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Dear colleagues,  I hope you have been able to stay warm during the winter weather and this very cold morning. Thank you for attending the Department Meeting and for discussing the issues we have to tackle together. I look forward to working with the CAPC to present a draft of the committee descriptions to you […]

In this Edition: “Department Meeting 1/23 Agenda NEW LOCATION – MEBANE 010, Annual Evaluations Due 1/20, Poetry Slam Invitation” Dear colleagues,  I hope you had a wonderful long weekend. I look forward to seeing you on Friday for our department meeting. There is a lot of information I would like to share with you.  Dates […]

In this Edition: “Chair Regular Office Hours T 11-1 (f2f & virtual), W 11-12:30 (f2f & virtual) and R 3-5 (virtual), Aetna ID Card, Syllabus Regulation, Committee Work Descriptions” Dear colleagues,  Happy New Year and welcome to the Spring 2026 semester. I hope you all had a wonderful break.   Welcome to the first week of classes. […]

In this Edition: **Exam Week, Commencement** Dear colleagues, Wishing you all a good exam week and smooth grading. If you can make it, come to graduation on Friday at 3 pm.  Dates and Events this Week Friday, December 12 Looking Ahead Dates and Events Fall 2025 December 15  December 18 Thank you Thank you all […]

In this Edition: **Last week of classes, Reading Day Wednesday, Exams begin Thursday** Dear colleagues, I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving Break. Dates and Events this Week December 2 December 3 December 4-10 Looking Ahead Dates and Events Fall 2025 December 12 December 15  December 18 Congratulations Congratulations to Dr. Noha Ghali, who presented […]

In this Edition: **Thanksgiving Week – No Classes on Wednesday** Dear colleagues, We have made it to Thanksgiving week! I hope you will have time to rest, relax and have time with friends or family this week just before the end of the semester is here. I hope that we can celebrate the end of […]

In this Edition: **Veteran’s Day – No Classes, Chair Office Hours: We 11:00-12:30 in person and virtual and Th 3-5 virtual** Dear colleagues,  We are certainly coming up to the last few weeks of the semester. I hope you are all doing well. Please note that this week on Tuesday is Veteran’s Day and there […]

Dear colleagues,  Congratulations to all of us for making it through last week. We had a successful Heritage Language Symposium and SEACS conference in spite of the inclement weather closings. Unfortunately, the Poetry Slam had to be postponed. A new date will be announced soon. Both the Symposium and SEACS were a huge success and […]

In this Edition: **Chair Office Hours: T 10-12 f2f and zoom, W 1-3 f2f and zoom, R 3-5 zoom** Dear colleagues,  Thank you for all your contributions to the search process and thank you to the search committee for an outstanding job. Next week is full of events: the Poetry Slam, the Heritage Language Learning […]

In this Edition: Chair Office Hours: T 3-5, W 2-4, R 3-5, Legal Affairs Presentation Wednesday at 11 am, Early Alerts due this Friday, Department Meeting (Agenda ) Dates and Events this Week February is Black History Month  February 2-4 February 4 – Happy Lunar New Year – Year of the Snake February 5 Legal […]