Dear IS PhD students,

Unless more IS PhD students sign-up for lunches with the candidates, we will have to cancel these events.  As of today, there is one person signed-up for Tuesday’s lunch, two for Friday’s lunch, and one person for the lunch on 2/13.   We need to submit the food orders early, so it is important to sign-up in advance.

We do not want to cancel these lunches because of the message it will send to candidates, but unless there is more participation we can’t keep them on the schedule. Our hope was that you would be involved in the campus visits and provide your feedback about the candidates, since you are part of the SIS community.

Diane

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Diane Kelly, Professor and Director              
School of Information Sciences
University of Tennessee
1345 Circle Park Dr., Suite 451
Knoxville, TN 37996-0341
Telephone: 865-974-5882

From: SIS PhD Students <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of "Mallary, Kevin Joseph" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: "Mallary, Kevin Joseph" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at 4:01 PM
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Subject: [SISPHDSTUDENTS] SIS Faculty Candidates & Lunch

Fellow Ph.D. Students,

I hope your semester is off to a great start! SIS will be welcoming three faculty candidates to campus beginning next week. We are invited to attend their lectures:

• Brian Dobreski, Monday, 1/28, from 10:30—11:30 AM in Patrick Auditorium. Visit https://www.sis.utk.edu/date/faculty-candidate-lecture-brian-dobreski-knowledge-organization-standards-values-and-social/01 for more details.
• Dr. Laura-Edythe Coleman, Thursday, 1/31, from 10:30—11:30 AM in Scripps Lab Theatre. Visit https://www.sis.utk.edu/date/faculty-candidate-lecture-laura-edythe-coleman-socially-responsible-museum-role-lis for more details.
• E.E. Lawrence, Tuesday, 2/12, from 9:30—10:30 AM in Scripps Lab Theatre. Visit https://www.sis.utk.edu/date/e-e-lawrence-diverse-books-oppressive-tastes-social-justice-critique-readers%E2%80%99-advisory/01-17 for more details.

I know that we are all busy; however, we are being treated to lunch with each candidate. Having lunch with our candidates is a great opportunity for us, as Ph.D. students, to learn more about them and help shape the future of SIS, CCI, and UTK. Our first lunch with Brian Dobreski will be held on Tuesday, 1/29, from 12:00—1:30 PM in the SIS Collaboratory (Communications 440).

Please use the following link to RSVP for as many of the lunches as you are able to attend: https://utk.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dne04jJKrzms9Ip.

Let us do our part to make our candidates’ visits most enjoyable!

Best,

Kevin