Committee Work

Are you looking for an opportunity to serve your college or add a line to your résumé? You might consider serving one of the Macon State campus committees. Michael Stewart writes: We are still looking for students to serve in the remaining student positions on the Standing Committees of Academic Council. The benefits of being [...]

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Dropbox Responsibility

Currently, when you share a folder in Dropbox, it allows anyone read and write access. That means, that if you are not careful, you can remove files from the Dropbox that we all share. The consequences are that anyone going to get next week’s readings will find an empty folder. This happened last night. Please [...]

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Contact Form Difficulties

If you emailed me using the contact form on this web site, I did not get it. Please — especially if you sent me your Dropbox email address — send me another email using the address at the bottom, right-hand corner of this page. Sorry for any trouble.

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Big Jelly Essay Contest

In an effort to take education beyond the classroom, particularly in those classes that address technoculture, I’m happy to announce the Big Jelly Essay Contest, beginning the fall semester of 2010. This will be an on-going contest each semester open to upper-level courses in the CIT program and literature classes that examine science and the [...]

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Summer 2010 Online Welcome

This is a copy of an email all students should have received. Greetings, and welcome to the summer semester. You are receiving this email because you are registered for my online World Literature 2 course. This is a friendly reminder that the class begins this Thursday at 7:30 am (!) in Jones 212. Please read [...]

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World Lit Online: Faust Grades

Folks, the Faust grades are in, and they are pretty poor. Some of the class has dropped, and others have stopped doing the forums all together. However, those of you who hope to pass the class must post in the forums each week. This means more than posting a perfunctory question. You must write in [...]

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New Media Class Postponed

For my New Media students: Because of the Honors Convocation on Wednesday, 4/7/10, class is postponed until 1:30pm. I’ll encourage you attend the convocation to support your fellow students and congratulate them on their achievements. See you Wednesday at 1:30. Please make an effort to be there on-time.

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No More Turn It In

If you are in my in-class section of World Lit II this semester, you have been submitting you papers via Turn It In. from this point forward, we will not be using Turn It In anymore. I have decided that it is more trouble than it’s worth. I know many, if not all, of you [...]

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Midterm, Spring 2010

As we head into midterm, I just wanted to give you some reminders before you’re off to spring break. The drop date is this Wednesday, March 3. I would recommend speaking to me before dropping, especially if you’re unsure about your standing my the class. I’d like to say a few words about my World [...]

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First Responses, World Lit 2, Spring 2010

I received 15 responses on Tartuffe via Turn It In. Congratulations for those of you who successfully figured out how to submit a response. If you still need assistance, please see me during my office hours. I had several students try to submit their responses as a comment on this web site or try to [...]

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