Well, I guess it’s official, so I can finally tell you:
I’m going to be teaching a poetry seminar for National University’s no-residency, all-online MFA program starting in a week! I’m really excited and have been trying to teach myself the software and update my class content for the last two weeks. Incidentally, my mother, who is a PhD in Education with a specialty in educational technology, told me about National University’s cutting-edge program and educational software, and how they’re the ones being held up as an example of how online universities should work. They’re very strict about grading and their MFA program is criticism-heavy, although it only lasts a year and a half.
(A little bit of a stress factor: I thought the start date was October 6th, but it turns out it’s September 29th, the day we move in to the new apartment – eek!)
So wish me luck! I’m very excited about this foray into teaching, but nervous.
Also, Seattle-ites, tune in to KUOW today – I believe the show I’ll be on is called “Sound Focus” at 2 PM. I’ll be listening, as I missed the live show last time because I was out of town.
UPDATE: Here’s the link to the show!
http://kuow.org/program.php?id=15860
Eduardo C. Corral
congrats on the gig!
Collin
Congrats, J. I’ll be interested to hear more about how an all online MFA works.
Emily A. Benton
congrats on the new job!
Anne
Hey, very cool! Congrats on the job. I hope we’ll get to hear about how it shapes up. I’m not familiar with that program so I’m headed over to their site to check it out right now. 🙂
Jessica
Congrats on the new gig — that’s a great opportunity for you.
Thanks, btw, for your comments over at my blog. It’s nice to know I’m not the only one. :)h
Joannie
Luck!
And love the new look.
Tom
Jeannine,
Such an adventure moving to California. I think the weather will do you a world of good. I’ve followed your blog for sometime now, as you might remember, and have fretted over your health issues you raised. Try going yeast free, no molds or fungus kind of diet. Just another opinion…
For USA travelers, know that all hotels between Louisiana and San Antonio have been booked for months by FEMA, after hurricane IKE, and all the people in the hotels go to restaurants to eat, and there are lines, lines everywhere. Quite a bit of devastation, lights out, many businesses are closed still, etc. Gas stations run on generators.
If you have a big dump truck, I think you can make $2,000 a week. (I just passed through there and had to drive all night, no place to stay or eat.)
But all that matters is the poetry. Have you written ten unique lines of poetry this year?
Everything else is secondary.
How is your book doing?
Tom
Karen J. Weyant
Congrats! And thinking of you this week.
Amanda Auchter
Congrats, Jeannine! How exciting! You’ll have to keep us posted on how it works out. =)
B-Ho
Congratulations! The teaching gig sounds fabulous. I’m so jealous of you moving to SD, btw 😉
Felicity
Felicitations! Jolly with a capital JOLL.