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<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>A two-day event beginning Wednesday, 5/13<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>Celebration of Student Writing: Part I<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>May 13, 2:30-4:00<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>Sam Rayburn Student Center, Second Floor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/scarter/csw_invitation.html<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>Celebration of Student Writing: Part II<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>May 14, 4:30-7:00<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>Gee Library, First Floor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/scarter/CLiC/clic-events.htm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>Join us later this week (Wednesday and Thursday) for two events
celebrating student research and writing. The Celebration of Student Writing is
sponsored by the Converging Literacies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>Center (CLiC), in deep collaboration with the Department of
Literature and Languages and Gee Library.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>Celebration of Student Writing: Part I<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>On Wednesday, May 13, from 2:30 to 4:00, we celebrate first-year
researchers with a sprawling series of interactive events held on the second
floor of the MRC. Presenters at the Celebration <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>of Student Writing are our own English 102 students, sharing the
results of their final ethnographic research projects with the entire campus.
It is a tradition that began Spring 2007, and it is <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>always informative, engaging, and a great deal of fun!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>More information at
http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/scarter/csw_invitation.html , including a
video describing the event and sharing images, video, and audio from previous
Celebrations of <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>Student Writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>Celebration of Student Writing: Part II<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>The following afternoon (Thursday, May 14, 4:30-7:10), we begin a
new tradition: celebrating graduate students writing with new media. Spring
2009, the Department of Literature and <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>Languages offered the a new graduate-level course: Writing with
New Media. Part II of the Celebration of Student Writing is a new media
festival, including thirteen different video projects <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>on everything from the experiences of international students
("Voices of Newcomers") to video poetry (series called
"American Faces") to instructional video ("A Parrot's
Life"), documentary <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>("I Hate Writing" and "Conversations on Writing'),
And much, much more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>For the program, see
http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/scarter/CLiC/clic-events.htm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>At that link, you'll also find student-generated trailers for many
of our projects.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>I hope you can join us for one or both of these exciting events!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>Yours,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>Shannon Carter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>Associate Professor of English<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>Texas A&M-Commerce<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>shannon_carter@tamu-commerce.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/scarter/<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>903-886-5492<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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