Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

 I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. ~ Lao Tzu

Staff Descriptions

Click on the name of the English department staff members below to view their areas of specialty.

Wanda Colwell

Wanda Colwell specializes in:

 

  • Assisting the department chair
  • Accounting for department finances: All of the department accounts including the foundation accounts; any invoices; hourly employees, student hourly employees, work-study employees; vendors; additional pay for faculty; accounting; purchasing; travel; grants; paying the student awards; fee remission for grad students
  • Maintaining copier in CA 512

Contact:  O - CA 502M | P - 317-274-9841 | E - wsthomps@iupui.edu

Melanie Curfman

Melanie Curfman specializes in:

 

  • Scheduling English department classes
  • Providing support for EAP
  • Arranging English department faculty stipends
  • Handling paperwork for all part-time hires
  • Facilitating the work of the Search and Screen Committees

Contact:  O - CA 341 | P - 317-274-2188 | E - mjcurfma@iupui.edu

Vicki Hale

Vicki Hale specializes in:

 

  • Providing clerical support for the administration of the required writing courses. 
  • Assisting undergraduate students in registering for classes, contacting faculty members, applying for special credit, etc.
  • Managing department listservs
  • Ordering textbooks for all ASL and English Department classes
  • Managing office relocations and telephone service for faculty
  • Providing clerical support for the annual presentation of English Dept. Awards

Contact:  O - CA 343 | P - 317-274-3824 | E - vhale@iupui.edu

Pat King

Pat King specializes in:

 

  • Providing support for the students in the graduate MA, TESOL Certificate and Certificate in Teaching Writing programs.
  • Processing all applications from inception to matriculation for all graduate programs.
  • Maintaining all records, including databases and student files, for the Graduate programs and tacking all aspects of the programs and students from start to finish.
  • Ordering class numbers for Graduate independent studies.
  • Maintaining Graduate ListServs for MA, TESOL Certificate and Certificate in Teaching Writing.
  • Maintaining and ordering supplies
  • Organizing mailboxes and mail-related issues
  • Maintaining printers and department faxes
  • Maintaining bulletin boards
  • Assisting with organizing and supervising work studies
  • Assisting with promotion /tenure processes
  • Assisting with FAR processes
  • Organizing FAR materials
  • Handling student evaluation processes for non-writing program classes
                           

Contact:  O - CA 502L | P - 317-274-2258 | E - patmking@iupui.edu