Literature in Person Reading Series: “New Fiction”

Literature In Person Reading Series is pre­sent­ing “New Fiction” by George Dila and Rebecca Thaddeus.

The pre­sen­ta­tion is set for Thursday, Nov. 8 at 4 p.m. with George Dila read­ing “Nothing More to Tell” along with a Book talk and sign­ing at Great Lakes Book & Supply at 7:30 p.m. in Rankin Founders’ Room (238).

Dila’s sto­ries in “Nothing More to Tell” rep­re­sents the com­bined effects of his­tory, fam­ily and soci­ety on the men and women of Michigan’s small towns. Dila directs the activ­i­ties of Ludington Visiting Writers, a lit­er­ary pro­gram he founded in 2001. His pub­li­ca­tions include “The End of the World” and numer­ous essays, arti­cles and sto­ries in national and regional periodicals.

Rebecca Thaddeus has taught in the Department of Languages and Literature since 1991. Thaddeus’ first novel was “One Amber Bead”. She is the co-author of sev­eral com­po­si­tion and crit­i­cal think­ing text­books under the name Elizabeth Stolarek.

All events are free and open to the pub­lic. For more infor­ma­tion, con­tact Phillip Sterling at ext. 5898 or sterlinp@ferris.edu.

Accounting Office Month-end close

The Accounting Office Month-end will take place Friday, Nov. 4. All account­ing entries must be sub­mit­ted to the Accounting Office by Thursday, Nov. 3 before 5 p.m. to ensure being posted for the month of October.

For req­ui­si­tions, pur­chase orders and direct pays where the tran­si­tion date is in October, it must also be com­pleted and approved by Nov. 3. If they are left in an incom­plete sta­tus, they will be removed from the sys­tem. If they are com­plete but not approved, the orig­i­na­tor will be forced to change the trans­ac­tion date as ban­ner will not allow post­ing of a doc­u­ment using a trans­ac­tion date where the period is closed.

Any ques­tions or con­cerns can be directed to the Accounting Department at ext. 2167.

Online course wait list

A new online course wait list process was intro­duced on Oct. 31; stu­dents are now instructed to visit a listed web address.

The web address is in place of the for­mer mes­sage where stu­dents had to call “231−591−2340.” The page they are directed to asks if the stu­dent is on main cam­pus, online or off-campus. Definitions are next to each for clarity.

If they are an off-campus or online stu­dent, they are instructed to call the appro­pri­ate office. After the first three weeks of reg­is­tra­tion, these stu­dents will also be sent directly to the form page as the process of fil­ing online courses from the wait list will have begun – any stu­dent can now put them­selves on the wait list.

The page can be found at www​.fer​ris​.edu/​o​n​l​i​n​e​/​w​a​i​t​l​ist. For more infor­ma­tion, con­tact Jennifer Hegenauer at ext. 2502.