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The Weekly Undergraduate E-Newsletter
Upcoming Dates & Deadlines, Events & Info
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April
April 8
Declaration Celebration
McCosh Courtyard
1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
April 11
Sophomore Declaration Period Ends
April 12
- Declaration Day
- Junior Fall Term 2022 Course Selection
April 13
Sophomore Fall 2022 Course Selection
April 14
First-year Fall 2022 Course Selection
Common Works Essentials: Encountering Poetry with Profs. Jeff Dolven & Josh Kotin
McCosh Hall B
April 18
12:30 - 1:20 p.m.
Common Works Essentials:
Imitation Workshop with Prof. Jeff Dolven
McCosh Hall B45
April 19 -UPDATED DATE!
- Senior Thesis Due
- Junior Independent Work Due
April 20
English Majors' Colloquium: TBD
4:30 p.m. East Pyne 010
April 22
Last Day of Regularly Scheduled Classes
April 25
- Reading Period Begins
- UG Add/Drop for Fall 2022 Term Courses Begins
April 29
UG Add/Drop for Fall 2022 Term Courses Ends
May
May 3
- Reading Period Ends
- Dean's Date
May 4
Take-Home Final Exam Period Begins
May 5
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Part 1:Senior Comprehensive Exam
1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Part 2: Senior Comprehensive Exam
May 6
Spring Term Final Exams Begin
May 11
Deadline for Take-Home Exams
May 12
Spring Term Final Exams End
May 22
Baccalaureate
May 23
Class Day
May 24
Commencement Day
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The Maren-Annan Grant for Departmental Research
The Maren-Annan Grant for Departmental Research supports student research for the Junior Paper and, under special circumstances, for other work for juniors or seniors within the context of a course in the English Department (excluding the senior thesis).
Applications should be made through SAFE, by choosing “Undergraduate Independent Projects” under “ACTIVITY.”
Please apply to all funds for which you are eligible along with the Maren-Annan Grant.
Allowable expenses correspond to those listed for senior thesis research on the OUR website.
Applications may be made at any time, but we recommend submission at least four weeks before any planned travel.
Awards are typically between $200 and $1200.
Consultation with your JP advisor or the instructor for your class is essential.
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The Maren Grant for Senior Thesis Research
The Maren Grant for Senior Thesis Research supports work toward the thesis for seniors in the English Department. Students should apply through SAFE, and choose the Maren Grant among their funding sources.
Please apply to all funding sources for which you are eligible.
Applications to the Maren Grant for Senior Thesis Research may be made in any of the three OUR funding cycles:
- for thesis research in the summer before senior year;
- in the fall of senior year;
- or in the winter before the thesis is due.
Awards are typically between $200 and $1200.
Deadlines in S.A.F.E. are early: be sure you consult O.U.R. and plan ahead.
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LINK TO DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH UG WEBSITE
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IMPORTANT:
Change in Due Date:
Junior and Senior Independent Work
Now due Tuesday, April 19, 2022, noon.
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Declaration Day!
Class of 2022, Class of 2023, and Class of 2024
Friday, April 8, 2022 @1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
McCosh Courtyard
Come trip the light fantastic with
the English Department
at Declaration Day!
McCosh Hall Courtyard
April 8th, Friday
1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
by the ENGLISH banner
We promise mirth, and poetry,
photos and sweets to all comers.
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The Great Uprooting: Migration and Movement in the Age of Climate Change
Monday April 18, 2022 @ 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
100 Arthur Lewis Auditorium, Robertson Hall
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Amitav Ghosh, speaker.
It has long been predicted that climate change will lead to large-scale displacements of population and mass migration. Is it possible to look at the European 'migrant crisis’ of recent years through this prism? This, and many other related questions, prompted me to travel to migrant camps in Italy in 2017, to interview migrants whose languages I am familiar with: that is to say speakers of Bengali, Hindi, Urdu and Egyptian Colloquial Arabic. This talk is an attempt to identify some of the underlying patterns in the stories I was told by the migrants, in their own languages.
Organized by the Program in South Asian Studies. Co-sponsored by The Center for Global India, Princeton University Humanities Council, Environmental Humanities and Social Transformation Colloquium, Department of English, Department of Comparative Literature, Department of Anthropology
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Senior Comprehensive Exam Preparation | |
Concentrators, to assist with your senior theses or junior papers, graduate students (many of whom you have already met as your preceptors) will be on standby on March 25th to help you with your projects. Walk-ins are welcome, and you can stay in the room the whole day (10AM to 4PM) if you'd like. Lunch will be provided. If you would like to attend, please submit this survey.
If you would like graduate students to read material beforehand, please fill out the optional parts of the survey. Note that the graduate student will spend no more than one hour with your writing before the session, so make sure to specify what aspects of your writing you would like their attention on. A dropbox link is in the survey if you want to submit material beforehand. You must submit your material no later than March 22nd. Slots are limited for prior submissions and will be read in order of submissions.
