CarolinasWPA Fall Conference Schedule

Carolinas Writing Program Administrators 9th Annual Fall Conference

Writing Program Assessment: Tapping Institutional Opportunities

September 17-19, 2012

Wildacres, Little Switzerland, NC

 

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Monday, September 17

  • 4:00-6:00        Check-In, North Lodge Lobby (light snacks will be available in the Canteen)
  • 6:30                    Dinner
  • 7:30                    Welcome and Opening Session – Featured Speaker: Shelley Rodrigo – Writing on the Go: the What, Why, and How
  • 8:30                    Social / Networking in the Canteen

 

Tuesday, September 18

  • 8:00                       Breakfast
  • 9:00 – 9:15         Announcements / Charge for the day
  • 9:15 – 10:15       Session #1: Collaborations – Presenters:
    • Casie Fedukovich – Can I Safely Navigate a Cross-Department Initiative? (STEM)
    • Denise Paster – A Collaboration Between FYC and the Library
  • 10:30-11:30       Session # 2: Technologies – Presenters:
    • Susan Miller-Cochran and Dana Gierdowski – Designing a Flexible Classroom Space (IT)
    • Brent Simoneaux & Robin Snead – Multimodal Composing Across the Disciplines
  • 11:30-12:00     Question/Answer/Discussion
  • 12:15 – 1:15       Lunch
  • 1:45 – 2:45        Session #3: Program Goals – Presenters:
    • Laura Aull – Considering Directed-Self Placement (DSP)
    • Jean Coco – Hitch Your Wagon to a Star (Case study for CAC)
    • Collie Fulford- Priority Convergence in an Undergraduate-Faculty WPA Research Partnership
  • 3:00 – 4:30         Breakout sessions: Representing Carolinas WPAs at SAMLA
    • QEP cluster
    • Strategic planning and partnerships cluster
    • Current Issus in WPA Work
  •  4:30-6:00           Free time (hike/walk/rest) & Board Meeting (if needed)
  • 6:00 – 7:00         Dinner
  • 7:30 – 8:30         Featured speaker: Will Banks (with Kerri Flinchbaugh and Steph West-Puckett) – (Re)Framing Collaboration and Professionalization
  • 8:45                        Social in Canteen/Bonfire

 

Wednesday, September 19         

  • 8:00                    Breakfast
  • 9:00                    Wrap Up: Plans for MiM and other venues