WAC Goes West
 | Writing the Future: Leadership, Policies, and Classroom Practices |
Rice University, Sam
Houston State University, University
of Houston Downtown, and New Mexico
State University invite WAC folks to downtown Houston, Texas, March
7-9, 2002 for the sixth national Writing
Across the Curriculum Conference.
- Distinguished scholars and leaders from education, business, and
government discuss leadership, policies, and classroom practices
- Panels and presentations address how writing and communication prepare
students for intercultural communication
- International/national goals
- National and state policies
- Technology policies and teaching of writing and communication
- University leadership and policies affecting writing and communication
instruction
- Effective program structure and administration
- Funding for writing and communication instruction
- School district policies and priorities affecting communication
instruction
- Copyright and fair use policies affecting writing instruction
- Literacy through Photography exhibit and reception: FotoFest
2002: The Classical Eye and Beyond..., International Month of
Photography
- Conference site at Rice
University Campus
WAC in the Wild
For the past twenty years, the University Writing Programs at UNC-Charlotte
has sponsored a WAC/WID writing retreat at Wildacres in the mountains
of North Carolina. In 2001, more than 90 people attended from 15 universities
throughout the United States for three and a half days of workshops, discussions,
and intense relaxation. Addressing the theme "Assessing Writing: From
the Inside Out" were keynote speaker Marty Townsend and workshop
leaders including David Russell, Steven Youra, and Meg Morgan. Past
speakers have included Rebecca Burnett and Chris Anson.
The theme for Monday, May 13 to Thursday, May 16, 2002, is ELearning:
The Place of Writing in New Learning Environments, covering topics
such as:
- the relationship of ELearning and WAC, WID, and/or TC programs
- models for effective working relationships between ELearning and
WAC
- workshops to help faculty across the disciplines prepare materials
for distance learning programs
 Cost generally runs about $275 including lodging, meals, and registration.
For more information, contact Deborah S. Bosley, Director of University
Writing Programs by email at dsbosley@email.uncc.edu
or by phone at 704-687-3502.
More Wildacre Views
"Wildacres is situated on 1400 acres at an elevation
of 3,300 feet atop a mountain called Pompey's Knob, near the Blue
Ridge Parkway, halfway between Asheville and Blowing Rock. Points
of interest in the area include the North Carolina Mineral Museum,
Mineral and Gem Mines, Scenic Overlooks, Crabtree and Linville Falls,
Grandfather Mountain, two 18-hole golf courses and tennis neaby, and
Mt. Mitchell, the highest peak east of the Rockies," writes Bosley.
Past participants describe what was helpful about the retreat:
- Both the opportunity to listen to/interact with the presenters and
the chance to learn from others.
- Learned about a range of programs, practices, both from presenters
and participants.
- Practical applications. Crisp ideas, strategies for faculty and
program development/assessment.
- Small discussion groups were helpful.
- Working with faculty from other disciplines. New ideas and affirmation
of previous/present
attempts and practice with sample exams and portfolios.
- Knowledgeable presenters/hands-on activities.
- Relaxed ambiance, inspirational setting, informality and ample time
for collegial interaction.
Wildacres has two lodges, a dining hall building, a library and auditorium,
a mineral and lapidary workshop and a pottery studio. All buildings are
heated. Meals are served family style. All sleeping rooms have private
baths and have either two twin beds or one double and one twin bed. There
is a spacious lobby and several large and small meeting rooms. When weather
permits, the patio can also be used for assemblies. Wildacres is about
3 miles from the Little Switzerland post office. Nearest towns are Spruce
Pine and Marion, NC. Access is available from the Blue Ridge Parkway at
Gooch Gap, located between mileposts 336 and 337. Distance from Charlotte
is about 112 miles.
WAC Wired
WAC and Computers and Writing will interface in Normal, Illinois, May
16-19, 2002, at Computers
and Writing 2002, where the theme is Teaching and Learning in
Virtual Spaces. Among issues of interest to WAC are computer communication
in distance education, visual and verbal communication, assessment of
electronic documents, accessibility, and technologies for writing and
writing instruction. If you can't go in person, you can attend online
at the companion conference, Computers
and Writing Online.
