Center For Writing Excellence

Center for Writing Excellence

Calendar

 

FALL SEMESTER 2009

Friday, August 28

(5:00)  McGuffey Commons

Conversation Corner - International and American students engage in conversation

Friday, September 4

(5:00)  McGuffey Commons

Conversation Corner - International and American students engage in conversation

Tuesday, September 8

(4:00-5:30)  212 MacMillan

Writing About Your International Study: The Lens Through Which You Understand Another Culture - Writing Workshop for Students. Tom Miller, Journalist and Author

Friday, September 11

(5:00)  McGuffey Commons

Conversation Corner - International and American students engage in conversation

Monday, September 14

(4:00-5:00)  27 King

Introduction to Citation Practices for International Students - Workshop for Students

Wednesday, September 16

(4:00-5:00)  320 King

Meet the Author - Leanna Renee Heiber author of "The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker"

Friday, September 18

(5:00)  McGuffey Commons

Conversation Corner - International and American students engage in conversation

Friday, September 25

(5:00)  McGuffey Commons

Conversation Corner - International and American students engage in conversation

Friday, October 2

(5:00)  McGuffey Commons

Conversation Corner - International and American students engage in conversation

Friday, October 9

(5:00)  McGuffey Commons

Conversation Corner - International and American students engage in conversation

Friday, October 16

(5:00)  McGuffey Commons

Conversation Corner - International and American students engage in conversation

Saturday, October 17

(1:30 - 3:15)  Art 100

Writer's Workshop - "The Study of Oneself & One's People in Prose" by Kao Kalia Yang, author of The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir

Friday, October 23

(5:00)  McGuffey Commons

Conversation Corner - International and American students engage in conversation

Friday, October 30

(5:00)  McGuffey Commons

Conversation Corner - International and American students engage in conversation

Friday, November 6

(5:00)  McGuffey Commons

Conversation Corner - International and American students engage in conversation

Friday, November 13

(5:00)  McGuffey Commons

Conversation Corner - International and American students engage in conversation

Friday, November 20

(5:00)  McGuffey Commons

Conversation Corner - International and American students engage in conversation

Friday, December 4

(5:00)  McGuffey Commons

Conversation Corner - International and American students engage in conversation

 

SPRING SEMESTER 2009

Friday, January 16

(5:00-6:00)  132 King

Conversation Corner - International and American students engage in conversation

Tuesday, January 20

(7:00) 320 King

"Personal Statements for Graduate School Applications" (workshop)

Thursday, February 5

(7:00-9:00)

"Résumés that Win Jobs" (workshop)

Friday, February 6

(5:00-6:00)  132 King

Conversation Corner - International and American students engage in conversation

Monday, February 9

(7:00-9:00) 

"Résumés that Win Jobs" (workshop)

Wednesday, February 11

(5:30-7:00)

"Writing Your Thesis or Dissertation Proposals in the Experimental Sciences" (workshop)

Tuesday, February 24

(6:00-7:00)

Shriver/Heritage Room

"Writing Effective Personal Statements for Medical School" Dr. Stephen Manuel (workshop)

Friday, February 27

(12:00-1:00)

212 MacMillan Hall

"Writing to Change the World - Social Justice Writing" Reverend Irene Monroe (workshop)

Friday, February 27

(5:00 - 6:00)

132 King

Conversation Corner - International and American students engage in conversation

Friday, March 20

(5:00 - 6:00)

132 King

Conversation Corner - International and American students engage in conversation

Tuesday, March 24 and

Wednesday, March 25

(7:00 - 9:00)  320 King

Pre-Dental Club Personal Statement Workshop

Tuesday, March 31

(5:30 - 7:00)

"Writing Your Thesis or Dissertation Proposals in the Experimental Sciences" (workshop)

Thursday, April 2

(12:30 - 1:45)  227 King

"How to Use Writing to Teach Students to Think and Act Like Specialists in Your Discipline" Michael Carter (workshop)

Friday, April 10

(5:00 - 6:00)

132 King

Conversation Corner - International and American students engage in conversation

 

FALL SEMESTER 2008

Monday, September 8th - Opening of Windate Writing Center, Western Campus - 18 Peabody Continuing the tradition of the Windate Writing Center, Consultants are now available on Western Campus in 18 Peabody, offering the same writing services as provided at King Library

Friday, September 26

(12:00-1:00)

320 King Library

"Teaching International Students: Strategies for All Miami Faculty"  Paul Kei Matsuda (faculty workshop)

Wednesday, October 8

(12:00-3:00)

Shriver/Multipurpose Room

Writer's Fair - Offers student writers info about the writing opportunities at Miami and to connect with other writers

Wednesday, October 15

(12:00-1:15)

212 MacMillan

"Reading and Writing the Senses: Helping Students Understand Ritual, Performance, and Everyday Action"  Paul Christopher Johnson (faculty workshop)

Thursday, October 23

(12:30-1:45) 

320 King Library

"Developing Students as Scholars and Writers: The Role of Writing in Undergraduate Education"  Nancy Sommers (faculty workshop)

Thursday, October 23

(2:00-3:45) 

320 King Library

"The Things They Carried": Research on Transfer and Its Implications for Student Writing in Courses Across the Curriculum - Kathleen Yancey (faculty workshop)

Friday, October 24

(12:00-1:15) 

212 MacMillan

"Perfect Storms and Tectonic Shifts: ePortfolios, Educational Change, and Practical Options"  Kathleen Yancey (faculty workshop)

Friday, November 14

(4:00-5:15)

212 MacMillan

"Do You Need Religion To Clean Up the Ganges River?" Writing Assignments that Inject International Perspectives into Any Course - Vasudha Narayanan (faculty workshop)

Tuesday, November 18

(7:00-8:00) 320 King

"Writing Personal Statements for Graduate School Applications" (workshop)

Wednesday, November 19

(12:00-1:15)

Shriver/Multipurpose Room

"Writing Is Reading Is Writing: Helping Students Write with Challenging Texts"  Wendy Hesford (faculty workshop)

 

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