Short Films Presentation

Insitutional Review Board Workshop

On April 4th, the Department of English, in collaboration with RUMEGA, the Department’s Graduate Committee, the Institutional Review Board Committee, the Office of Graduate Studies, and the Center for Professional Development will sponsor an Institutional Review Board Workshop with Dr. Jorge Ferrer.

This workshop will be open to the academic community-at-large and will be held in the Cafeteria Annex from 4:30-6:00 p.m. Participants will earn professional development credit and refreshments will be provided.

Please contact Dr. Mary E. Sefranek (marysefranek@hotmail.com) or Dr. Jocelyn Geliga Vargas (jgeliga@uprm.edu) for additional information. See the attached link for the announcement flyer. Feel free to distribute this among your students or others who may be interested in attending.

irb-promotion-for-apr-4.pdf

"El Abuelo" sneak preview

Dear Everyone,



You are cordially invited to a sneak preview of the short film "El Abuelo," directed by Antonio Yordan and starring Miguelangel Suarez . "El Abuelo" was funded by the Puerto Rico Film Commission. The screening will be at 5:30, Monday February 25 in La Cueva del Tarzan.Antonio is a UPRM graduate who took many film and English classes when he was a student here. Come say hi and give him your feedback on his work.

“Completing your MAEE Degree”

This is a reminder for all graduate students. The biannual Graduate Program Reception and Orientation this semester has been scheduled for Friday the 8th of February at 5:00 pm. It will take place in Chardon 318. Please come prepared with questions and comments regarding any areas of the MAEE program. The graduate committee, Director of the department and other professors will be there to help and assist students with any situations. In addition to that we will be discussing the results from the Mid-semester survey that was administered last semester to graduate students in the MAEE. It is important that you make arrangements to be there because this activity was developed to give you the opportunity to clarify questions and to be aware of the steps that need to be followed in order to successfully acquire your degree. I hope to see you all there.

TAs Concerned with TADS

I have spoken with Dr. Betsy Morales and we have agreed to use the first TADS meeting, which will be held on Thursday the 31st of January, to discuss and dialogue about the issues that you are all concerned with. the meeting will take place in Chardon 325 at 10:30. Please be there on time to make sure that we can find a solution that is satisfactory for both TAs and the English Department. Until then, have a great week!

Graduate Students Reception and Orientation

As you know there are several documents that need to be filled out, as well as specific steps that need to be followed in order to successfully finish the MAEE program. That is why the English Department prepares and activity of orientation for all graduate students. It is not only directed to new students because the information and orientation that is given, is relevant to all students regardless of their stage in the program. It is also a good opportunity to clarify any doubts regarding anything about the program because the Director of the Department, Graduate Committee members and other professors, will be there. It is important for us that as many students as possible attend to this activity. In prior semesters a Friday after 4:30 has been selected to carry out the reception and orientation to ensure that the greater amount of students is present. However, we would like to get your feedback on this matter in terms of possible alternatives for a day and time in which the activity can take place. It would be good to keep in mind that whereas some students are usually around campus most day, other have jobs and live in other towns. Thus, the time and day should be fair enough for everyone. Please post your comments or questions regarding the date and time for the orientation. You will be hearing more about this soon.

Graduate Students Extraordinary Meeting

Hello all,
Welcome back to a new semester! To my understanding there are some issues that graduate students who are TAs would like to address and discuss with the graduate student representative. I would like to propose that we meet next Thursday 17th of January, during universal hour. Please reply to the post to confirm your attendance.