to your email during business hours, Monday–Friday 9am–5pm, generally within 1–2 business days.

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[EnglishMA] Fall Internships with The Knight News
by Hillary Miller 22 Jun '22

22 Jun '22

Dear English MA students, Happy second day of summer! Please see below for information regarding internships at The Knight News for this Fall. These are excellent opportunities in reporting, social media, video, and audio journalism. Please be in touch with Prof. Tougaw directly if you have questions after checking out the links. Take care, Prof. Miller -- Hillary Miller Assistant Professor of English Assistant Director of Graduate Studies (English MA) Queens College, CUNY From: Jason Tougaw <jason.tougaw(a)qc.cuny.edu> Dear MA students, Are you interested in working with Queens College’s student-run newspaper? This Fall, The Knight News will offer Reporter Internships, Social Media Internships, and Video and Audio Journalism Internships. If you are interested in applying, please see the links below for further information and the internship application. The Knight News Internship Positions, Fall 2022: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_LuJKnCiRcd0CHOJ-R5s8mw8KHQWdn878MacccK…<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.goog…> The Knight News Internship Application, Fall 2022: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/18bDsx_3Jwj638AZRtX7cca0xDCbxTo6IQPMW2bWe08…<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.goog…> Sincerely, Jason Tougaw Professor, English Faculty Advisor, The Knight News English Internships Coordinator Jason Tougaw Professor, English English Internship Coordinator Faculty Advisor, The Knight News Queens College jason.tougaw(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:jason.tougaw@qc.cuny.edu> www.jasontougaw.com<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jasont…>

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[EnglishMA] Time-sensitive: QC / New York Public Radio Internships
by Hillary Miller 14 Jun '22

14 Jun '22

Dear MA students, I hope this finds everyone enjoying these summer days! We’re writing with an exciting announcement about new internships in New York media. Please see attached and below for the info-- note the application period begins June 22, with an upcoming Zoom info session on Friday, June 24—and contact Prof. Tougaw with any questions. Best, Hillary & Caroline Dear Students. I’m excited to announce a new opportunity for students—made possible through a partnership between New York Public Radio (NYPR) and the Media Studies Department, the Queens Podcast Lab, and The Knight News at QC. NYPR is the umbrella organization for WNYC, Gothamist, WNYC Studios, and The Greene Space. They produce some of the most outstanding live radio, print journalism, podcasts, and live events in the country. The partnership will create access to some of the most outstanding internships in New York media. These are paid internships that run the duration of the academic year. The application period for the academic year 22-23 is June 22 - July 20. Professor Amy Herzog (Media Studies) and I will hold a Zoom workshop / information session for students interested in applying—on Friday, June 24 at 11 am. Zoom info: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__us02web.zoom.us_my_jas… <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nam02.safelinks.protec… >. We are also happy to mentor interested students though the application process. We want you to land these great internships! See the attached PDF for details and FAQs. Please reply to this email to let me know if you plan to attend the information session / preparation workshop. If you do plan to attend, you should do the following in advance: —Take a look at all the links in the PDF. Familiarize yourself with NYPR as an organization and some of its affiliated media. —Choose a couple of shows or publications you’re especially interested in. Familiarize yourself with their pages—and especially their sarttaff. —Start reading or listening to the content that you’re interested in to gain a sense of their missions, styles, and personalities. Note: WNYC Studios produces a lot of podcasts. We list just a few in the PDF. I encourage you to branch out and explore the others on their site. Note #2: You can apply if you have graduated, so long as you complete the internship within a year of your graduation. This goes for undergrads and grad students. Please let me know if you have questions. Best, Jason Tougaw Professor, English English Internship Coordinator Faculty Advisor, The Knight News Queens College jason.tougaw(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:jason.tougaw@qc.cuny.edu> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.jasontougaw.com&d=D… <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nam02.safelinks.protec… > Jason Tougaw Professor, English English Internship Coordinator Faculty Advisor, The Knight News Queens College jason.tougaw(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:jason.tougaw@qc.cuny.edu> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.jasontougaw.com&d=D… <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nam02.safelinks.protec… > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Interns" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to interns+unsubscribe(a)theknightnews.com<mailto:interns+unsubscribe@theknightnews.com>. Jason Tougaw Professor, English English Internship Coordinator Faculty Advisor, The Knight News Queens College jason.tougaw(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:jason.tougaw@qc.cuny.edu> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.jasontougaw.com&d=D… <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nam02.safelinks.protec… >

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[EnglishMA] Summer Session 1 begins today + updates
by Caroline K. Hong 06 Jun '22

06 Jun '22

Dear Graduate Students, A reminder that the first *4-week summer session* begins today. If you are enrolled in Prof. Rhoda Sirlin <https://qcenglish.commons.gc.cuny.edu/people/rhoda-sirlin/>'s ENGL 681 or Prof. Edward Currie <https://qcenglish.commons.gc.cuny.edu/people/edward-currie/>'s ENGL 719, you should hear from them about how to access their online classes. If you don't hear from them by the end of today, you should email them as they may not have your contact info. And there's still time to register for the *6-week summer session* that begins on July 5 (see the summer course descriptions here <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KttN-wljuoeXOtxDIl47ZDcLncsv0J3KIr6lrhj…> ). Another reminder to please *register for your Fall 2022 courses*, if you haven't already (see the updated fall course descriptions here <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rF6y6KAv_fhymlnL05PiH0SRcOBW6BSLGAXixrz…>). There are still plenty of open seats, including in ENGL 701, 639, 726, 728, 742, and 781-02. Please note that ENGL 726, ENGL 728, ENGL 742, and ENGL 781-02 will now all be *hybrid* courses (meaning they will occasionally meet online instead of only in person), to offer the most flexibility for our students. Professors <https://qcenglish.commons.gc.cuny.edu/people/faculty/> for hybrid and fully online courses will be in touch by the start of the fall semester with instructions on how to access your classes. As always, please email us both if you have any questions or need advising or support. FYI, we are both traveling late June to mid-July and may be slower to respond to emails during that time (most faculty are slower to respond over the summer, as we travel and focus on our research). But we will respond as soon as we can. Please stay safe and healthy and keep taking care of yourselves! Best, Caroline & Hillary, your Directors of Graduate Studies in English -- Dr. Caroline Kyungah Hong Associate Professor of English Director of Graduate Studies (English MA) Queens College, CUNY *she/her/hers* * Please note that I am off email on weekends and will respond to your email during business hours, Monday–Friday 9am–5pm, generally within 1–2 business days.

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[EnglishMA] Zoom link & program for tomorrow's graduation ceremony
by Caroline K. Hong 01 Jun '22

01 Jun '22

Dear Graduate Students, For graduating students who can't make the English Department Graduation Ceremony <https://qcenglish.commons.gc.cuny.edu/events/graduation-ceremony-2022/>, you're welcome to join *tomorrow, Thursday, June 2*, starting around 12:15pm, via Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89911828951. (FYI, it'll be connected via a faculty member's iPad, so the quality might not be the best.) You can also find the brief program attached. You can also livestream the college-wide Commencement <https://www.qc.cuny.edu/ce/> ceremony tomorrow morning starting at 9:00am at https://youtu.be/Br4hmbRPa1U. Congratulations to all our graduates, and wishing you the best! Best, Caroline & Hillary, your Directors of Graduate Studies in English -- Dr. Caroline Kyungah Hong Associate Professor of English Director of Graduate Studies (English MA) Queens College, CUNY *she/her/hers* * Please note that I am off email on weekends and will respond to your email during business hours, Monday–Friday 9am–5pm, generally within 1–2 business days.

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