CLA: Department of Writing Studies tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2012:/writ/dept//5808 2012-05-11T17:59:08Z Movable Type 4.31-en Breuch and Rendahl to be published in Computers and Composition tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2012:/writ/dept//5808.355680 2012-05-11T17:58:00Z 2012-05-11T17:59:08Z Congratulations to Merry Rendahl and Lee-Ann Kastman Breuch, whose article "Toward a Complexity of Online Learning: Learners in Online First-Year Writing" was accepted by Computers and Composition. The article will appear in 2013.... Shannon Congratulations to Merry Rendahl and Lee-Ann Kastman Breuch, whose article "Toward a Complexity of Online Learning: Learners in Online First-Year Writing" was accepted by Computers and Composition. The article will appear in 2013.

]]> University of Minnesota Libraries Archives and Special Collections First Fridays tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2012:/writ/dept//5808.354642 2012-05-02T14:46:53Z 2012-05-11T18:00:13Z This Friday (May 4) Bernadette Longo will be speaking on Edmund Berkeley with Charles Babbage Institute archivist Susan Hoffman for a First Friday presentation. Please pack your lunch and join us if you can. http://staff.lib.umn.edu/communications/email/2012/firstfridays/2012-05-04index.html... Shannon This Friday (May 4) Bernadette Longo will be speaking on Edmund Berkeley with Charles Babbage Institute archivist Susan Hoffman for a First Friday presentation. Please pack your lunch and join us if you can. http://staff.lib.umn.edu/communications/email/2012/firstfridays/2012-05-04index.html

]]> Kudos, Trent Kays! tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2012:/writ/dept//5808.354641 2012-05-02T14:38:57Z 2012-05-02T14:43:18Z Trent Kays had a proposal, "Wikipedia, Ethos, and the Production of Knowledge," accepted to Wikimania 2012 in Washington DC. He also had a proposal accepted to the 2012 National Council of Teachers of English Conference in Las Vegas, NV. He... Shannon Trent Kays had a proposal, "Wikipedia, Ethos, and the Production of Knowledge," accepted to Wikimania 2012 in Washington DC.

He also had a proposal accepted to the 2012 National Council of Teachers of English Conference in Las Vegas, NV. He will be presenting "Twitter and Social Media for Igniting Professional Learning Connections" with colleagues from across the country.

Trent was also a finalist for a UMN Board of Regents Student Representative position.

Congrats, Trent!

]]> Congratulations Sara Newman! tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2012:/writ/dept//5808.351683 2012-04-18T19:04:12Z 2012-05-02T14:49:01Z Congrats to RSTC alumna (1998) Sara Newman, our first PhD grad to become full professor! Sara is in the English department at Kent State University.... Shannon Congrats to RSTC alumna (1998) Sara Newman, our first PhD grad to become full professor! Sara is in the English department at Kent State University.

]]> Amy Koerber to Publish Book Based on Dissertation tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2012:/writ/dept//5808.351677 2012-04-18T18:58:05Z 2012-05-02T14:49:21Z RSTC alumna Amy Koerber has had her book, Breast or Bottle?,accepted by University of South Carolina Press. The book is based on her dissertation, and will be part of the Rhetoric and Communication series.... Shannon RSTC alumna Amy Koerber has had her book, Breast or Bottle?,accepted by University of South Carolina Press. The book is based on her dissertation, and will be part of the Rhetoric and Communication series.

]]> Diane Feldman Technical Editing SIG Scholarship tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2012:/writ/dept//5808.351676 2012-04-18T18:51:46Z 2012-05-02T14:49:39Z The Technical Editing Special Interest Group (SIG) of the Society for Technical Communication (STC) is offering two scholarships of $1400 each. The first scholarship assists students who are pursuing an undergraduate degree in technical communication (or a related area, such... Shannon The Technical Editing Special Interest Group (SIG) of the Society for Technical Communication (STC) is offering two scholarships of $1400 each.

The first scholarship assists students who are pursuing an undergraduate degree in technical communication (or a related area, such as professional writing or digital media) and the second assists students who are pursuing a graduate degree in technical communication (or a related area, such as professional writing or digital media). Students applying for one of these scholarships are expected to be able to demonstrate their focus on topics related to technical editing through their academic studies, current jobs, special projects, or undergraduate/graduate program. The winners will be announced in the Technical Editing SIG newsletter.

