November 27, 2006

Job Opportunity: Secretary to Conference Coordinator

Category: Careers, General — angela.jones @ 3:50 pm

Are you interested in putting your clerical and administrative skills to good use and earning $8/hour while doing so? Are you available 20 hours/week in early 2007? Then apply for position #6518, secretary to a local conference coordinator. The minimum requirements for the position are these:

  • knows functions & operations of an administrative position
  • knows word processing, database management, & other associated business software
  • is an effective business letter writer & report preparer
  • has skills in filing, English usage, basic math, & customer services
  • has a positive attitude.
  • The deadline for applications is 1/11/2007. You can find out more by contacting the Career Services Center at 745-3095 or via the Center’s website.

    November 21, 2006

    Congratulations to Lindsey Thurman!

    Category: Opus Alumnus — angela.jones @ 3:36 pm

    For those of you who haven’t yet heard, Lindsey Thurman, a senior English major, recently won a major national award. She was selected as the Honors Student of the Year by the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) and received her award at the President’s Luncheon at the NCHC annual convention in Philadelphia. Please congratulate Lindsey on this achievement when you next see her!

    November 13, 2006

    A Great Week to Be an English Major!

    Category: General — terry.elliott @ 9:20 am

    A great heads up from Dr. Dale Rigby on one busy week in the English world.

    Dear All:
    What a rich upcoming week of events for lovers of language, film, writing, and culture…
    FLYERS ABOUND FOR ALL THESE EVENTS!!

    MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13: The “controversial film series” continues with a showing of Todd Browning’s “Freaks”
    at 5 pm in DUC 226. Dr. Karen Schneider will lead a discussion afterwards.

    TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14: Dr. Abraham Verghese will be speaking at 7:30 in Van Meter Auditorium!

    WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15: The deadline for your WKU English Club’s “Alternative Ending Writing Contest”

    THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16: GREG DOWNS, recent winner of the Flannery O’Connor Prize, will read fiction at 5:30 in 125 Cherry Hall.

    FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17: OUR ANNUAL UNDERGRAD LIT AND CULTURE CONFERENCE!–1:30-4:00 in 125 Cherry Hall

    Thanks for the heads up, Dale.