WPA Events Calendar

Full Calendar:Council of Writing Program Administrators Events

(we've just begun developing this calendar, so it doesn't have many dates on it yet.)

WPA at MLA 2006 (Philadelphia): Panels December 29 and 30 WPA at MLA 2006: the Party, December 29

2007 Summer Conference: July 12-15 in Tempe, Arizona

WPA at MLA 2007: The Panels

WPA-Sponsored Panels at the 2007 Modern Language Association ConventionChicago, Illinois, December 2007

The WPA Executive Board, and the committee on WPA at MLA (Dominic Delli Carpini, Chair, Joe Jananagelo, and Rita Malenczyk) are pleased to announce the following exciting and timely panels to be held at the 2007 MLA Conference in Chicago , Illinois . The panels address issues of concern for WPAs that have been raised at the 2006 and 2007 WPA Summer conferences.

In 2006, Past President of the WPA Chris Anson urged our membership to revitalize the important research agendas that have always been at the heart of our work, research that can then demonstrate to many publics what we have learned about the teaching and administration of writing. This topic is addressed in Panel 1. Chris Anson will act as a respondent for this panel.

At the 2007 WPA summer conference, the membership discussed its ongoing commitment to fair labor practices in the administration of writing programs. Panel 2 will offer discussions of programs that have attempted to address those issues.

We hope that many of you will be able to attend.

Panel 1: (Session #11) Current Research Agendas in Composition and Writing Program Administration

Thursday, 27 December: 3:30–4:45 p.m. , Columbus Hall G, Hyatt Regency Chicago

Presiding: Linda Adler-Kassner, Eastern Michigan Univ.

1. “The Search for ‘Replicable, Aggregable, and Data-Supported' Research: Rethinking What Actually Happens in Writing Center Tutorials,” Linda S. Bergmann, Purdue Univ. , West Lafayette ; Laurel Reinking, Purdue Univ. , West Lafayette

2. “But What Difference Can It Make? A Small-Scale Study of Course-Based Peer Tutoring,” Dara Rossman Regaignon, Pomona Coll.

3. “How Do Teaching Assistants Put Theory into Practice? Researching the Effectiveness of Teaching-Assistant Education in Composition,” E. Shelley Reid, George Mason Univ.

Respondent: Chris Anson, North Carolina State Univ.

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Panel 2: (Session #219) Ethical Practices in Delivering Composition: Beyond Labor Problems to Labor Solutions

Friday, 28 December: 10:15–11:30 a.m. , Water Tower, Hyatt Regency Chicago

Presiding: Joseph M. Janangelo, Loyola Univ. , Chicago

1. “Permanent Lecturers: Somewhere Sideways of Tenure,” Douglas Hesse, Univ. of Denver

2. “Intervening in the Adjunctness of It All: Compensation for Adjunct Faculty Members Who Participate in Faculty Development,” Christine Faye Ross, Quinnipiac Univ.

3. “Passing on the Directorship of a Writing Center ,” Bradley T. Peters, Northern Illinois Univ.

4. “The Custom Textbook as Professional Development,” Kim McDonald, Univ. of New Orleans

To entice you further to join us in Chicago, WPA and Purdue University, the organization's institutional home, will be hosting a WPA Social at the MLA Conference , to which all WPA members are invited. Join us for great Cajun food and a cash bar on Friday evening, December 28 at Heaven on Seven ( 111 North Wabash Avenue, 7 th floor) from 5:30-7:30 . Details and a more formal invitation will be forthcoming.

WPA at MLA 2007: The Party

WPA Social at the 2007 MLA Conference, December 28

The Council of Writing Program Administrators and the Department of English at Purdue University, the WPA’s institutional home, invite all WPA members and friends to a WPA Social at the MLA Conference in Chicago.

Join us for great Cajun food and a cash bar on

Friday evening, December 28 from 5:30-7:30

Heaven on Seven  (111 North Wabash Avenue, 7th floor, (312) 280-7774) .

Info about the WPA at MLA Panels is at this URL:

http://wpacouncil.org/node/969

2006 WPA Breakfast at CCCC in Chicago

You are invited!

2006 WPA Breakfast at CCCC in Chicago
Thursday March 23, 7:00-8:30 a.m.
DePaul Center Student Union Cafeteria

Enjoy an excellent buffet of Farm Fresh Fluffy Scrambled Eggs, with or without Cheese, Crispy Bacon and Sausage Links, Country Style Potatoes, Seasonal Fresh Fruit Platter, Chilled Juices, Assorted Mini Pastries, Starbucks Coffee (Regular and Decaffeinated) and Hot Tea with Lemon—as well as good company, presentations of awards, miscellaneous announcements, and as always a few surprises.

