UNIVERSITY WRITING PROGRAM

THE POINT

Fall 2008

     
     

News


Writing Program Administration Conference





WRIT 1133 Lecture Series
Rebekah Shultz Colby

Urban Nature: A 500 Word Writing Contest
Carol Samson

After Tea: Adapting Virginia Woolf
Carol Samson
 

Faculty Profiles


Christina Foust
Kamila Kinyon

Selah Saterstrom
Linda Tate
 

Student Writing: WRIT 1133

Richard Colby and Rebekah Shultz Colby:
World of Warcraft Class Blog

David Daniels:
Writing like a Scientist

Heather Martin: The Policy Brief
-- Kyle Robinson, "More, Morganic Organic: The Initiative For An Increased Supply And Demand of Organic Food" [PDF]
-- Michelle Stapleton, "How Eating Turkey Can Save the World"  [PDF]
-- Thea Tollefson, "Putting an End to Blind Eating: Why There is a Problem" [PDF]

Carol Samson: Project Homeless Connect
-- Hamaza Ali
-- Meagan Brown
-- John DeLacy



Upcoming Conferences and Events

Guest Speaker


A Visity by Rosa Eberly
Richard Colby
 

Open Mic


Urban Nature at Botanic Gardens
Kamila Kinyon



Poetry Slam
Kamila Kinyon

 

Program Profiles

Kamila Kinyon

Writing Program Lecturer,
Comparative Literature PhD

Linda Tate

Writing Program Lecturer,
English PhD

Jennifer Novak

Writing Program Lecturer,
Rhetoric PhD

      Writing Faculty Scholarship

Jennifer Campbell and Jeff Ludwig -- A Conversation on Pedagogy: Negotiating Our Competing Responsibilities as
Rhetorical Citizens and Educators, Rhetoric Society of
America
, Seattle, WA, May 23-26
Jennifer Campbell, Jeff Ludwig, and Jennifer Novak --
"Collaborative WAC Research as/for Teaching and Learning,"
WPA Conference, Denver, CO, July 10-13
Richard Colby, Rebekah Shultz Colby, Blake Sanz, and
David Daniels
-- "Revising Rubrics: Rebuilding Assessment
in Creative and Rhetorically Effective Ways,"
WPA Conference
, Denver, CO, July 10-13
Matt Hill
-- "Perelmans Assent and the Unabomber:
Examining the Limits of Communication," Promise of
Reason Conference
, Eugene, OR, May 17-20

Writing Pedagogy Tips

 

Repurposing Academic Writing for a Popular Audience
Mindy Williams


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                                                                Rebekah Shultz Colby, July 2008

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