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) |