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Some English professors may profess to know nothing about blogs, but that didn’t stop the English department from launching its new blog. In fact, the blog is an effort to draw more people into the community of dusty-Anglo-tome lovers in face of statewide budget cuts.
In an e-mail to English majors and “friends,” graduate student John Lurz explained the seed behind the idea:
To make sure that we can preserve (and enhance!) the kind of educational opportunities and environment that we offer to our students, the English Department is engaged in its own development campaign (…)
Development is a two-pronged effort. On the one hand, we certainly hope for donors, large or small, willing to contribute to the department’s funds, and there is a link called “Give to English” on our website. But, on the other, we are simply attempting to build community between the department, our current students, our future students, our alumni and our friends at large.
At least it will be a well written blog, right?
As it stands, the blog is still young and reads like a society page without the snootiness. There are profiles of different students, reports on research experience, blurbs on new professors, and the occasional event announcement. We know how it is to get your legs as a blog, so we wish the department the best of luck.
In the meantime, we’ll be waiting for Gawker sightings on professors and Twitter updates from comment-worthy lectures.
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UC Berkeley English Deparment [Blogspot]
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