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WPA 2010, Conversations Toward Action (July 15-18 in Philadelphia) - Ready for Proposals!!

WPA 2010 is ready for your proposals, and conference registration is open! Visit the conference home page: http://www.drexel.edu/wpa2010/ for full details on how to submit proposals and/or to register. See you in Philadelphia!

WPA Mentoring Project Report

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To: Our WPA Colleagues

From: Joe Janangelo, Duane Roen, and Sheldon Walcher

Subject: Preface and Executive Summary of The CWPA Mentoring Survey

Date: March 8, 2010

Preface

We are writing to thank everyone who took of The WPA Mentoring Survey and to share this summary of the report we presented to the CWPA Executive Committee. This report has 3 parts:

I. Introduction and Three Key Findings

CWPA Network Breakfast Table Topics!

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Thanks to everyone who submitted input for topics at the WPA 2010 Network Breakfast. Based on your input, we've created the following table topics. WPAmbassadors will be on hand at the Seelbach to guide breakfast eaters to tables. Arrive early for your first choice!

Table 1: Writing Program Administration in the Two-Year College * Jeff Klausman and Eileen Ferretti

Assistant/Associate Professor of English, Morgan State University

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Department of English and Language Arts

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT Rank: Assistant/Associate/Professor of English

CFP - WPA panels at MLA 2011

Call for Proposals - CWPA Sponsored Sessions at MLA 2011 (January 6-9, Los Angeles, CA)

Call for Proposals - CWPA Sponsored Sessions at MLA

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Call for Proposals - CWPA Sponsored Sessions at MLA 2011 (January 6-9, Los Angeles, CA)

Assistant Professor, Oral and Written Communication

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Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (www.acphs.edu) is seeking candidates for a tenure-track faculty position of communication to commence in August 2010.  Responsibilities include overseeing the Writing/Oral Communication Skills Center, development of communication skills throughout the College’s curricula, teaching in introductory communications courses, and offering electives in an area of interest.  The successful candidate will also be expected to develop an activ

National Day on Writing Local Pages!

Here's the beginning of a list, compiled from posts to wpa-l, of local National Day on Writing web sites, activities, news stories, etc. Add to it by "commenting" on the entry!

Piece in the Denver Post by Doug Hesse

http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_13579573

 

 

Colorado Governor Ritter's proclamation designating 10/20 as the Colorado Day on Writing

https://portfolio.du.edu/pc/port.detail?id=147641

 

WPA 2010 - Preliminary information and more coming soon!

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WPA 2010: Conversations Toward Action: Very preliminary information (full site coming 2/2010)

WPA 2010 will take place in Philadelphia, PA. The conference web site, which will include:

  • the call for proposals
  • conference registration costs
  • additional information

will be ready by February, 2010.

WPA Journal Archives!

Thanks to some amazing work by Doug Hesse and Dave Blakesley, *most* issues of WPA Journal, as well asmany WPA Newsletters, are now available in the WPA Journal archives.

Some of these issues (most recent ones) are available only to WPA members; however the vast majority of them are available to all.

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