Tuesday, May 19, 2009
New Name, Same Program
I'm pleased to announce that our program will henceforth be known as the "MFA in Creative and Professional Writing." We decided to change the name because we found that some potential applicants saw "professional writing" and thought that we ONLY did business communications. The addition of "creative" will better represent what we actually do in the program.
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cheers to that. How many newbies do we get this semester? And when do we get to request mentors? And workshops? I'm buzzing like a Blackberry in anticipation. :-)
All in due time, dear, all in good time. And "good time" means soon. We'll have about 15 new students in the program, and many of them are already reading the blog--maybe they'll introduce themselves...
so is that from now on? what is my degree in?
Thought I responded to this earlier, but apparently not. The name change will not appear this semester on the transcripts. The change has been approved at the university level, but we must get approvals at the system level before changing the transcripts. I expect that transcripts for December grads will show the new name.
15?! Freaking awesome! Ah the poor darlings, that's a lot of OMG reading ;-)
I think we should have changed the name to "MFA in Kicking Ass and Taking Names". Surely Western would have not only approved that name, but embraced it.
Maybe we can offer that as a minor... I'll check into it.
Here's the Administration's response re: Minor in Kicking Ass and Taking Names:
Dear Brian, you must be out of your #&$%*$(@ mind!
Sincerely,
The Administration
Interesting, on the name change. I'm convinced that I got my job (Professional Writer, Marketing) at Cartus because it was assumed that I studied business/communication writing. Of course, I'm no fool -- I didn't correct them.
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