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Over here, the news is good as well. A long story with a very happy ending. <BR>
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Several of you may have heard my loud and recurring grumbling about a search we understood we understood we’d able to do last year . . . until very late in December 2007, when we finally got word that the position wasn’t funded after all (even though everyone up the line had approved it). Sigh. <BR>
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This year we were terrified the same thing would happen again, so like the good do bees we are, we put forward the paperwork months and months early and followed up on it frequently. <BR>
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The search was very late in getting the official approval (December!), but even so we we ended up with a fabulous pool of applicants and one hell of a new Assistant Professor of English (Director of the Writing Center and the Basic Writing Program). I can’t wait to introduce you all to her and get her folded into our community. <BR>
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This is a huge step for us in moving the Converging Literacies Center forward. And this term our new, integrated model for writing programs (basic writing/first-year writing, the writing center, graduate coursework in writing studies, deep connections with the library, community outreach and professional development for area high school teachers—an in service of developing literacies in the 21st century) was given a shot in the arm by the incredibly generosity of our incredibly professor Director of Libraries. Via a digital libraries grant, he’s funded a pilot program to the tune of 50,000 so we can establish a CLiC you can point to. We’ve ordered class sets of flipcameras, laptops (with loads of great editing software), audio recorders, harddrives, tripods, and other equipment to support multimodal composition. Tutors from the writing center are available to work with students as they write with new media and they will continue to offer great support to writers working with alphabetic texts as well (very important!). I’m teaching a graduate class called “Writing with New Media” (first of its kind) and we are using this course to stress test the CLiC project before before moving from this pilot to the real deal. I’ll teach an undergraduate section of it next spring. Over the next year we’ll be integrating new media into some sections of first-year composition, with a broader new media assignment to roll out across the program the following year. <BR>
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You can see why we need a great new writing center director to push this vision to the next level. I’ll remain on board, now as Director of First-Year Writing and continuing on as Director of the Converging Literacies Center. We hope to renew our search for the Director of First-Year Writing next year, so I can turn even more of my attention to keeping these various programs in deep collaboration. <BR>
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A great year! A huge one for us. <BR>
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Looking forward to seeing all of you. <BR>
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On 3/5/09 11:10 AM, "Gregory R Glau" <Gregory.Glau@nau.edu> wrote:<BR>
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News about me: we moved from Tempe to Flagstaff, AZ, where I now direct the University Writing Program at Northern Arizona University. The climate in Flagstaff and at NAU is much better, in many ways. I get to train and mentor about 50 wonderful Teaching Assistants, several of whom are presenting at Cs.<BR>
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Professionally, Chitra Duttagupta and I – and with the help of about 100 others, including many of you all – have revised and just sent the 3rd edition of the <I>Bedford Bibliography for Teachers of Basic Writing</I> off to Bedford / St. Martin’s. The last I heard they were planning an August 2009 publication date, but I’m trying to confirm that so I can update you at the Board Meeting. I can report on our finances, too, and will bring the INNY plaque and the money order for the Leslie Nortis to the SIG.<BR>
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Also, Duane, Barry, and I are about done revising the <I>McGraw-Hill Guide to Writing</I>, and the 2nd edition of that text is due out early next year.<BR>
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Thanks, and I’m looking forward to seeing you all soon,<BR>
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Greg Glau<BR>
Director, University Writing Program<BR>
Department of English<BR>
Northern Arizona University<BR>
Liberal Arts Building 18, Room 140<BR>
PO Box 6032<BR>
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Office: 928 523 6713 FAX: 928 523 7074<BR>
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<FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><B>From:</B> cbw_exec-bounces@tamu-commerce.edu [<a href="mailto:cbw_exec-bounces@tamu-commerce.edu]">mailto:cbw_exec-bounces@tamu-commerce.edu]</a> <B>On Behalf Of </B>Ashley, Hannah<BR>
<B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 05, 2009 8:01 AM<BR>
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<B>Subject:</B> [CBW_Exec] CBW Exec Board meeting Agenda +<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>HELLO CBW Board! Shannon and I agreed that we would try to make our Board meeting efficient and have the best use of our F2F (face to face) time. Thus, we would like to move some of the stuff that we have traditionally done F2F to on-line during this week. If you please,<BR>
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Conference on Basic Writing Executive Board Meeting<BR>
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Thursday, March 12, 2009 -- 8:30-10:00 a.m.<BR>
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Location--Meet outside of the same room assigned to our CBW All-Day Workshop<BR>
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CBW BOARD MEETING AGENDA<BR>
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We will check everyone's contact information, on paper as we go around and introduce ourselves.<BR>
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1. Introductions. Welcome to new board members<BR>
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Innovation Award 2009--thank you to committee<BR>
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