The winter holidays are past and the new year has begun, which means it’s time to get back to our graduate English studies, to our adventures and explorations in literature and media. We begin again this Wednesday, January 21st!

Your Blackboard courses will already be populating with materials as we approach the start of the semester, but note that until 1/21 anything you might see in any of your Blackboard courses should be considered a draft-in-progress and subject to change, other than whatever book orders your professors have posted. By this point any book orders will be locked-in and the information available at Mercy’s Barnes and Noble site. Note that some books might be mark as required, others as recommended, so look closely as you look over the site. You don’t actually have to purchase anything from the university bookstore, unless you have book vouchers to spend. You might find any of the required materials for less cost elsewhere.

Here’s to the new year, and to the new semester. If anyone has any questions about your spring courses, be sure to reach out to your professors. If anyone has any questions about the program or such, be sure to reach out to me/the director at cloots@mercy.edu.