Majors, Minors, Certificates

Stop by the Latin American Studies Open House on Thursday 10/21 at 4:30pm in the Romance Languages building (Highwaymen Common Room) on 300 High Street.

Stop by the Anthropology Department Open House on 10/20 from 4:30 – 4:30pm in the Hogwart’s Tent.

Visit the English Department Open House on October 20 from 4:30pm – 6:00pm at Downey House (294 High Street) – Room 200 (Downey Lounge).

The great feminist poet, critic, and theorist Adrienne Rich warned: “We must be acutely, disturbingly aware of the language [and, I’d add:  forms, narratives, tropes, genres, conventions, ideologies] we are using and that is using us.”  True, English, among other things, can rescue you from being bamboozled by the givens, the taken for granted, the “way it is” (but doesn’t have to be).  We make language and language makes us.  Literature helps us learn and unlearn.  At the same time, reading and writing literature is so much fun, an affirmation of creativity and possibility, a steamy and sometimes jarring love affair with beauty, and much else.  Imagine that!  Discover what English has to offer (see below) . . . . 

Professor Pfister
Chair, Department of English

Stop by the Physics Open House on Thursday 10/14 from 11:50am to 1:10pm in Exley 150.

Stop by the Psychology Open House on Monday 10/18 from 4:15pm to 5:15pm in Judd Hall Room 116.

Visit the German Studies Open House on Wednesday 10/20 at 4:30pm in Fisk 413.

The Department of African American Studies will host a major open house on Wednesday 10/13 at 12:15pm at the Center for African American Studies (343 High Street). Lunch will be provided.

The Department of Romance Languages & Literatures will host a major open house on Monday 10/11 from 12pm – 1pm under the Labyrinth Tent (287 High Street). Pizza will be provided.

Classics & Archaeology will host an Open House on Thursday, October 14 from 12pm – 1pm in the Hogwarts Tent. Lunch will be served.

The Religion Department will host an Open House for prospective majors and minors on Wednesday, October 13 from 4:30 – 5:30pm in the Hogwarts Tent. Snacks will be served.