Miscellany

On April 30, a farewell party was held in the faculty lounge to say goodbye to a good colleague, Agnes Bolonyai, who will assume her new faculty duties at North Carolina State University. On Friday, May 10, the Department of English graduation ceremony was held at 11:00 a.m. in Hendrix Theater of Mendenhall Student Center. Some graduate students say farewell, and Belizean students Thyre Trapp and Sarita Edwards offer their impressions of study at ECU.

Sponsored by the English Department, the North Carolina Humanities Council, and the North Carolina Folklore Society, Appalachian storyteller Orville Hicks entertained ECU students and faculty at the Willis Building on April 9.

Poet Irene Honeycutt of Charlotte, NC read from her collection of poetry, Waiting For the Trout To Speak, on April 7 at Barnes and Noble.  Her poems meditate on the natural world, family, and sorrow. Most notably, Honeycutt read a poem dealing with her brotherís lymphoma called ìHow Can I Wash My Face In The Surprise?î and ìA Postcard to David,î a poem she had written while she was in Greece in order to record details and places she had observed. Honeycutt teaches creative writing at Central Piedmont Community College where sheís also the director of the Annual Spring Literary Festival.

Seodial Deenaís class, INTL 6510 Seminar on International Professional Practice, held a panel discussion on ìInterracial, Intercultural, International, Interdisciplinary Relationships,î on April 23.  The class was videotaped for ìDiversity Issues with Nellî on Greenville cable access channel 69.  The tape will also be broadcasted on IP/TV during Summer and Fall.

William Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors was performed at McGinnis Theater from April 19-23. Please click for brief review by Celeste Pottier.

Patrick Bizzaro and Bill Hallberg read their works on Thursday, April 11 at 7 p.m. at the Greenville Museum of Art as part of the Writers Reading Series of Eastern North Carolina.

Reginald Watson organized the Annual English Department African American Reading Day event on March 6, 2002. Many participants read original or published works of poetry and prose written by or about African Americans.