WAC for the New Millenium
WAC for the New Millennium: Strategies for Continuing Writing-Across-the-Curriculum
Programs
Susan McLeod, Eric Miraglia, Margot Soven, and Christopher Thaiss, editors
NCTE 2001, ISBN 0-8141-5648-7, $37.95 ($27.95 member price)
 From the NCTE
Books Website: The writing-across-the-curriculum (WAC) movement,
now more than 25 years old, has remained a stable part of the educational
landscape, outlasting other educational innovations by adapting
to new educational initiatives. This collection of essays describes
how WAC programs have adapted and continue to adapt to meet new
challenges. Respected WAC advocates and coeditors Susan McLeod,
Eric Miraglia, Margot Soven, and Christopher Thaiss, along with
other leading WAC educators including William Condon, David A. Jolliffe,
Victor Villanueva, and David R. Russell, explain strategies for
continuing WAC programs in an atmosphere of change; explore new
avenues of collaboration, such as service learning and the linked-course
curricula of learning communities, and predict areas into which
WAC programs need to move; and suggest new directions for research
on writing across the curriculum. With a foreword by Elaine P. Maimon,
this book celebrates WAC’s achievements by highlighting the
promise of its future.
Language and Learning Across the Disciplines Special Issues: Calls and
Announcements
You'll always be up-to-date on WAC theory with the journal Language
and Learning Across the Disciplines (LLAD), edited by Sharon Quiroz
and Michael Pemberton. LLAD "publishes articles dealing with issues
in learning theory, discourse analysis, participation in disciplinary
discourse, and the social, intellectual and political locations of WAC
programs." Submission
and subscription information and selected back issues are on the Web.
- Speak Up! Scholarship and Practice in Oral Communication Across
the Curriculum, is a special issue with guest editor Deanna Dannels.
- "Our public and educational discourse has placed the issue
of oral communication skills at center stage. Consequently, cross-curricular
scholars in communication, composition, and other disciplines must
be familiar with and prepared to address the role of oral communication
in the disciplines."
- "This special issue will focus on scholarship emerging out
of the communication across the curriculum movement. Theoretical
or empirical papers dealing with, but not limited to the following
topics are invited: orality in disciplinary discourse, assessment
of oral competence, teaching and learning of oral communication
in particular disciplines, theoretical complexities and outcomes
of integrating writing and speaking, and the nature of interdisciplinary
partnerships."
- Submit 2-page proposals by September 1, 2002 (notification
November 15). Electronic submission preferred to deanna_dannels@ncsu.edu
or postal mail to Deanna P. Dannels, Guest Editor, LLAD, Department
of Communication, Campus Writing and Speaking Program, Box 8104,
201 Winston Hall, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8104.
- Poetry Across the Curriculum,a special issue guest edited by
Art Young, invites 500-1000-word proposals by February 15, 2002
"on any aspect of teaching and learning that occurs when students
write poetry in courses in the disciplines. In this context, especially
encouraged are proposals that investigate the role of the poetic function
of language in the disciplines; connections between creative writing
and academic discourse; the development of student creative and critical
thinking abilities; and the personal, social, pedagogical, and academic
uses of poetic language." Send proposals and inquiries to Art Young,
apyoung@clemson.edu, Department
of English, 616 Strode Tower, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0523.
- Sue McLeod is guest editor of a special issue on International
WAC, scheduled for publication in 2002. Contributors are WAC specialists
in the United States who have consulted in other countries and people
in other countries who are adapting WAC ideas for their institutions.
WAC Collaborates
Electronic
Publishing Multi-Journal issue on Electronic Publishing is a forthcoming
collaborative online publication of Academic.Writing,
CCC online, Enculturation,
Kairos, and The
Writing Instructor.
 WAC-Key | developed by Donna Reiss May 2001
Publication Information: Reiss, Donna. (2001). Making Connections: December 2001. Academic.Writing. http://wac.colostate.edu/aw/connections/connections4.htm
Publication Date: December 12, 2001
DOI: 10.37514/AWR-J.2001.2.1.14
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