Dr. Marin Robinson, a visiting scholar from Northern Arizona University, will be speaking on "Adventures in Disciplinary Writing: Helping Chemistry Students Learn to Write Like Chemists" this Friday, October 23, at 10:10 a.m. in Harrison Hall 0118. All students and faculty ar welcome.
The Fall 2009 Writers' Café, featuring original work by WRTC faculty members Elizabeth Gooch, Eleanor Henderson, Kate Kessler, Esther Stenson, and Isaac Sweeney, will take place this Thursday, October 22, at 7 p.m. in Memorial Hall's Faculty Commons Lounge, room 7325.
Professor Kate Mangelsdorf, a visiting scholar from the University of Texas-El Paso, will be speaking on "The Dilemma of Definition: What Happens When We Classify Students" this Thursday, October 1, at 6:00 p.m. in Harrison Hall 2105.
The opening faculty meeting for WRTC will be Wednesday, August 19 at 9:00 a.m. in Harrison Hall 2105.
Conversations with Professors will be Thursday, August 20 from 9:45 - 11:00 a.m. Volunteers are still needed for this program.
First Year Reading will be Thursday, August 20 from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Volunteers are still needed for this program.
The opening faculty meeting for the university will be Friday, August 21 from 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. in the Grand Ballroom of the Festival Conference Center.
The opening faculty meeting for the College of Arts and Letters will be Friday, August 21 at 11:00 a.m. in Latimer-Shaeffer Theatre in Duke Hall.
Michael Moghtader has accepted the position of General Education Interim Cluster Two Coordinator for 2009-2010.
Graduating Writing and Rhetoric minors are invited to celebrate by joining WRTC this Monday (5/4), from 5:00-6:15, at Dave's Taverna.
The JMU Student Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication has earned the Community of Excellence award for 2008-2009 from the international Society for Technical Communication governing body.
On Tuesday, April 21, the e-Vision Academic Journal will hold its Annual Awards Reception
at 4pm in Taylor 405.
Though not officially part of Communication Exhibition 2009, Dr, James H. Collier, associate professor of English at Virginia Tech, will be speaking on Thursday, April 16, at 6:30 p.m. in Harrison 2105. His talk, "Wikipedia is academic writing's future. Or not," is free and open to the public.
On Monday, April 13, Write On! will hold its 9th Annual Academic Writing Contest Awards Ceremony at 3:30pm in Taylor 405.
Communication Exhibition 2009 starts next Tuesday, April 7. Two weeks of events sponsored by the Schools of Communication, Information, and Media make up the exhibition.
WRTC will be holding an open house this coming Wednesday (April 1) from 12:30 - 3:00 in Harrison 2231. The open house will be for prospective undergraduate and graduate students who wish to learn more about the programs we offer.
Registration for Fall 2009 courses begins Tuesday, April 7.
Registration for Summer 2009 courses is ongoing.