Awards & Appointments

Bryan Oesterreich has been named the new editor for "Life on the Pamlico," a publication produced by Beaufort Community College in Washington, NC.  According to Oesterreich, "The purpose of the publication is to preserve oral histories of the residents of eastern North Carolina and help students hone their creative nonfiction writing skills. The region is rich with family farming, commercial fishing, and logging. Many people in the area can trace their ancestry back to the first colonial settlers."  Please see: http://circanceast.beaufortccc.edu/BCCC/lifeonpamlico.htm

Jan Tovey was elected to a two-year term as Vice President of the Council for Programs in Scientific and Technical Communication. This organization's membership consists of directors and instructors in many of Technical, Professional, and/or Scientific Communication programs in colleges and universities throughout the country.  The department, in conjunction with Harriot College, and the Student Chapter, STC  will host the annual conference in October 2007.

Resa Crane Bizzaro has been chosen to be a member of the 2007 CCCC Tribal College Faculty Fellowship Selection Committee.  Each year, the Conference on College Composition and Communication offers two grants of $750 to faculty members currently working at tribally controlled colleges to attend CCCC.  According to Bizzaro, "Typically, these colleges are on or near reservations, and their population is almost 100% Native American.  These schools are oftentimes very poor; as a result, there is no money for faculty to attend professional conferences.  That's why the fellowships were established to offset the cost of attending CCCC if you're on a panel.  We also thought we could encourage greater participation among members and teachers of historically underrepresented groups at CCCC."  Bizzaro also served on the Tribal College Initiative Committee that developed the award in 2003-04.

Brandy Dashnaw was promoted to the staff of the English Dept., Monday, October 30, in the position of Processing Assistant III.  In this position, Ms. Dashnaw will once again handle scheduling and faculty travel, among other duties.  Please stop by to (re-)introduce yourself and to welcome her back to the department!

Tom Douglass was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship to participate in the Summer Seminar and Institute titled "Regional Study and the Liberal Arts: an Appalachian Exemplar" at Ferrum College in Ferrum, VA,  June 5-30, 2006. Participants included scholars from New York, California, the Midwest, Appalachia, and West Africa.  The Seminar featured author presentations by Denise Giardina, Richard Couto, Dwight Billings, Cece Conway, and David Whisnant.