For more information on the scholarship program, please see the STC Technical Editing website: http://www.stc-techedit.org/Scholarship.

]]> Timothy Oleksiak published in Composition Studies tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2012:/writ/dept//5808.349614 2012-04-05T15:37:36Z 2012-04-18T18:56:00Z Congratulations to Timothy Oleksiak whose article "Incendiary Discourse: Reconsidering Flaming, Authority, and Democratic Subjectivity in Computer-mediated Communication" has been accepted for publication in the journal Composition Studies.... Shannon Congratulations to Timothy Oleksiak whose article "Incendiary Discourse: Reconsidering Flaming, Authority, and Democratic Subjectivity in Computer-mediated Communication" has been accepted for publication in the journal Composition Studies.

]]> What can I do with a Certificate or Master of Science degree in Scientific & Technical Communication? tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2012:/writ/dept//5808.345811 2012-03-29T21:35:39Z 2012-04-05T15:36:20Z Thursday, March 29, 2012, 12:00-1:30 Nolte Center, 315 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis Campus, University of Minnesota The event is free and includes a pizza lunch. Join past, current, and prospective students--plus community partners from business and industry-- to learn... Shannon commMatrix200.jpg

Thursday, March 29, 2012, 12:00-1:30
Nolte Center, 315 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis Campus, University of Minnesota

The event is free and includes a pizza lunch.
Join past, current, and prospective students--plus community partners from business and industry--
to learn how writers, designers, planners, and problem solvers in S&TC start and advance their careers.

Who should attend?
* Graduates and undergraduates interested in writing, designing, and planning communications for businesses, non-profits, and institutions
* Managers looking for talented technical communicators
* Current technical communicators interested in advancing their careers

Students, come to learn:
* What are hiring managers looking for?
* What should be in my portfolio?
* Best and worst cover letter ideas.
* The technical communication job outlook.

Please RSVP to moses004@umn.edu with RSVP in the subject line.

]]> A Dialogue and Roundtable Discussion with Anne Wysocki and Dennis Lynch tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2012:/writ/dept//5808.345990 2012-03-28T17:28:06Z 2012-04-05T15:36:53Z Wednesday, 28 March 2012 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM 229 Nolte Center Free and open to the public Tumblr, Facebook, or html? Video argument? Animated writing? Email or txt? We all--students in our classes and we who teach writing--face proliferating... Shannon Wednesday, 28 March 2012
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
229 Nolte Center
Free and open to the public

Tumblr, Facebook, or html? Video argument? Animated writing? Email or txt? We all--students in our classes and we who teach writing--face proliferating rhetorical situations for composing. When to use words, when to use pictures, when to use video--and when to follow, make, or break conventions? What are our responsibilities--as teachers, administrators, and as producers and consumers of texts--to our students, to our programs, and to thoughtful textual production and analysis? Join us for a roundtable conversation between students, faculty and staff in the Department of Writing Studies and our distinguished guests.

Anne Wysocki and Dennis Lynch are co-authors of the popular textbook Compose, Design, Advocate: A Rhetoric for Integrating the Written, Visual, and Oral (just about to come out in its second edition) and of The DK Handbook (soon to come out in its third edition and in a fully digital version). Wysocki teaches new media aesthetics, composition, culture, and rhetorics; technologies of communication; and pedagogy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She is co-author (with Johndan Johnson-Eilola, Cynthia Selfe, and UM-TC's Geoffrey Sirc) of Writing New Media (Utah State UP, 2004) and of several award-winning new media texts. Lynch directs the first year writing program for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, an urban research university with 25,000 students. He teaches and researches rhetorical theory, history, and pedagogy.

For more information, visit the University of Minnesota Events Calendar.

]]> Bernadette Longo Awarded ACM Fellowship tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2012:/writ/dept//5808.346892 2012-03-21T21:05:14Z 2012-04-18T18:54:48Z Bernadette Longo has been awarded a 2012 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) History Committee Fellowship to continue developing a biography of computer pioneer and ACM founder Edmund Berkeley. She plans to have the manuscript completed by the end of the... Shannon Bernadette Longo has been awarded a 2012 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) History Committee Fellowship to continue developing a biography of computer pioneer and ACM founder Edmund Berkeley. She plans to have the manuscript completed by the end of the year.

