*****POSTED NOVEMBER, 2009*****

MALS Book Group will meet November 10, 2009
in room 115 Gore Hall from 5:30 to 7:30pm.
Group Leader, Martha Carothers (Art Department), has chosen
Three Cups of Tea (2006) by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

*****POSTED OCTOBER, 2009*****

Twenty of Delaware's best educators were nominated for the state's 2010 Teacher of the Year Award.
Among those nominated is Liliane Hemphill (MALS '09), art teacher at Smyrna Elementary.
State officials will announce the winner on October 27th at the Dover Downs Hotel.
The statewide winner will compete for the national title.

*****POSTED SEPTEMBER, 2009*****

The MALS Student-Alumni Association invites you to a matinee of
Cat On a Hot Tin Roof presented by the University's Resident Ensemble Players
on Sunday, November 1st at 2:00p.m. in the Thompson Theater in the Roselle Center for Arts.
Tickets cost $7.20 for the play--dinner will follow the performance with location TBA.
Please make your reservation by sending your check (made out to the "University of Delaware") to
the MALS Office, University of Delaware, 219 McDowel Hall, Newark, DE 19716.

Dr. Fleda Brown, former Poet Laureate of Delaware, will read her new poems
at the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts on
Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 2:00 p.m.
This year, Fleda's latest book of poetry, Reunion, was awarded
the Felix Pollak Prize from the University of Nebraska Press.

The MALS Book Group will meet on Tuesday, October 20, 2009
in room 115 Gore Hall from 5:30 to 7:30pm.
Group Leader, Dr. Anne Boylan (Department of History), has selected
Bold Spirit: Helga Estby's Forgotten Walk Across America (2003) by Linda Lawrence Hunt.

Hold the Date -- November 10, 2009 will be the next meeting of the
MALS Book Group in room 115 Gore Hall from 5:30 to 7:30pm.
Group Leader, Martha Carothers (Art Department), has chosen
Three Cups of Tea (2006) by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin.

*****POSTED JULY, 2009*****

The Student-Alumni Association has rescheduled their dinner to be held
Friday, September 11, 2009 in Bayard Sharp Hall starting at 6:00pm .
Guest speaker, Dr. Kevin Kerrane, will discuss School Daze, or Education in a Rear-View Mirror.

The MALS Book Group will meet on Tuesday, September 15 from 5:30 to 7:30pm in Room 115 Gore Hall.
David Smith, group leader, has selected The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan who has become a leading voice for local food, sustainability and sensible eating. Pollan is a force in popular culture and his ideas should raise a spirited discussion.

*****POSTED JUNE, 2009*****

The MALS Book Group will meet on Tuesday, June 23, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in room 306 Gore Hall on main campus. The discussion leader will be Dr. Heyward Brock whose reading selection is Illness and Culture in the Postmodern Age by David Morris. MALS students and alumni are invited to join the group.

*****POSTED MAY, 2009*****

You are invited to the MALS Graduate's Convocation being held on Thursday, May 28, 2009 from 4:30 to 6:00pm in the President's Room of the Blue and Gold Club on 4 Kent Way. Please join us as we celebrate the accomplishments of this year's graduates: Ben Aaron, Guillermina Gonzalez-Sobrero, Liliane Hemphill, and George Ludewig.

*****POSTED APRIL, 2009*****

CANCELED DUE TO FLU OUTBREAK-- WILL BE RESCHEDULED IN THE FALL. You are invited to the Second Annual MALS Student-Alumni Association Spring Buffet Dinner to be held on Friday, May 1, 2009 in Gore Hall Rotunda. This year's guest speaker is Professor Kevin Kerrane (Department of English) who will discuss School Daze, or Education in a Rear-View Mirror. More details are available for payment and reservations.

MALS student Ben Aaron, who is about to graduate, is inviting the MALS community to a screening of his MALS project: a 40-minute documentary film about a local woman who, although she's employed, can't afford a home. More details are available. Please join us on April 15th for the film, refresments, and good conversation.

*****POSTED MARCH, 2009*****

The MALS Alumni Book Club will meet on Saturday April 4th from 9:30a.m. to 11:30a.m. to discuss Goethe's Sorrow of Young Werther. The meeting will be held in the conference room located in Wilmington University's library. If you are interested in attending, please contact Milo Gibbons at <milo.h.gibbons@wilmu.edu>

The Academy of Lifelong Learning (ALL) hosts a spring lecture series in Wilmington's Arsht hall. This year three MALS faculty, Professor Joel Best, Professor Joan DelFattore, and Professor David Smith presented "A Taste of MALS."