Directions from the Palmer House Hotel: Walk out the State Street exit of the Palmer House and turn left. Walk south two blocks to the corner of State and Jackson. The DePaul Center is on the southeast corner of State and Jackson. Take the elevators to the 11th floor and follow the signs to the breakfast. It's a five-minute walk once you’re out of the Palmer House.

If you paid online, you should have received a generic receipt from PayPal and then, not long after that, a more detailed receipt from Digital WPA. To speed up the check-in process at the breakfast, be sure to bring your printed Digital WPA receipt with you!

The deadline for mailing in your registration form or registering and paying online has passed.

Plan B: You can pay at the door on the day of the breakfast, but you must contact Lauren Fitzgerald at fitzger@yu.edu no later than Sunday, March 19 so she can include you in the final count--and make sure there are enough fluffy eggs! If you pay at the door, the price for faculty will be $20.00 (cash or check).

2008 WPA Breakfast at CCCC in New Orleans

Thursday April 3, 2008 at 7:00 a.m.
Creole Queen (docked near the conference hotel)
Ticket Prices: $30 (faculty; buy now); $20 (students; buy now)

Plan now to attend the usual Congenial, Caloric, and Conversational Community (how's that for 4 cs?) gathering on THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 2008, AT 7:00 A.M., and be ready for a special treat.

The breakfast this year will be held aboard the Creole Queen, a paddle wheel steamer docked right near the conference hotel. We have reserved the boat from 6:30 - 8:30 a.m., and we will have plenty of room for the food, the program, and ourselves.

Directions: Exit the Hilton New Orleans Riverside (headquarters hotel) and cross the circle driveway. Walk to the right, crossing the streetcar tracks, and continue up the steps toward the Riverwalk Marketplace. You will see the ticket booth for the boat to the left, and the boat will be directly in front of you (you will see it as you walk up the steps). We will set up a check-in table in an obvious place, so look for wide-awake WPAs.

The menu includes:

Croissants & Biscuits
Scrambled Eggs
Sausage or Bacon
Cheesy Grits
Orange Juice & Coffee
AND
For a special taste of New Orleans: King Cakes!!

The cost for faculty is $30 per person. Graduate students pay only $20.

Donation to Connors Fund: We invite contributions to the Connors Fund to offset the subsidy to graduate students. For those who did not know him, Bob Connors was not only a superb rhetorician and scholar, but he never missed a WPA breakfast. Therefore, in honor of his commitment to the occasion, WPA has instituted a fund in his name to better enable graduate students to participate. Suggested amount: $7.50. Any amount welcome! You can contribute by choosing the $7.50 Donation to the Connors Fund or by selecting Variable Donation to the Connors Fund. In your shopping cart at check-out, click on "update" to change the quantity to whatever amount you'd like donate.

In addition to good food and conversation, a brief program of awards and announcements will conclude in time for everyone to attend the Opening General Session mere steps away at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside.

Purchase Your Breakfast Ticket Online

• Breakfast ticket for faculty ($30).
• Breakfast ticket for students ($20)

To purchase a breakfast ticket, visit the relevant product's page, then click on "add to cart." You can then add more items (extra tickets, donations) to your cart of check-out at any time. At check-out, you'll be prompted for your WPA site username and password, then you'll make your credit card or echeck payment through PayPal, where you can decide to use a credit card or an existing PayPal account. When finished, you will receive a generic receipt from PayPal by email and then can print a more detailed receipt after you're returned to Digital WPA (click on "view" in your order history next to the relevant purchase). To speed up the check-in process at the breakfast, be sure to bring your printed Digital WPA receipt with you!

See you there!

WPA at MLA 2006

WPA at MLA: 30th Anniversary

The 2006 MLA Convention will mark the 30th Anniversary of the MLA session at which the Council of Writing Program Administrators was founded. To celebrate that occasion, this year’s panels look back at WPA’s efforts at inclusion over the past thirty years and discuss the great potential that increasing diversity provides for us, both as an organization and within our writing classes.

“Moving toward Inclusion: Thirty Years of the Council of Writing Program Administrators,” Friday, December 29th, 1:45–3:00 p.m., Room 307 of the Philadelphia Marriott. • Chris Anson, North Carolina State University: Drawing in, Reaching Out: The Problems and Prospects of Internationalization • Joe Janangelo, Loyola University, Chicago: Why Diversify? • M. Elizabeth Sargent, University of Alberta: On the Trail of the Outcomes Statement: Increasing the Work of the WPA in Canada • Joseph S. Eng, California State University Monterey Bay: WPA and Diversity: The Asian-American Locations in the Modern University Shirley Rose (Purdue University) will preside and serve as respondent.

“Challenges of the Future: Foregrounding Diversity in the WPA Palette” Saturday, December 30th, noon to 1:15, Room 302 of the Philadelphia Marriott.

