2008-2009 Calendar of Events
Thursday, October 2
Calliope Organizational Meeting, 5:00 p.m.
130 Colson Hall
For more information, contact Mark Brazaitis
Mark Brazaitis or 293-9707
Wednesday, October 8
Semi-Annual Pizza Party, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
130 Colson Hall
Tuesday, October 14
A Reading to Rock and Rhyme the Vote, 7:30 p.m
Blue Moose Cafe
Featuring: Jim Harms, Ethel Morgan Smith, others
Thursday, October 16
Eberly Distinguished Lecture Series
Mike Sell
130 Colson Hall, 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Friday, October 17
Council of Writers (COW) Fall MFA Reading
Zenclay, 7:30 p.m.
Featured readers will be Lauren Reed, Jason Kapcala and Sarah Einstein.
Monday, October 20 – Friday, October 24
Sturm Writer-in-Residence
Bill Olsen
Monday, October 20
Bill Olsen Reading
Gold Ballroom, 7:30-9:00 p.m.
Monday, October 27
Jackson Distinguished Lecture Series
Linda Hughes
130 Colson Hall, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Seminar with Graduate Students, 2:30-4:30 p.m.
223 Colson Hall
Tuesday, November 4
Election Day Recess
Thursday, November 6
Erin Jordan Lecture
130 Colson Hall 4:00 p.m.
Thursday, November 6
Council of Writers (COW) Undergraduate Reading
Blue Moose Cafe, 7:30 p.m.
Headline reader will be Melanie Moroz, a poet and recent graduate of the WVU MFA program.
Monday, November 17
Elizabeth Graver Reading
Gold Ballroom, 7:30-9:00 p.m.
Tuesday, November 18
PWE Poster Display 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Discussion 4:00-5:00 p.m.
130 Colson Hall
Saturday, November 22-Sunday, November 30
Thanksgiving Recess
Thursday, December 4
418 Reading
130 Colson Hall, 2:30-4:00 p.m.
Friday, December 5
Last Day of Classes
Monday, December 8-Saturday, December 13
Final Exams
Sunday, December 14-Sunday, January 11
Winter Break
Monday, January 12
First Day of Classes
Monday, January 19
Martin Luther King’s Birthday Recess
Wednesday, January 21
Michael Martone Reading
Gold Ballroom, Mountainlair, 7:30-9:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 14
Undergraduate Literary Symposium
Laurel and Monongahela Rooms, Mountainlair, 9:00-5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, March 4
Semi-annual Pizza Party
130 Colson Hall, 11:30-1:30
Friday, March 13
Writing Contest Deadline
Saturday, March 14-Sunday, March 22
Spring Break
Friday, April 3
Graduate Student Colloquium
Rhododendron Room, Mountainlair, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 4
Graduate Student Colloquium
Laurel and Monongahela Rms., Mountainlair, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Friday, April 10
Friday before Easter recess
Wednesday, April 22
Department of English Awards Luncheon
Gold Ballroom, Mountainlair, 11:30-1:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 23
Calliope Reading
Gold Ballroom, Mountainlair, 7:30-9:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 30
MFA Reading
Gold Ballroom, Mountainlair, 7:30-9:00 p.m.
Friday, May 1
Last day of classes
Monday, May 4-Saturday, May 9
Final Exams
Sunday, May 17
Commencement
Monday, May 18-Friday, August 7
Summer Term
May 21-24
Summer Seminar in Literary and Cultural Studies
Public Lecture, 7:30-9:00 p.m. Thursday, May 21
130 Colson Hall
Monday, May 25
Memorial Day Recess
July 16-19
Writers’ Workshop