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PLENARY PANEL

 

 

Noon to 1:00 p.m.       Box lunches in the lobby of Duncan Hall

 

1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

 

Duncan Hall

McMurtry Auditorium

Rm. 1055

 

Plenary                         Processes for Thinking about WAC’s Future:

Panel:                            Envisioning The Future

                                       

                                        Chris Thaiss, Professor, George Mason University

 

                                        Carl Lovitt, Associate Dean, Pennsylvania State

                                        University

 

                                        Julie Zeleznik, Ph.D. Student, Iowa State University

 

                                        Carol Holder, Past Director, California State

                                        University Institute for Teaching and Learning

 

                                        Susan McLeod, Professor, University of California

                                        at Santa Barbara

 

                                        Moderator: Linda Driskill, Professor, Rice University

                                       

                                       

 

HIGHLIGHT SESSIONS

 

 

2:30 to 3:45 p.m.

 

Duncan Hall               Conversation with  “Envision” Panelists to

Rm. 1042                      Discuss Future Programs

 

Envision Groups        K-12 Focus: Everyone Welcome

                                       

 

 

Duncan Hall              Conversation with “ Envision” Panelists to              

Rm. 1075                     Discuss Future Programs

 

Envision Group         College and University Focus: Everyone Welcome

                                       

 

SESSIONS

                                     

                 B

2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.

 

   Duncan Hall

   Rm. 1070

   Session B1:          Leadership Through Initiative:  Taking Small Steps without a

                             WAC Policy in Place

   Session Chair:      Deb Martin, Texas Woman's University

                              Deb Martin, Texas Woman's University

                              Do Ya Wanna Dance?:  Interdisciplinary

                              Collaboration to Meet State Goals

                              Hugh Burns, Texas Woman's University

                              Design, Delivery, and Destiny:  Writing the

                              Future On-line in the Health Professions

 

                              Morgan Gresham, Texas Woman's University

                              Learning to be WACky

                              Sandi Reynolds, Texas Woman's University

                              Closing the Gaps in Success:  Composition

                              Courses for the Allied Health Professions

  

    Sewall Hall                                                             (no session B2)

   Rm. 309

   Session B3:           Creating and Sustaining a Successful Assessment Program

   Session Chair:       Patricia Collins Harms, Texas Tech University School of

                              Pharmacy

                             

                              Patricia Collins Harms, Texas Tech University School Of

                                        Pharmacy

                              An Introduction to Program Assessment: 

                              Considering Potential Tools for Your

                              Toolbox

         Catherine Fox, Iowa State University

                              Putting the Tools to Use: Results from the

                                        Agricultural and Biosystem Learning

                                        Community Assessment Program at Iowa

                                        State University

                             

                              Steven Kent Mickelson, Iowa State University

                              Using an Assessment Program to Further

                              Program Development and Advance the

                              Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

                 

  B

2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.

    Humanities Bldg.

   Rm. 119

   Session B4:           More Writing Means More Work for Us: WAC Responds to a

                              Grim Reality

   Session Chair:       Marilyn (Mare) Davis, Johnson & Wales University

                              Mary Barszcz, Johnson & Wales University

                              Transforming the Grim Reality: The Power

                              of the Writing Evaluator

                              Gerri August, Johnson & Wales University

                              Transforming the Grim Reality: The Power

                              of Teamwork

                              Marilyn (Mare) Davis, Johnson & Wales University

                              No Title Given                                            

   Sewall Hall

   Rm. 307

   Session B5:           Multiple Disciplines, One Goal

   Session Chair:       Paullett Golden, Sam Houston State University

                              Paullett Golden, Sam Houston State University

                              The Truth of the Matter

                              Dawn Caplinger, Sam Houston State University

                              What They Take with Them, What They

                              Bring Back

                              Rebecca Novotny, Sam Houston State University

                              Sizing It Up

               

   Keck Hall

   Rm. 102

   Session B6:          The Write Future Starts Today

   Session Chair:      Charis W. Smith, Presbyterian School

                              Cullen Hemenway, Presbyterian School

                              Kristin Brown, Presbyterian School

                              Charis W. Smith, Presbyterian School

             B

2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.

 

   Duncan Hall

   Rm. 1046

   Session B7:           Writing in the Major at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

   Session Chair:       Terrell Beck, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

                              Bryan Kopp, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

                              Terrell Beck, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

2:

 

   Humanities Bldg..

