Thursday Conversations
Every Thursday come grab some free refreshments and talk to Undergraduate students, Graduate students and Alumni that have been involved in the English Department at the University of Minnesota. Waltz in, grab a chair and start asking questions. The sessions are free to all interested English Majors and Minors. All sessions are open between Noon and 2:00 p.m. You are free to come and go as you please. All sessions will be held in the English Undergraduate Study Lounge located in the back of the English Office in Lind Hall 227. See below for Dates:
October 9 – Come meet some English Undergraduates involved in Student groups at the U: Members of the following student groups will be present: Voices Merging, Ivory Tower and the Arts Quarter Club.
October 16 – Come meet some English Department Alumni currently working in the Editing/Journalism field.
October 23 – Come meet some English Majors and Minors involved in community work. Hang out and ask them how they got involved, what they are doing now and how community involvement has changed their life and their education.
October 30 – Come meet some English Undergraduates involved in Student groups at the U: Members of the following student groups will be present: The Minnesota Daily, The College of Liberal Arts Student Board and PRISM.
November 6 – Come meet some Undergraduate students, Graduate Students and Professors that have been involved or worked with study abroad. Meet students returning from spending time abroad alongside members of the Learning Abroad Center.
November 13 – Come meet some radical professors at the U. These professors, from a variety of fields will be there to discuss their research, their outreach and how they are trying to transform the world through education. Professors TBA
November 20 – Come meet some graduate students currently involved in the U of M’s Master of Fine Arts Graduate program. Grab some coffee, bring your favorite book or poetry and see what it’s like to continue your education as an MFA student. Directly following the session there will be an info session for the MFA in Lind Hall so feel free to skip on over to Lind 207A.
December 4 – Don’t know who we are? Come meet the staff of the Undergraduate English Office. Stop by, grab some coffee and ask us what we do! (we work for you, right?)