Learn about English Department courses for the Spring 2013 Semester and enjoy conversation with English Department faculty and students.
English professor and 2011 National Book Award winner Nikky Finney was recently appointed the inaugural Guy Davenport Endowed English Professor, an award honoring one of UK's most distinguished professors.
Tickets $19. Students $10. Tickets at the Singletary Center Ticket Office (859) 257-4929. www.uky.edu/SCFA/tickets.php. Ticket office: 10 a.m – 5 p.m. M-F and 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. Sat.
This concert will be interpreted in American Sign Language for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Sponsored by: UK John Jacob Niles Center for American Music, Department of Music
Media sponsor: WUKY-FM
Nikky Finney and the Reel World String Band collaborate for a concert to benefit the New Opportunity School for Women. Arson destroyed the offices of the School in Berea on December, 11, 2011, and this concert is to help restore this vital organization’s future and to celebrate their 25th Anniversary. Writer Nikky Finney appears for a rare local reading as she tours extensively since her 2011 National Book Award for poetry for her fourth book of poetry, Head Off and Split. Reel World String Band is celebrating their 35th Anniversary of performing and activism. Come celebrate the richness of Appalachian and Affrilachian culture with these two Kentucky treasures.
There will be food, literature, and music!
Undergraduate students interested in applying to graduate school in English or linguistics should attend this meeting to learn about the process, hear some helpful tips, and talk with faculty and graduate students.
English Department Chair Jeff Clymer and Director of Graduate Studies Virginia Blum will meet with English graduate students to discuss issues important to the graduate students and to share information about the department and graduate students' roles in it.
