Welcome to the GSAB Website for
English Graduate Students at Ball State University!


 

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Contact GSAB at gsab@bsu.edu


Next Meeting:  Thursday, September 27 @ 11am in RB 285


What's Happening with GSAB?

FRIDAY FORUM: Mark Neely's Dogs of Indiana

September 28 at 1:00pm in RB 361

Listen to Mark Neely read his poetry his manuscript Dogs of Indiana and discuss his writing process. Professor Neely will also answer your questions about poetry and production.

MARATHON READ - "So It Goes...": A Tribute to Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

October 4th, 2007

Bracken Library Room 215

10am-10pm

 

INCLUDING...

  • short stories and essays by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

  • Bake Sale

  • Raffle, with prizes drawn every hour

Stop in anytime during the day to listen to Vonnegut's works, buy a baked good, or win!  More  info

SIGN UP TO READ AT THE MARATHON (OR DONATE)!  E-mail GSAB!

PENSCAPE is seeking submissions by October 15, 2007

Students whose work is selected will read for ten minutes before au audience of faculty and peers.  This is a terrific opportunity to showcase your work to the Ball State community (and it looks great on your vita!)

Guidelines: Submissions of fiction, poetry, or creative nonfiction should be no longer than 10 double-spaced pages.  Excerpts from longer works are acceptable, but they must stand on their own.  Students submitting must be graduate students in the English department or have completed a graduate level Creative Writing course.  Please send submissions to Jessica Millis (jmmillis@bsu.edu) as a Word .doc or Rich Text Format.


SEE PICTURES FROM LAST SPRING'S PENSCAPE HERE.


What is GSAB?

GSAB's purpose is two-fold: to provide assistance to graduate students in the English department and to provide a channel of communication between graduate students and the English Department. We provide this assistance through activities such as:

Þ    Financial assistance for students presenting at conferences.

Þ    Fundraisers such as book sales and marathon reading events.

Þ    Professional development events to help graduate students who wish to present at conferences, prepare their curricula vitae, and many other topics.

Þ    Friday Forum, an opportunity for faculty and graduate students to share ongoing scholarly projects.

Þ    Social events to encourage and enhance a cohesive community within the English Department.

Þ    Regular meetings that can be a forum for student concerns.


Who is part of GSAB?

Technically all English Graduate students are members of and can be participants in GSAB. Practically, since we know that most graduate students lead busy lives, we hold elections early in the fall semester of each year to select representatives from each area and graduate level.  The representatives agree to attend meetings and communicate between the board and the members of the graduate community that they represent.  You are encouraged to participate in GSAB, even if you are not an elected member of the board.


How you can participate

Want to participant actively to plan events for fellow graduate students? Have a request for a seminar you would like hosted? Have a great conference link you'd like to add to the list on the Links page?

Email us at gsab@bsu.edu to let us know!

 

 
 
 
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