An Occasional Broadsheet
William G. Cooper, Jr. Honors Program in English, UALR
July 2007 (No. 28)
COOPER STIPENDS FOR 2007/2008Congratulations to the following students who have been awarded competitive Cooper stipends for the academic year:
Second Year Awards: Richard Cockerll, Keri Coffman, Ciara Gallion, Cortney Golden, Angelique Jackson, Nikki Killingsworth, Jeff Miller, Amoja Sumler
First Year Awards: Ruthie Carrion, Greg Clark, Holland Colclasure, Stefanie Di Francesco, Paul Dixon, Jay Jensen, Beau Rogers, Ashley Scott, Keith Smith, Sarah Walker, Ryan Witherspoon.
IN MEMORIAM: YVONNNE CROSTON
Over the years, many Cooper students have also taken part in the McNair Baccalaureate Achievement Program in the summer. They worked closely with the Associate Director of the Program, Yvonne Croston. Some of you may not yet know that Yvonne Croston died unexpectedly in July 2007. She will be much missed.
COOPER SEMINAR FOR FALL 2007
Dr. Vannatta is teaching a Cooper seminar on Hemingway and Faulkner which meets Monday & Wednesday 1:40 to 2:55 pm in Ross Hall 118.
COOPER SEMINAR FOR SPRING 2008
Dr. Paul Yoder will teach a Cooper seminar called Reading Poetry which will meet Monday & Wednesday 12:15 to 1:30 in Stabler Hall 401. Herešs what he has to say about it!
"Many English majors suffer from the shame of 'poetry anxiety disorder' (PAD). When the discussion turns to meter, metonymy, metaphor, alliteration or other issues of poetic interpretation, they become overwhelmed with a sense of anxiety and inadequacy. Well, now there is help. Doc Yoder's 'How to Read a Poem' offers a (relatively) painless step-by-step guide to overcoming PAD. This is not a course in Romantic poetry or Victorian poetry or even in early American poetry, but in the art of poetry reading itself."
UPCOMING COOPER SPEAKERS
We are in the process of lining up a speaker for the fall.
In the spring, Dr. Yoder will bring in a speaker in connection with his Cooper seminar on Reading Poetry. And Dr. Knutson will host a visit by Prof. Richard Dutton, who teaches at Ohio State, in conjunction with her class in English Renaissance Drama. Prof. Dutton has published widely but is best known for his scholarship on the Revels Office (censorship) and his editions of Ben Jonson's works.
STUDENT NEWS:
JEANEY KNOX has a position with AppleCorps, a division of Americorps, teaching Hispanic children in California.
NANNETTE CRANE has a story entitled "Sunday Best" in the current issue of upstreet. Access it at http://www.upstreet-mag.org.
NANETTE CRAWSHAW has a story entitled "The Lakehouse" in the current issue of the online magazine iddie. The story can be found at http://www.iddie.net
JOSEPH BARNETT will be working with AmeriCorps at the San Francisco Habitat for Humanity.
STEPHANIE WILLIAMS has just given birth to her third child, a boy named Benjamin. He joins siblings Brock and Bryanna Zabelle (the last named after Zabelle Stodola -- really!). She lives in Corpus Christi, Texas.
SARAH BURNS is now in Japan, courtesy of the JET Program. She is teaching in a small rural area called Tome in Miyagi Prefecture, about 2.5 hours from Tokyo by high-speed train.
7TH ANNUAL SEQUOYAH CENTER SYMPOSIUM
The 7th annual Sequoyah Research Center Symposium on Native American history, literature, journalism, and preservation runs 18 to 20 October. Hear indigenous authors, scholars, leaders, activists, and archivists from all over the USA and elsewhere. Free and open to the public.
For information and the conference program, go to http://www.anpa.ualr.edu.
COOPER T-SHIRTS
Free, sized Cooper T-shirts are still available to Cooper students. Come to the English Department and Vicki Plant can let you have one. All cotton, environmentally friendly, unbleached fabric . . . and good PR for the Program! The image is below.
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