John Kingston writes:
Yesterday's open house and house warming in the Linguistics Department's new space in the north wing of the fourth floor of the Integrative Learning Center was crowded with linguists and guests, adults and infants, current students and old. Dean Julie Hayes spoke to us about the new space, the Department's new endowment, and the future of our old space in South College. We lunched, had a poster session, slide show, and tour, including gazing out the window at the top of the stairs at the green roof, then spent a long time in N400 looking at photos of past and present members of the department, and finally wound up with stronger drink and appetizers. (The posters will remain up until they can be updated with newer evidence of the great linguistics we're doing. Reading them is a great way, too, to find out what your colleagues in other areas are doing.) A new game was even introduced, Gobblets.
I'd like to especially thank the students who helped hang posters, display slides, get the rooms shipshape to show off, bring the food and drink, and do everything else that made the day a success. They are:
Caroline Andrews
Sakshi Bhatia
Michael Clauss
Ivy Hauser
Leland Kusmer
Coral Hughto
Jyoti Iyer
Jon-Ander Mendia
Claire Moore-Cantwell
Amanda Rysling
Shayne Sloggett
Megan Somerday
Robert Staubs
