♦ Ross O. Bridewell (PhD 1988) wrote to let us know that he has celebrated his 84th birthday. ¡Felicidades! He continues to be in touch with students serving as missionaries in Argentina and to practice his Spanish.

♦ Jorge González del Pozo (PhD 2006) has published and article on ekphrasis in Bollaín´s film Te doy mis ojos in vol. 19 of e-journal Ciberletras: http://www.lehman.cuny.edu/ciberletras/v19/gonzalezdelpozonuevo.html.

♦ Nino Kebadze (PhD 2007)´s book, Fictions of Surrender: Romance and Exemplarity in Post-War Spanish Women´s Narrative, has been accepted for publication by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. 

♦ John Keller is one of the four persons inducted into the UK Arts & Sciences Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame in October 2007. The award was formally presented at the Lexington Center on October 26, 2007.

♦ Michael McGrath (PhD 1998), who is an Associate Professor at Georgia Southern University, has been named the new editor of Juan de la Cuesta Monographs.

♦ Donald (Gene) Pace (PhD 2005) has served as chair of History and Sociology at Claflin University for three years and has moved over to English and Foreign Languages, where he is beginning his second year as interim chair and teaches almost all Spanish courses. He has a book titled Unfettering Confession: Ritualized Performance in Spanish Narrative and Drama forthcoming with University Press of America in January 2009.