Dear Graduate Students, It's that time of year again--time to start planning our annual MA conference, which is scheduled to take place during the spring semester on Thursday, April 27, 2017. We're looking for volunteers to join this year's Graduate Conference Committee, which organizes the conference. The committee's responsibilities include coming up with a conference theme, writing a call for papers, making decisions on submissions, organizing panels, inviting faculty participation, and promoting the conference. We'll meet about once or twice a month leading up to the conference. We are planning to hold our first meeting on *Wednesday, November 9, at 6:30pm*. Please email caroline.hong@qc.cuny.edu to let us know if you're coming, or if you can't make it but would still like to join the committee. And even if you don't volunteer, we hope you'll all submit proposals once the CFP goes out in the spring! Best, Caroline and Bill -- Caroline Kyungah Hong, PhD Assistant 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@qc.cuny.edu