***** POSTED FEBRUARY, 2009*****

The MALS Alumni Book Club will hold its first meeting at the Wilmington University Library on Saturday, March 7, 2009 at 9:30a.m. The club will be discussing Geraldine Brooks' March.

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THE Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs (AGLSP) has initiated a new annual writing contest for MALS students and recent alumni. Each MALS program can submit two entries to this contest, and this year's contestants from UD are Diana Keegan (MALS 2008) and David Williamson (MALS 2010). Diana's paper, a revision of the MALS thesis she wrote under the guidance of Professor Elaine Safer (English), deals with what she calls "the mythology of the absurd" in the work of Albert Camus. Dave's paper, written for a course with Professor Jim Brophy (History), explores the psychology of Albert Speer, an architect who turned to the service of Adolph Hitler.

And don't forget next year's contest! Next November, we'll be looking for a new set of 4000-word interdisciplinary papers. We'll be in touch with all MALS students and alumni as soon as we receive the contest information.

Many thanks to David Smith, who chaired the MALS Award Committee as it developed procedures for this new contest and selected the UD entries; and to Anne Colwell and Ray Callahan, the other members of the committee. A job well done!

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JOIN the MALS Student-Alumni Association for the UD Professional Theatre Training Program Resident Ensemble Players' production Of Mice and Men on Sunday, March 8, 2009. Following the 2:00p.m. matinee, we'll have a "talk-back" session with the actors and then adjourn for dinner at Iron Hill Brew Pub on Main Street. More information about UD's PTTP and the production is available here.

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THE MALS Student-Alumni Association is considering forming a book group. If you are interested in exploring this idea, please email Milo Gibbons <milo.h.gibbons@wilmu.edu>

*****POSTED JANUARY, 2009*****

The Summer 2009 course is now available. Registration for summer classes being April 6.
Fees are due at the time of registration.

*****POSTED DECEMBER, 2008*****

The MALS Winter Session Colloquium will be held on Thursday, January 22, 2009 in room 209/211 Trabant Center at 4:30 p.m. Please join us as our most recent alums, Michele Anstine and Linda Lewis, discuss their MALS thesis.

*****POSTED NOVEMBER, 2008*****

MALS Student-Alumni Association invites you to join them for the UD Professional Theatre Training Program production Of Mice and Men on Sunday, March 8, 2009. Following the 2:00 p.m. matinee, you'll have a backstage tour and dinner. The Association has been able to get a great discount price of $7.20 per ticket! Reserve your tickets now by e-mailing Tara Kee at twkee@udel.edu or by sending a check payable to the "University of Delaware" to the MALS Office, 219 McDowell Hall, Newark, DE 19716.

*****POSTED OCTOBER, 2008*****

2009 Spring  - MALS Courses

MALS' Student-Alumni Association invites you to a gallery event.

MALS program invites community to spend a day on campus.

*****POSTED SEPTEMBER, 2008*****

Guillermina Gonzalez (MALS 09), director, Voces Sin Fronteras, will give a talk as part of the Area Studies Lecture Series. The lecture will take place in Room 303 Gore Hall on September 25th at 12:30pm. The event is free and open to the public. More information on the lecture series is available here.

Carolyn Stankiewicz (MALS 07) has been selected to participate in the UD Research on Women 2008 lecture series. Carolyn's talk, based on her MALS project, will take place in Room 103 Gore Hall on October 29th at 12:20pm. The event is free and open to the public. More information on the lecture series is available here.

Maria Keane (MALS 94) received the National Exhibitions and Literary Contests First Place award in Sestina April 2008. Maria is an artist and literary member of the National League of American Pen Women.

Daniel Royot, Emeritus Professor of American Literature and Civilization at the Sorbonne in Paris, will lecture on "The Bald Eagle and Rooster: The French Paradoxes of Americanization and Anti-Americanization from Past to Present." His talk, co-sponsored by the MALS program, will take place from 3:30-4:30pm on Monday September 29, on the third floor of Memorial Hall. A reception will follow.

Professor David Smith received the Tony Salin Award at the 10th annual Baseball Reliquary for his work in the preservation of baseball history.