[CBW_Exec] CCCC/CBW Fellowship 2009

[Susan Bernstein]

Greetings everyone,

Shannon-- I love the new layout.  It's easy to read and very appealing
to the (or at least my) eye.  I have a few questions/suggestions:

--Can we foreground EVEN MORE that priority will be given to those
applicants who emphasize how/why attending CBW will benefit their
students/home institutions?  The way it reads right now, it still
looks like it's prioritizing individual professional development and
that isn't the direction we'd been wanting to stress. In other words--
when attending benefits students/home institutions, it CERTAINLY has a
profound impact on individual professional development.  But the
students/home institutions piece needs to be emphasized.  In practice,
those applicants who stress these factors have generally been our
winners.

--Can we replace that word "disseminate"?  It sounds too much like
Freire's "banking model" for a CBW award.  :)  What about changing it
to something about (once again) how applicants plan to implement their
experiences at CBW/CCCC in their classrooms/home institutions?

--Can we add something about CBW's social justice mission?  This
addition would once again emphasize that CBW is all about improving
conditions for students/faculty at local institutions and across the
profession, rather than what again reads (to me) like a concentration
on individual personal growth.

Happy spring and warm regards,

Susan



On 4/23/08, Shannon Carter <Shannon_Carter at tamu-commerce.edu> wrote:
> Hi, all--
>
> Two things:
> 1. Attached, please find a draft of the announcement for the 2009 CCCC/CBW
> Fellowship Award. I've added Sonya's contact information as she's taking
> over this role as new CBW Fellowship Chair (and should be on the listserv
> now; hi, Sonya!). Please take a look and tell me what you think. If you
> think it's ready, I'll send post it to the various lists I'm on (WPA-L,
> CBW-L, WCenter). Perhaps we can all post this to our various lists. Can we
> get it added to the CBW website, Greg? (BTW: I haven't yet gotten official
> word about moving CBW over here, but we will be able to make that move this
> summer according to all my sources :)
>
> What do you think, Sonya? Welcome aboard!
>
> 2. Hannah and I have spent the last few weeks preparing the proposal for our
> next CBW Workshop. We are so excited about it! We've been in contact with a
> few of you already, but please expect to hear from us very soon if you
> haven't yet. More on that very soon.
>
> Thanks, everyone!
> Shannon
>
>
>
> Shannon Carter
> Associate Professor of English
> Texas A&M-Commerce
> shannon_carter at tamu-commerce.edu
> http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/scarter/
> 903-886-5492
>
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