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The English Department was sad to learn of the recent passing on August 25 of a beloved colleague, Edward R. Weismiller. We invite all who knew Prof. Weismiller, and those who want to find out about this remarkable man, to attend a celebration of his life on Thursday, Sept. 23 at 4 p.m. in Rome…
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Readers of this blog know my enthusiasm for the department that I chair. When I joined its faculty in 1994, I was struck by how collegial those who teach here are, and how deeply committed they are to their students. And as to the students themselves … what can I say, besides that they are…
Welcome from the New Chair
No, that’s not me. That’s the guy who played the Maytag Repairman on TV. More about that later. It’s a pleasure to have been handed the keys to this blog from Jeffrey Cohen, our Department’s Chair Emeritus (a title I have just now invented and summarily bestowed). To be honest, it’s also a bit daunting….
Inauguration Weekend
by J J Cohen So you may have heard that the DC area has gone a bit overboard in prepping for the Inauguration and its attendant hoopla. All bridges to Virginia, for example, will be closed — apparently to prevent Karl Rove from leaving his home in Arlington and mingling with the multitudes. I am…
Alumnus update: T. J. Miller
Actor, comedian and GW alumnus T. J. Miller (did you see Cloverfield?) sent me this note about star faculty member Pati Griffith: I remember that Prof. Griffith was the first person to encourage my writing. She was the first person to validate that I had a writer in me–I just had to develop that, and…
Can you help?
The new semester is almost upon us: alarmingly (at least to me) GW classes begin BEFORE Labor Day this year. I am certain that some cosmic injunction has been broken, and am hard at work trying to stop it … but without much success so far. This summer we have been renovating Rome Hall 771,…