Where Can the English Major Take Me? Inspiring Stories from Recent Graduates
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Niles Gallery, Lucille Caudill Little Fine Arts Library
Nikky Finney Appointed Guy Davenport Endowed English Professor
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.
Nikky Finney and Reel World String Band: A Benefit Concert for the New Opportunity School for Women
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.
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Singletary Center for the Arts, Recital Hall
Limestone Journal Reception for new 2012 issue
There will be food, literature, and music!
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Location:
Morris Book Shop (882 East High Street)
Graduate application information session
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.
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Location:
Student Center, room 211
Linguistics Program Seminar Series: The Ket language of Siberia
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Location:
Niles Gallery
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Linguistics Program Seminar Series: The Linguistic Organization of Historical Memory: Ixhil Maya Reburial Ceremonies in the Post-war Period
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Location:
Niles Gallery
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English Graduate Student Town Hall Meeting
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.
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Location:
Student Center, room 230
“End Corporate Rule”, a lecture by David Cobb
Central KY Move to Amend presents
WHO: David Cobb (Lawyer, Democracy Activist)
WHAT: talk & discussion, “End Corporate Rule”
WHEN: 7:00 p.m. Thurs., Aug. 30, 2012
WHERE: Old Student Center Theater, University of Kentucky
Event is co-sponsored by UK American Studies and UK Political Science.
FOR MORE ON DAVID COBB & HIS NATIONAL TOUR go to http://movetoamend.org/events/lexington-ky-move-amend-barnstorming-tour-david-cobb
ABOUT MOVE TO AMEND: Central KY Move to Amend (CKYMTA) is one of more than 130 affiliates of the national Move to Amend organization working to build grassroots support for a Constitutional amendment saying:
- CORPORATIONS ARE NOT PEOPLE!
- MONEY IS NOT SPEECH!
CKYMTA works to educate citizens about the undue influence of wealth and corporations—through activities, public events, and seeking resolutions supporting an amendment from local governments. We are preparing to petition the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Govt to pass such a resolution.
CKYMTA CONTACT: Joy Arnold (859-846-5085 CONTACT: Joy Arnold (859-846-5085
http://movetoamend.org/ky-lexington http://movetoamend.org/ky-lexington
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Location:
Center Theater, Student Center