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Please join us for the symposium “At the Intersection of Writing, Technology, and Critical Thinking: WAC, WID, and General Education,” hosted by Buffalo State and sponsored by Bedford/St. Martin’s, on Friday, April 11, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in Buckham Hall.

The symposium will provide professional development activities that support best practices for teaching writing and infusing writing across the curriculum. The symposium is free, but registration is required. RSVP by Friday, April 4, to Karita dos Santos, senior market development manager, Bedford/St. Martin’s. You’re welcome to join us for all or part of the day, as your schedule permits. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. If you are interested in bringing colleagues from your department, please let us know, as space is limited.

A detailed agenda will be available within a few weeks, but our distinguished speakers and their topics include the following:

Morning Keynote
Mike Palmquist, Associate Vice Provost for Learning and Teaching, Professor of English, and University Distinguished Teaching Scholar, Colorado State University

Mike Palmquist directs the university's Institute for Learning and Teaching. His scholarly interests include writing across the curriculum, the effects of computer and network technologies on writing instruction, and new approaches to scholarly publishing. His work has appeared in several journals including College English, Computers and Composition, Written Communication, Writing Program Administration, Marketing Education Review, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, Kairos, and Social Forces, as well as in edited collections. Since 1992, he has coordinated the development of Writing@CSU and its web-based learning environment, the Writing Studio. He is also founding editor of the WAC Clearinghouse and Academic.Writing, a refereed journal focusing on interdisciplinary perspectives of communication across the curriculum, which in 2004 merged with Language and Learning Across the Disciplines to form Across the Disciplines.

Workshops

• Amy Stolley-Ferdinandt, St. Xavier University: Grammar in the writing classroom
• Kelly Kinney, Binghamton: Reflection and transfer
• Doug Downs, Montana State University: Critical reading and writing
• Melissa Graham Meeks, Bedford/St. Martin’s (Ph.D. UNC Chapel Hill): Assignment design
• Steven Corbett, George Mason University: Peer review
• Mike Palmquist, Colorado State University: WAC resources
• Alex Reid, University at Buffalo: Multimodal composition
• Michele Ninacs and John McKinnis, SUNY Buffalo State: Handbook as classroom tool
• Nick Carbone, Bedford/St. Martin’s: Peer review
• Matt Parfitt, Boston University: Commenting on student writing

We look forward to seeing you there!

For more information, please contact Michele Ninacs, director of the College Writing Program, ext. 5451.