Tuesday, August 12, 2014

2014 Welcome Picnic!

Since the new semester will be starting in a little under two weeks, I want to introduce everyone (new and old) to the Virginia Tech English Graduate Student Organization (EGSO) blog! This blog was created about three years ago to provide information for a graduate conference hosted by our department. We didn't have a conference last year, but I'm hoping we'll be able to have one during the spring semester this coming year. I want to have an interest meeting sometime at the beginning of this semester, so I'll provide more details once I know more.

To kick off the new year and to allow everyone to start getting to know each other better, EGSO will host a welcome picnic on Thursday, August 21st. The details for the picnic are below:

Where: Blacksburg Municipal Park, Shelter #1 (The address given for the shelter is 920 Turner Street NE.)
Date and time: Thursday, August 21st, 4:30 p.m. to dark
Who's invited: New and returning graduate students, faculty, and staff; you can also bring friends/significant others if you'd like!
Food: I'm still planning out the details, but I know for sure that we will have hamburgers/cheeseburgers, hot dogs, black bean burgers, chips with Katie Garahan's awesome homemade guacamole, and a few different pies for dessert. And of course various beverages. You can bring a dish of your own if you'd like, but don't feel like you have to.

Directions:
Head towards the traffic circle on North Main Street. Once you get onto the traffic circle, exit towards the office buildings on the right and continue down North Main Street for about a mile until you get to Patrick Henry Drive. There will be a light with a 7-Eleven on the corner. Turn right at this light and then take your first right onto Giles Road. Then, take your first left onto Turner Street NE. You will then see a parking lot to your left. Park here, and walk across the street to the shelter.

I hope that you all can make it!