I think the Graduate Awards were judged by David Ebenbach (who is leaving Oxford for DC this summer -- his partner Rachel got a job at Georgetown).
I will put money in to help fund the Outstanding award, cris.
Because of the strange way rotations work out sometimes I haven't taught any of the poets mentioned, so will trust others' judgements.
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Eriic,
Judged by David? Not me. Or did I, and not remember?!
David
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Cris,
That's a generous offer and on behalf of the grad students, I applaud
you. I don't think they've ever gotten more than $100 each for that award,
by the way. We began giving it out because there was the undergraduate
Havighurst, and only discovered after some years that the Havighurst was
undergrad only, and then began years of my cajoling money from successive
chairs to pay for the Outstanding Grad student.
The way to make the money available is to give Rachel a check made out
to the Alumni Fund, which means the department can spend it however it
chooses. If you do it that way, you'll be able to deduct it on your taxes as
a charitable contribution, if you're so inclined.
And so, now we need the outstanding grad award nominees, always given to
a second year.
By the way, the Graduate Writing Awards, judged by David, were awarded
as follows:
Fiction Winner: Matt Weinkam ($200)
Fiction Honorable Mention: Michelle Lawrence ($50)
Poetry Winner: Tasha Golden ($200)
Poetry Honorable Mention: Alla V ($50)
I've asked Matt and Tasha to give brief readings and the end of awards
this coming Wednesday.
Eric
On 4/22/11 10:02 AM, "Cheek, Christopher F. Dr." <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> all good . and sorry to rush away last night btw
>
> i hope the poker went well
>
> i agree about giving the graduate awards anyway and would suggest Jonny Lohr
> for poetry?
>
>
>
> i'm prepared to give $100 each, for both fiction and poetry so that they at
> least get something
>
>
>
> and i don't know Cody but like Kelly and either is okay with me (Leyla Boss??)
> . and like Kate and Alex both a lot in fiction
>
>
> cris
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>
>
> On Apr 22, 2011, at 9:40 AM, Tuma, Keith W. wrote:
>
>> I agree that Cody Ziler should be on the list of poets to vote on--he was in
>> my 330 in the fall and did impressive work there. Kelly Nadler is also
>> deserving and should also be on the list. Either one would be fine by me.
>>
>> Keith
>>
>>
>> On 4/22/11 9:27 AM, "Cathy Wagner" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> Should we give the Grad Awards anyway, even though there's no money? Cathy
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>>> Dear Colleagues,
>>>
>>> In poetry: Cody Ziler is taking 651 with me this semester, and he is most
>>> impressive.
>>> We might also add Max Bruno to the fiction list?
>>>
>>> David
>>>
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>>> Dear Colleagues,
>>>
>>> Just yesterday, I remembered that we had neglected to decide on the
>>> Walter Havighurst undergraduate writing awards. Therešs one in fiction,
>>> one
>>> in poetry. This is an award for seniors, and wešve generally used it to
>>> honor the most likely to succeed/most valuable member of the program. We
>>> need to decide on it no later than Monday, and it seems to me that we can do
>>> it on-line. I suggest we do this in two steps, 1) listing students we
>>> think
>>> worthy of consideration by genre 2) voting on that list.
>>>
>>> In fiction, Išd like to mention, in an unranked order: Kate Segraves,
>>> Sara Rubenstein, Jarrett Shedd, Alex Dannemiller, Steven Hoffman.
>>>
>>> In poetry (Išve only taught him in screenwriting): Cody Ziler.
>>>
>>>
>>> By the way, although there will be graduate writing awards (funded by
>>> Frank Jordanšs generosity), there will be no Outstanding Graduate Student
>>> awards this year, since that money has had to come out of the Alumni fund,
>>> and
>>> Kerry was loathe to part with any of it this year.
>>>
>>> Eric
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