   Rm. 117

   Session B8:          The Enterprise of Writing: Exploring New Spaces

   Session Chair:      Christie Fox, Sam Houston State University

                              Diane Dowdey, Sam Houston State University

                              The Voyages of the Writing Enterprise

                              Kandi Tayebi, Sam Houston State University

                              Feminism's Final Frontier: Is There Space in

                              Cyberspace for Feminist Teachers?

                              Melissa Morphew, Sam Houston State University

                              Strange New Worlds: Creative Writing in

                              the Science Classroom

                              Carroll Ferguson Nardone, Sam Houston State University

                              To Seek Out New Strategies:  Alternative Assessment

                                         in Alternate Space

                              Christie Fox, Sam Houston State University

                              Folklore and Ethnography: To Boldly Go

                              Beyond

   Duncan Hall

   Rm. 1064

   Session B9:           Integrating Communication into Bioengineering Courses

   Session Chair:       Tracy Volz, Rice University

                              Tracy Volz, Rice University

                              Integrating Communication into

                              Bioengineering Courses

                              Ann Saterbak, Rice University

                              BIOE Assignments that Promote Students’

                              Interest in the Profession

 

 

                 B

2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.

    Rayzor Hall

   Rm. 123

   Session B10:         A Critical Rhetoric of Inquiry:  Integrated Writing and Learning

                              in a Political Science/Freshman Comp Course Cluster

   Session Chair:       Stephen Adkison, Idaho State University

                              Stephen Adkison, Idaho State University

                              John Kijinski, Idaho State University

                              Elizabeth Shanahan, Idaho State University

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3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.         

Duncan Hall                  Refreshments

 

                 C

4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.

 

 

 

HIGHLIGHT SESSIONS

  

4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.

 

    Duncan Hall

    McMurtry Auditorium

    Room 1055

 

    Special Session:      Literacy through Photography.

                                        Deborah Lamoreaux, FotoFest International

 

   

 

 

    Duncan Hall              Special Conversation Groups  

    Rm. 1042 &

 1075                                         “Birds of a Feather” Session. Announce your topic at the Registration Desk.

         Two rooms provide “roosts” for conversations.  Check the boards to find your

         flock. 

 

  

SESSIONS

                 C

4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.

                                                           

 

   Duncan Hall

   Rm. 1070

   Session C1:          WAC and Broader Institution-Wide Efforts to Improve

                              Undergraduate Education through Continuous Cycles of Program

                              Review and Assessment

   Session Chair:       Chris M. Anson, North Carolina State University

                             

                              Chris M. Anson, North Carolina State University

                             

                              Michael Carter, North Carolina State University

                                       

                                        Deanna P. Dannels, North Carolina State University

                             

                              Jon Rust, North Carolina State University

    Sewall Hall

   Rm.  305

   Session C2:           Using "Community" Needs to Promote and Expand WAC

   Session Chair:       Glenn Blalock, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

                              Glenn Blalock, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

                              Susan Loudermilk, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi         

                              Diana Cardenas, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi 

                              Joyce Hawthorne, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi           

 

               C

4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.

   Sewall Hall 

   Rm. 309

   Session C3:           Outcomes and Competencies, Assessments and Accreditation:

                              How They Changed Our Thinking about Communication across

                              the Undergraduate Curriculum

   Session Chair:       Larry Hanneman, Iowa State University

                              Larry Hanneman, Iowa State University

                              Steven Mickelson, Iowa State University

                              Mary Huba, Iowa State University

                              Keith Beckman, Iowa State University

                              Howard Shapiro, Iowa State University

   Humanities Bldg.

   Rm. 119

   Session C4:          Leadership and Institutional Reform

   Session Chair:      Christiana Birchak, University of Houston - Downtown

                              Debra K. Courtright-Nash, University of Cincinnati,

                              Clermont College

                              Lore and Involvement in WAC

                             

                              William J. Carpenter, Lafayette College

                              WAC Language Matters

   Sewall Hall

   Rm. 307

   Session C5:          Connections within and beyond the University

   Session Chair:      Beth (Elizabeth) Hedengren, Brigham Young University

                              Patricia Williams, Sam Houston State University

                              WAC, CAC, WE, WID, WC, AEC:  More

                              Than Alphabet Soup

                              Deborah Smith, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

                              Writing as a Tool to Facilitate Service Learning

 

               C

4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.