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CWE: Encountering Poetry in Songs of Innocence and Experience and Dicksinson's Selected with Profs. Jeff Dolven & Josh Kotin
Thursday, April 14, 2022
12:30 - 1:20 p.m. McCosh Hall B14
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Join Profs. Jeff Dolven and Josh Kotin on Thursday, April 14, 2022 for a conversation exploring the essentials of reading poetry. Essential events are open to all English concentrators as well as students interested in concentrating in English.
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CWE: Imitation Conversation with Prof. Jeff Dolven
Monday, April 18, 2022
12:30 - 1:20 p.m. McCosh B14
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Join Prof. Jeff Dolven on Monday, April 18, 2022 at 12:30 p.m. to discuss how to approach responding to questions that require imitation.
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Encountering Moby Dick with Profs. Sarah Rivett & Josh Kotin
Monday, April 25, 2022
12:30 - 1:20 p.m. McCosh Hall B14
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Common Works Essentials:
Encountering Moby Dick.
Join Prof. Sarah Rivett and Prof. Josh Kotin on Monday, April 25, 2022 at 12:30 p.m.
to discuss how to approach reading Moby Dick.
For junior English concentrators, for those interested in concentrating in English, for beginners and seasoned readers alike (and anyone who just might be taking the Common Exam in the spring 2023).
We will read some passages together and dare to ask the question, how do we approach this text? Set reading goals for the summer of 2022.
Lunch provided for those concentrators who have RSVP'd by Thursday, April 21, 2022.
Register: htps://bit.ly/CWE_MobyDick22
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Senior Concentrators:
WE NEED YOUR PICTURES & INFORMATION!
FOR CLASS DAY 2022
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REPRESENT LIKE A TIGER!
Class Day 2022 is Monday, May 23, 2022 at 1:30 p.m.
WE NEED YOUR MATERIALS & WE NEED IT NOW!
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Dear Senior Concentrators,
WE NEED YOUR PHOTOS! And we need your correct INFORMATION!
Your information:
Please fill out this google form with your name as you want it to be shared on Class Day 2022, and your tentative/ final thesis title (I use this information to assign second readers!) .
Your Photos -- What we need:
Please send us as jpeg/png/doc/pdf of your baby/ young person photo:
- Your favorite baby/ young person picture (cuteness you, creative you, "little reader" you, or the one you like the most!)
Please also send us a jpeg/png/doc/pdf of a recent picture photo:
- Picture(s) of you now or recently -- this will be shared in our department film with your thesis and any prize(s) you may win.
We would also greatly appreciate your help by sharing your photos from these past two years:
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We would also love photos that we can share of you and other concentrators. Please think of ones that "express you" or a photo of you that you love (and your family might too.)
And a really short video (30 seconds please!)
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If you'd like, please take a short video (no longer than a 30 seconds, of you sharing a favorite poem or passage that resonates with you, one which knocks you over, makes your heart sing, your brain buzz, or the one that captured your interest and brought you to your thesis!
WHERE TO SUBMIT?
Please submit your materials through the submission box on our webpage here
(Kindly label your files with your full name - pngs, jpegs, pdfs, word docs are all welcome.)
MATERIALS WERE DUE.
GET THEM IN NOW!
BE A TIGER - DON'T BE A HYENA!
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Find Help When You Need It |
Princeton is a caring and relatively small place, so it is not difficult to find support if you look for it. The University strives to provide you with the academic, personal and health resources to succeed on campus. We do assume, however, that you will seek out the help you need.
To make the most of your academic experience, you’ll want to take advantage of the many resources designed to enhance your approach to research, writing and problem solving.
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Useful Services & Information | |
The Center for Career Development is here to help all undergraduate and graduate students of all years to identify their interests and strengths, explore a diverse range of opportunities to build experience and clarity about their goals, and empower them to pursue paths they find personally meaningful.
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Humanities Council Faculty Bookshelf:
Visit the Humanities Council's Faculty Bookshelf! Browse by author or discipline to explore the University's cutting-edge humanities scholarship.
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University Center for Human Values offers events of interest:
To access the events that the University Center of Human Values presents please use this:
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Writing Program
For Juniors and Seniors:
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80-minute, Discipline-Specific Appointments: From formulating a plan for semester- and year-long projects to conducting research and drafting and revising, our trained Graduate Fellows are available as students tackle the challenges of independent work! Make an appointment now: https://writingcenter.princeton.edu/s/80MIN
The Virtual Writing Lab (Sunday-Thursday 8 p.m. – 11 p.m. ET): Having a hard time getting motivated working on your JP or Thesis? Looking for a sense of community? Don’t go it alone! Join our Zoom-based virtual lab to write with peers, consult Fellows as needed, and tackle your short and long-term writing goals! Join here any time we’re open.
Writing Partnerships: Pair up with an experienced Graduate Fellow for a standing weekly appointment to structure the JP or thesis writing process and avoid a pile-up of writing at the end of the semester. If you’re interested in setting up a partnership, write to Dr. Creedon (greedon@princeton.edu).
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Murray Professor of English Literature
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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Undergraduate Administrator
(609)258-4093
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