• Juanita Comfort, West Chester University: Framing Diversity Issues for College Writers: Listening to a Multi-Vocal Writing Program • Wendy Olson, Washington State University, Pullman: Writing Programs, Diversity, and the Knowledge Economy: Some Implications • Ellen Strenski, University of California, Irvine: Electronic Equity or Exclusion: Four Campus Digital Divides • Jonathan Alexander, University of Cincinnati and William Banks, East Carolina University: Queer Eye for the Comp Program: Towards a Queer Critique of WPA Work Dominic Delli Carpini (York College of Pennsylvania) will Chair this session.

WPA 30th Anniversary Reception The Council of Writing Program Administrators, the Philadelphia Writing Program Administrators, Temple University, and York College of Pennsylvania will be sponsoring a reception at MLA from 5:00-7:00 on the evening of Friday, December 29 at the Hilton Garden Inn (1100 Arch St) in Philadelphia

Beer, wine, & appetizers will be provided and the Mike Frank Jazz Trio will play.

All WPA members and potential members are cordially invited. Save the date!

WPA Breakfast at CCCC 2005

You are invited!

Thursday March 17, 7:00-8:30 a.m.

The Carnelian Room, 52nd floor of the Bank of America Building
555 California Street (corner of California and 3rd Street/Kearney)

Enjoy an excellent buffet of eggs, bacon, sausage, and potatoes; danishes and croissants; fresh fruit; yogurt and granola; juice and coffee--as well as good company, presentations of awards, miscellaneous announcements, and as always a few surprises. Reserve your spot now with the form below. Remember to include a check when you mail it to Clyde Moneyhun (instructions are at the bottom of the form).

Directions from the Moscone Center: The fastest way to get there is WALKING. From the 3rd Street side of the Moscone Center, just go north (in the same direction as the traffic on one-way 3rd Street) for about 15 minutes to the Bank of America Building on the corner of California and 3rd Street (which turns into Kearney). There's also a BUS that runs up 3rd Street. Get on across the street from the Moscone Center and get off at California. Fare is $1.25 (exact change only). You can also use a CABLE CAR. Use either Powell Street line to climb Powell to California, then walk two blocks down California to 3rd Street/Kearney (don't worry--it's downhill!). Fare is $3 (no transfers).

WPA Breakfast at CCCC in New York City

You are invited!

2007 WPA Breakfast at CCCC in New York City
Thursday March 22, 7:00-8:30 a.m.
3 West Club, 3 West 51st Street

Enjoy an excellent buffet of scrambled eggs and hash browns; bacon or sausage; assorted pastries, muffins, and bagels; fresh fruit, juice, and coffee -- as well as good company, presentations of awards, miscellaneous announcements, and as always, a few surprises.

Directions from the New York Hilton: : Walk out 6th Avenue (Avenue of the Americas) exit of the Hilton and turn right. Walk south two blocks and turn left on 51st Street. Walk half a block (toward 5th Avenue). 3 West Club is on West 51st Street between 5th and 6th Avenues, a 5-10 minute walk from the Hilton.

Prices:

• $28.50 in advance for Faculty
• $30.00 at the door for Faculty
• $20.00 for Graduate Students

The deadline for purchasing breakfast tickets online has now passed. The deadline for mailing checks has also passed. To speed up the check-in process at the breakfast, be sure to bring your printed receipt with you!

If you have questions about the breakfast, you can contact:

Carol Rutz
Director, Writing Program
Willis 307
Carleton College
1 N College St
Northfield, MN 55057
507-646-4082
crutz@carleton.edu

WPA Reception at MLA 2004

PLEASE JOIN US

AT THE

ANNUAL WPA RECEPTION

MLA CONVENTION

PHILADELPHIA, PA

WHEN: Wed., Dec. 29, 2004, from 5-7 p.m.

WHERE: 10th Floor, Hilton Garden Inn

DETAILS: If you'll be at the MLA convention in Philadelphia this year—or if you live in the Philly area—the Council of Writing Program Administrators is pleased to invite you and your guests for drinks, hors d'oeuvres, and the WPA's characteristic good cheer at the Hilton Garden Inn, located next to the Philadelphia Convention Center and close to all the major convention hotels. The hotel address is 1100 Arch St. The reception will take place on the 10th floor, next to "The Tenth Floor Grill," the hotel's rooftop restaurant.

Thanks to the generosity of McGraw-Hill and the University Writing Program at Temple University, the reception will feature a jazz band and food.

If you'd like to pinpoint the exact location of the hotel, you can find a map of the convention center area and locations of all the convention hotels at the MLA's website here:

Map: http://www2.expoedge.com/its/0412mlaphl/map.asp

Hilton's website: http://www.hiltongardenphilly.com/

Hope to see you there!

—Chris Anson, President, WPA