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The English Club

The English Club @ ASU offers undergraduate students a voice in the affairs of the Department of English and a space for comfortable interaction with peers and faculty.  We place student representatives on departmental committees, offer workshops in areas of interest and concern to students, plan social and scholarly events involving students and faculty, and facilitate student access to funding and awards. We also coordinate and host an annual undergraduate conference which provides students with a stage for presenting their academic and creative work to peers, mentors, friends, and family.

English Club Officers, Fall 2009
Ginger Hanson, Co-president, Department of English Committee Member
Alisha Allston, Co-president, Department of English Committee Member
Alexandra Goodspeed, Vice-president
Amanda Rowe, Secretary
Spencer Kwit, Webmaster (Facebook), Undergraduate Lounge Supervisor
Elizabeth Pitts, Recruitment Officer, Department of English Committee Member
Chelsea Cota, Inkmaster, Department of English Committee Member

Upcoming Club Events
(See fall meeting schedule below event entries.) 

"Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai" (2008)--Environmental Justice Film Series

Wednesday, Oct. 28, 5:30-9 p.m.
Business Administration C-Wing 216 (BAC 216) ASU
 

The ASU Department of English, the English Club @ ASU, and Interdisciplinary Humanities and Communication present this film to kick off ASU's new Environmental Humanities Certificate. A facilitated group discussion will follow. :: "Taking Root" tells the dramatic story of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai whose simple act of planting trees has grown into the nationwide, and now international, Green Belt Movement. Focused on safeguarding the environment, protecting human rights, and defending democracy, volunteers in the movement have planted over 30 million trees to date. Standing up to powerful politicians who have privileged greed over a sustainable future, Dr. Maathai, the first environmentalist and first African woman to receive a Nobel Prize, has become an iconic inspiration. http://takingrootfilm.com
Free of charge and open to the public. Wednesday, Sept. 23, 12:30-2 p.m.
Language and Literature 316 (LL 316) ASU

 

PAST CLUB EVENTS, Fall 2009

 

GSEA and English Club International Student Potluck

The ASU Graduate Scholars of English Association (GSEA) and English Club @ASU sponsor this event celebrating international students in the Department of English. Graduate student Karen Chang (linguistics) is guest speaker. Please bring a dish; everyone welcome.
Event contact information:
jlclift1@asu.edu
http://english.clas.asu.edu/files/potluckflyer09.pdf
 
 

"Global Canaries: The Rhetoric of Sustainability in Small Island Communities"  talk by Peter Goggin

Thursday, Sept. 24, 3:15-4:30 p.m.
Language and Literature 316 (LL 316) ASU

ASU English Associate Professor Peter Goggin presents his research in this event sponsored by the English Club @ ASU.
Event contact information:
Ginger.Hanson@asu.edu
http://english.clas.asu.edu/files/goggincanarytalkflyer09.pdf
 

 

English Club @ ASU schedule of fall 2009 meetings

TT = Text Talk meeting - informal discussion about all things text-based (i.e., favorite books/films, maddening news stories, engaging scholarly articles, a great point someone brought up in a recent English class, etc.)  

B = Business meeting - brainstorm and lay out plans for upcoming club events and outreach

Friday, September 11, 2009 (TT)
5:30 - 6:30 pm
LL 316

Friday, September 18, 2009 (B)
5:30 - 6:30 pm
LL 316

Friday, September 25, 2009 (TT)
5:30 - 6:30 pm
LL 316

Friday, October 2, 2009 (B)
5:30 - 6:30 pm
LL 316

Friday, October 9, 2009 (TT)
5:30 - 6:30 pm
LL 316

Friday, October 16, 2009 (B)
5:30 - 6:30 pm
LL 316

Friday, October 23, 2009 (TT)
5:30 - 6:30 pm
LL 165

Friday, October 30, 2009 (B)
5:30 - 6:30 pm
LL 165

Friday, November 6, 2009 (TT)
5:30 - 6:30 pm
LL 316

Friday, November 13, 2009 (B)
5:30 - 6:30 pm
LL 316

Friday, November 20, 2009 (TT)
5:30 - 6:30 pm
LL 316

NO MEETING ON NOVEMBER 27, 2009 - Thanksgiving Holiday

Friday, December 4, 2009 (B)
5:30 - 6:30 pm
LL 316