babble-ette
A Summer version of ‘Babble’, the Newsletter of the University of South Carolina Linguistics Program
Vol. I No. 3
Summer 1997

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Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Linguistics Students!
THINGS YOU’LL WANT TO KNOW BEFORE THE 97-98 ACADEMIC YEAR STARTS

Comprehensive Exams

The biggest news for both incoming and returning students in the USC Linguistics Program is the change in the policies concerning the design and administration of comprehensive exams at the M.A., Doctoral Candidacy, and Ph.D. levels. So all students can understand how the new policies will work, the complete text of the policy is attached to the back of this newsletter and extra copies are available on the door of the Linguistics Program Office. Read the policy carefully. If you have any questions or are not sure how it may affect you, speak to your advisor.

GSLING

The first meeting of the Graduate Student Linguists At USC (GSLING) will be on Friday, August 22, at 3:30pm in the first floor lounge of the Welsh Humanities Building. There are a lot of things going on and lot of things to talk about. If you can’t come, send a message to Rick Hallet in his box at the English Department or at rwhalle@vm.sc.edu and we’ll keep you apprised of all the goings on.

The first get-together

The first Linguistics Program get-together will be a potluck dinner on Saturday, August 23 at the house of Carol Myers-Scotton. The exact time and directions on how to get there will be available on the door of the P4rogram office and will be posted on LINGGRAD.

Program Notes

The Lingustics Program Office is located in in room 406a of the Welsh Humanities Office Building. Office Hours for Fall 1997 are 8:30-4:30 M-F.

The staff assistant for the Lingusitics Program is Noreen Doughty. The new student assistant to the Director of the Linguistics Program for the fall semester will be Ce Ce Mikell, a student in the M.A. Program.

Hello :)

The Linguistics Program is thrilled to welcome about 20 incoming students to the M.A., Ph.D., and TEFL certificate programs.

Goodbye :(

Several of our recent graduates and ABD PhD candidates have gotten jobs--We wish them well but will miss them:

Janet Fuller. Assistant Professor, Linguistics Department, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL.

Longxing Wei. Assistant Professor Linguistics Department, Montclair University, MontClair, NJ.

Alicia O. Demeher. Assistant Professor, Dept of Foreign Languages and Literature, Coker College, Hartsville, SC.

Margaret Mishoe. Visiting Professor, English Department, UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC.

M. Sue Sroda. Visiting Professor, English Department/ TESOL Program, Murray State University, Murray, KY.