You're absolutely right, what could I have been thinking? How about we try
to meet as cohorts at some mutually agreeable time around February 15th.



On 1/23/12 5:31 PM, "Luongo, Margaret M. Ms." <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Could we have a little more time on this? Our decisions aren't due until
>the end of February.
>
>
>Margaret Luongo
>Associate Professor, Creative Writing
>Department of English
>356 Bachelor Hall
>Oxford, OH 45056
>513-529-5221
>________________________________________
>From: Miami University Creative Writing Faculty
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>Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 4:45 PM
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>Subject: FW: admissions committee meeting
>
>See below.   Let's start reading this week and try to be finished by the
>end of next week?
>
>From: "Simmons, Michele Dr."
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>Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:32:38 -0500
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>Cc: "Baxter, Monica Lea Mrs."
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>Subject: admissions committee meeting
>
>
>Dear admissions committee members:
>
>First, thank you for agreeing to serve on the Graduate Admissions
>committee this year.  This is important work that must be done in a
>fairly short span of time, and I and the whole graduate faculty truly
>appreciate your work.
>
>I would like to schedule a meeting for either later this week or early
>next week to discuss the admissions process. If you are familiar with the
>process, and the meeting times do not fit in your schedule, it is not
>essential that you attend. Based on everyone's teaching schedules, the
>most promising times seem to be:
>Thursday, January 26 at 9:30 am
>Monday, January 30 at 9:30 am
>Monday, January 30 at 4 pm
>Tuesday, January 31 at 9:30 am
>
>Please let me know which of the above times will work best for you.
>
>I will be meeting with Dean Callahan soon to firm up the number of lines
>we have, but they will likely be similar to the lines available last year.
>
>Timeline and Process:
>Tuesday, Jan. 24:  Start reading
>Our deadline for submissions was Jan. 17, but because of the holiday, we
>will accept admissions coming in this week. Many more of the applications
>are missing one or two documents and will be added to the folders once
>the application is complete. The files will be kept in the filing
>cabinets across from Monica's office.  Please remember to sign them out
>and to return them in a timely fashion so that others can have access to
>them.
>
>Please remember to fill in all the boxes of the evaluation sheet and
>especially the ratings numbers at the bottom. Make a copy of this sheet
>to keep for yourself and return the filled in sheet to the file folder,
>so that Monica can record it.  Also, it's wise to remember that these
>evaluation sheets are public records, so keep comments brief, collegial,
>and to the point.
>
>If two readers find an application clearly unacceptable, please tag it
>with a protruding sticky note to save other readers the trouble of
>reading the file.  I'll give these a quick third reading.
>
>Please note (keep a list) of likely Academic Achievement Award nominees
>(one from each cohort) and Dean's Scholar nominees, and especially DEP
>(diversity) candidates.  Remember that we can get an extra line from
>DEP-matched candidates, and this year that might be crucial. However,
>also remember that DEP's for MAs are only for one year and for PhDs 2
>years total so that any students we admit with DEPs will need to be
>funded from our own lines afterward.
>
>Cohort Decisions and Final Decision Meeting, Week of Feb. 27:
>Please schedule your cohort meeting to decide your rankings before by
>Monday, February 27.  I will schedule our joint meeting for final
>decisions for M, T, or W that week, to give those writing nomination
>letters at least a day.  Remember, AAA nominations have to be in by
>Friday, March 2.
>
>I think those are the major points to remember.  Again, please let me
>know when you can meet.
>
>Best,
>Michele
>
>
>Michele Simmons
>Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in English
>Affiliate, Institute for the Environment and Sustainability
>Department of English
>356F  Bachelor Hall
>Miami University
>Oxford, OH 45056
>513.529.5221