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Monday, November 2, 2020
Congratulations, one and all! Wishing you all the best on the next phase of your journey. (Anwar, congratulations! So pleased for you!) I want to especially recognize Christine Lyons for her phenomenal work on Popular Romance and Danielle Steel in her MA Research Paper. Christine, it was a pleasure and a privilege to supervise... More
Congratulations to you all! Your accomplishment is all the more impressive given these times which test and try us in all manner of ways. I am grateful to you all for your example of perseverance. To Sarah, Alicia, Christine, and Colin, whose defenses I chaired over Zoom: thank you for your brilliant intellectual engagement.... More
Wishing you the very best in your onward journey of curiosity and creativity. Thank you for making our MA program such a wonderful place to read, write, and think together. -- Stuart... More
Friday, October 30, 2020
Well done to all the new grads! Things may seem a bit anticlimactic now, but just imagine the stories you'll have for the future. There will still be adventures. Take good care! -... More
Graduating in these times of transformation and uncertainty is a harrowing triumph that only you can know. I admire and celebrate your endurance and achievement, and I’m so thankful for the gift of your brilliant ideas, writing, and vital engagement in classes we’ve shared—Alicia! Colin!—What gifts you bring, what gifts you are! To echo... More
Congratulations! You've worked hard and completed a graduate degree in the middle of a pandemic. You are already awesome. The reading, writing, thinking, and talking that you've done together with us has enriched our scholarly community, and it will make a difference in your life and in this world. We'll miss you, so please... More
Times of transformation, indeed! I know many of you; I've taught many of you, and have had wonderful conversations with many of you: whether you're thinking about the work of Anne Carson or cultural appropriation, you push assumptions and overturn platitudes. Keep doing that work wherever you go. Bravo! Jody... More
Graduates, You deserve an elaborate ceremony to mark your great accomplishments. Music and costumes and roars of applause for you all. Well done and thank you for spending time with us. Thank you Mariam, for diving whole-heartedly into my course and enriching our discussions with your wonderful insights, and thank you, Alicia, for your... More
It was such a pleasure to have so many of you in my classes during the past year, both in person and on Zoom. Anwar, Mariam, Emily, Lauren, Nick, and Colin...and those of you I didn't get a chance to meet...I wish you all good things in the coming months and years! -... More
Dear Graduates! Please accept my most heartfelt congratulations on your great accomplishment. I have had the pleasure and honour of teaching you during your stay with us at Carleton and I have such fond memories of your radiant presence in my classes. Alicia, Christine, Nick, Colin, Al-Zahraa--it was such a treat to take those... More
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
What an unexpected finale to your studies! Congratulations on completing your degrees under very challenging circumstances. We all wish you much happiness and success in your future endeavors as you explore exciting new paths. Stay in touch!... More
I had the pleasure of teaching many of you; I feel fondness and gratitude for you as we struggled together through some hard times and joyous revelations. I am wishing you so much happiness and love as you move on to your next adventures. Let me share with you a poem I read often,... More
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