Writing Symposium

October 31, 2008: How do College Students Develop and Transfer Writing Abilities? A Campus-Wide Symposium. Friday, 10:00-3:00. Driscoll Center Ballroom. Detailed PDF Brochure

How do knowledge and skills learned in one setting transfer to others—or might they not?  A lunch-time keynote address by Kathleen Blake Yancey will highlight a day of panel-led discussions among faculty and students from across the DU campus and neighboring institutions.  We’ll serve lunch, sponsor breaks and make the day intellectually stimulating, highly participatory, provocative, and free.

Consider:

• What writing knowledge and skills do students transfer—or not—among first year writing, general education, and majors courses?
  
• What connects—or disconnects—writing in high school and writing in college?
• What abilities and practices transfer—or don’t—from academic to professional situations, from academic to civic?
• What are relationships between traditional writing and new media?

Schedule

9:30     ~    Coffee and Refreshments
10:00   ~    Welcome and Context -- Provost Gregg Kvistad and Doug Hesse
10:15   ~    Concurrent Session 1

• Understanding First Year Writing: Course Aims, Student Accomplishments - 1864 Suite, Driscoll Center
  Kamila Kinyon, Facilitator. Panelists: Writing Program Lecturers: Geoffrey Bateman, David Daniels, Jeff Ludwig, Alba Newmann, and M. Blake Sanz
  
• Undergraduate’s Reflections on their Writing Experiences at DU - 1880 Suite, Driscoll Center
  Kelli Custer, Facilitator. Panelists: Christina Brady, Becca Blanc, Patrick Cole, Tess Dougherty, Nathan Germann, Tyler Troy, and Kyle Varvil
• Writing in Majors at DU: Research Findings and Implications - Commerce Room, Driscoll Center
  Jennifer Novak, Facilitator. Panelists: Robert Urquhart– Economics; Lawrence Berliner– Chemistry and Biochemistry; Tracy Mott– Economics; Rodney Buxton– Mass Communications; Susan Sterett– Political Science

11:10   ~   Break
11:20   ~   Concurrent Session 2

• Teaching in Writing-Intensive Core Courses - 1864 Suite, Driscoll Center
  Alba Newmann, Facilitator. Panelists: Luc Beaudoin-- Languages and Literatures; Rod Buxton-- Mass Communications and Journalism; Ron DeLyser-- Electrical & Computer Engineering; Sarah Morelli-- Lamont School of Music; Sidra Smith Wahaltere-- Department of English
• How Writing Center Consultants View Writing at DU - 1880 Suite, Driscoll Center
  Eliana Schonberg and Geoffrey Bateman, Facilitators.
  Panelists: Chris Newton, Kristy Bertrand, Christina Cain
• Students and Qualitative Writing Projects - Commerce Room, Driscoll Center
  Carol Samson and Linda Tate, Facilitators.
  Panelists: Hava Gordon– Sociology; Kate Willink– Human Communication Studies
  Emily Hull, Stephanie James, Sarah Lonowski, Haley Moore

12:15  ~   Lunch (free to registrants)
1:00    ~   Kathleen Blake Yancey, Keynote Address

"The Things They Carried":
Research on Transfer and Its Implications
for the Curriculum in Composition

2:00    ~   Concurrent Session 3

• The Longitudinal Study of Writing at DU: What We’re Learning, What it Means - 1864 Suite, Driscoll Center
  Jennifer Campbell, Facilitator. Panelists: Richard Colby and Rebekah Shultz Colby
• Writing and New Media, the Academy and Popular Discourse - 1880 Suite, Driscoll Center
  Doug Hesse, Facilitator.
  Panelists: Kathleen Blake Yancey and Eric Fretz
• Working with Writers in Community-Based Organizations - Commerce Room, Driscoll Center
  John Tiedemann, Geoffrey Bateman, and Eliana Schonberg, Facilitators. Panelists: Scott Piebenga, Saint Francis Center;        Laura Meixell, The Gathering Place; Lisa Zavoda, The Gathering Place; Jean Garrison, Saint Francis Center

3:00    ~   Reception in Driscoll Gallery

For any questions or any special accomodations, please call, Amy Kho at 303.871.7448.