Congratulations Bernadette!

]]> Joe Holt Published in New Ohio Review tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2012:/writ/dept//5808.345984 2012-03-12T15:37:48Z 2012-03-21T21:10:13Z Joe Holt has a story appearing in the latest issue of New Ohio Review. The story, "Everything Equal," is about a misanthropic graduate student who seeks revenge after his girlfriend leaves him for his best friend. New Ohio Review is... Shannon Joe Holt has a story appearing in the latest issue of New Ohio Review. The story, "Everything Equal," is about a misanthropic graduate student who seeks revenge after his girlfriend leaves him for his best friend. New Ohio Review is the biannual literary journal from Ohio University. Issue #11 (Spring 2012) also features work by former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins.

]]> Congrats Carol, Lee-Ann, and Elaine! tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2012:/writ/dept//5808.337205 2012-02-06T17:56:07Z 2012-03-09T22:41:02Z Congratulations to Professor Carol Berkenkotter, Associate Professor Lee-Ann Kastman Breuch, and Professor Elaine Tarone (SLS, CARLA); each recently received a University of Minnesota Imagine Fund Grant: http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cla/enews/2012/02/accolades-february-2-2012.html Carol Berkenkotter: "Symptoms in Search of a Concept in a Victorian Asylum: Three... Shannon Congratulations to Professor Carol Berkenkotter, Associate Professor Lee-Ann Kastman Breuch, and Professor Elaine Tarone (SLS, CARLA); each recently received a University of Minnesota Imagine Fund Grant:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cla/enews/2012/02/accolades-february-2-2012.html

Carol Berkenkotter: "Symptoms in Search of a Concept in a Victorian Asylum: Three Case Histories."
Lee-Ann Kastman Breuch: "Writing Assessment of Student Research Reports in WRIT 3562W, Technical and Professional Writing."
Elaine Tarone: "A research agenda on second language learning by pre-literate adults."

]]> Congrats Stephen Brasher! tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2012:/writ/dept//5808.337197 2012-02-06T17:41:15Z 2012-03-09T22:41:19Z Doctoral candidate, Stephen Brasher's paper "'How the Hell Do I Know Why There Were Nazi's, I Don't Know How the Can Opener Works?' : Woody Allen, Religious Dilemmas, and Film as Pedagogy" was accepted to the American Academy of Religion... Shannon Doctoral candidate, Stephen Brasher's paper "'How the Hell Do I Know Why There Were Nazi's, I Don't Know How the Can Opener Works?' : Woody Allen, Religious Dilemmas, and Film as Pedagogy" was accepted to the American Academy of Religion Upper Midwest Conference. The conference will be hosted by Lutheran Seminary in St. Paul, MN. on March 30-31, 2012.

]]> Congrats Trent Kays! tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2012:/writ/dept//5808.332126 2012-01-20T18:11:33Z 2012-03-09T22:41:38Z PhD student, Trent Kays had a conference proposal accepted for the Digital (De-)(Re-)Territorializations: New Theory for New Media conference, held and moderated by Bowling Green State University. Trent had a six word memoir published in Six Words About Work, from... Shannon PhD student, Trent Kays had a conference proposal accepted for the Digital (De-)(Re-)Territorializations: New Theory for New Media conference, held and moderated by Bowling Green State University.

Trent had a six word memoir published in Six Words About Work, from SMITH Magazine and edited by Larry Smith.

And, Trent is also the new Open Essays Section Editor for the Writing About Writing Newsletter, which will be debuting for the 2012 CCCC.

]]> New Eyes - On Colleagues, Collegiality & "Seeing In" the New Term tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2012:/writ/dept//5808.332120 2012-01-20T17:53:22Z 2012-02-06T17:59:29Z Check out this short, reflective essay by RSTC alum, Merry Rendahl. Merry is an Assistant Professor in the Writing Studies Department at UMD. New Eyes - On Colleagues, Collegiality & "Seeing In" the New Term... Shannon Check out this short, reflective essay by RSTC alum, Merry Rendahl. Merry is an Assistant Professor in the Writing Studies Department at UMD.

New Eyes - On Colleagues, Collegiality & "Seeing In" the New Term

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