  

   Keck Hall

    Rm. 102

   Session C6:           Engineering Technology and Writing for the 21st Century:

                              Purpose, Points, and Visuals

   Session Chair:      Barbara Sylvester, Western Washington University

                              Kathleen Kitto, Western Washington University

                              Technical Writing for a Technical Department

                              Barbara Sylvester, Western Washington University

                              Practice with a Purpose

                              Natalie Wilson, Western Washington University

                              Student Perspective on Focused Technical Writing

    Duncan Hall

   Rm. 1046

   Session C7:           WAC and Professional Development

   Session Chair:       Ron Heckelman, Montgomery College

                              Gayle Bolt Price, Gardner-Webb University

                              Let Writing Teach the Teacher:  Developing

                              WAC Faculty Workshops Based on

                              Writing-to-Learn Strategies

                              Lynne Ticke, Bronx Community College (CUNY)

                              Writing Across the Social Sciences: 

                              Professional Development for Adjunct and

                              Full-Time Faculty

                              Alexander Byelyakov, University of Idaho

                              Writing across the Curriculum in the

                              Teaching of Interdisciplinary Courses

   Humanities Bldg.

   Rm. 117

   Session C8:           Enhancing Science Learning through Communication

   Session Chair:      Ken Cox, Rice University

                              Mary Purugganan, Rice University

                              What Graduate Students Learn through

                              Coaching in a Biochemistry Research

                              Seminar

                              John Polking, Rice University

                              Differential Equations: Where Students Go

                              Beyond Right Answers to Arguing about

                              Problem Solving

 

                C

4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.

   Duncan Hall

   Rm. 1064

   Session C9:           Negotiation, Collaboration, and Application: Engineering English

                              at Iowa State University

   Session Chair:      Tom Bowers, Iowa State University

                             

                              Marlee Walton, Iowa State University

                             

                              Al Austin, Iowa State University

                                                            

                                        Tom Bowers, Iowa State University

   Rayzor Hall

   Rm. 123

   Session C10:         Writing across and beyond the Curriculum in Interdisciplinary

                              Learning Communities

   Session Chair:      Juan Carlos Huerta, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

                             

                              Juan Carlos Huerta, Texas A&M University-Corpus

                              Christi

                             

                              Robin Carstensen, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

                             

                              Catherine Albert, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

 

 

 

RECEPTION AT FOTOFEST

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5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

 

Reception at              Viewing of Photography Exhibits at Fotofest

FotoFest:                    Buses Leave from in front of Duncan Hall Starting at 5:00 p.m.

                                     and make return trips to Hotels and Duncan Hall

 

7:30 p.m.                     Dinner on your own.  See list of suggested restaurants.

 

 

 

Friday 

 

PANELS

 

8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.  Continental Breakfast - Duncan Hall

 

 

9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.

 

Duncan Hall

McMurtry Auditorium

Rm. 1055

 

Panel 1:                What Leadership, Goals and Policies Can Ensure That Students

                        Communicate Well in Multicultural Environments and International

                        Commerce?

 

                                Carol Geary Schneider, President of the Association of American Colleges

                                & Universities

 

                                Neal Lane, University Professor, Rice University.  Formerly National Science

                                Advisor to President Clinton

 

                                Rebecca Burnett, University Professor, Iowa State University

 

                                Jonathan Monroe, Professor and Knight Writing Program Director, Cornell

                                University

 

                                Daniel Chavez, President, Grupo Vidafel, Guadalajara, Jal. México

 

                                Moderator: Deborah Andrews, Professor, University of Delaware

 

 

 

10:15 a.m.  to 10:45

 

 

Duncan Hall          Refreshments

 

 

 

PANELS

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10:45 a.m. to noon

 

Duncan Hall

McMurtry Auditorium

Rm. 1055

 

Panel 2a:             What Must Be Done to Ensure That College Students Communicate

                       Well in Their Fields?

 

                                Lee Odell, Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

               

                                Ed Segner, President and Chief of Staff, EOG Resources, Inc.

 

                                Gene Levy, Provost, Rice University

                               

       Chris Anson, Professor, North Carolina State University

 

                                Scott Hochberg, State Legislator, Texas, Chair, Education Subcommittee

 

                                Martha Townsend, Professor, University of  Missouri at Columbia          

 

                                Michael Pemberton, President, National Writing Centers Association,

                                Georgia Southern University

 

                                Aaron Krawitz, Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering,

                                University of Missouri, Columbia

 

                                Regina Kecht, Professor & Director, Center for the Study of  Languages, Rice

                                University

                                               

        Moderator: Deborah Bosley, Director of Writing Programs, University of North

        Carolina Charlotte