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Grad Connections Event: Assertive Communication Walk-in Session
Challenging students? Annoying office mates? Demanding partners? Whatever situation you may be facing, assertive communication tactics can guide you toward getting your needs met without infringing on the rights of others. Ombuds Laura Smythe will be available from 1:10 to 2:00 on March 27 to listen to your situation and offer guidance on assertive communication.
Sarah Vogel — Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series
SARAH VOGEL | TUESDAY, APRIL 18 The Farmer’s Lawyer | Researching & Writing a Legal Narrative April 18 | 2:00 – 3:00 PM Gold Room | Memorial Union In this moderated conversation about craft, author and lawyer Sarah Vogel will discuss her process of researching and assembling materials from her landmark class action lawsuit into … Continue reading Sarah Vogel — Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series
Sarah Vogel — Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series
SARAH VOGEL | TUESDAY, APRIL 18 The Farmer’s Lawyer | Researching & Writing a Legal Narrative April 18 | 2:00 – 3:00 PM Gold Room | Memorial Union In this moderated conversation about craft, author and lawyer Sarah Vogel will discuss her process of researching and assembling materials from her landmark class action lawsuit into … Continue reading Sarah Vogel — Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series
Amitav Ghosh — Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series
The Great Derangement: Writing and Researching Climate Change Narratives March 22 | 2:00 – 3:00 PM Room 3560 | Memorial Union In this moderated conversation about craft, Amitav Ghosh will discuss his process of writing and researching the complex topics contained in his works, including his award-winning environmental novels and his two recent works of … Continue reading Amitav Ghosh — Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series
Amitav Ghosh — Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series
The Great Derangement: Writing and Researching Climate Change Narratives March 22 | 2:00 – 3:00 PM Room 3560 | Memorial Union In this moderated conversation about craft, Amitav Ghosh will discuss his process of writing and researching the complex topics contained in his works, including his award-winning environmental novels and his two recent works of … Continue reading Amitav Ghosh — Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series
Yvette Nolan | The Unplugging: (Re)Writing the Apocalypse — Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series
In this online event, Yvette Nolan will discuss her creative work as a playwright and theatrical director. Ms. Nolan’s play, The Unplugging, tells the story of two women who are exiled from their village in a post-apocalyptic world, after passing child-bearing age. They rely on their traditional wisdom to survive. But when a stranger from … Continue reading Yvette Nolan | The Unplugging: (Re)Writing the Apocalypse — Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series
Leave it in the Ground: Poems and Drawings
ENGL 250 Teaching Tip: Rhetorical Analysis
Ryan Everett, RPC Ph.D. student, pushes his students to consider the rhetorical situation with every module in ENGL 250, but for many students, it is the Rhetorical Analysis module where it really clicks. Regardless of the selected medium for this assignment, instructors can encourage students to think about the elements of the rhetorical situation, not … Continue reading ENGL 250 Teaching Tip: Rhetorical Analysis
ENGL 150 Teaching Tip: Profile
In the first half of the second week of the profile module (when students are brainstorming people to interview/week six), Natalie Meyer, Associate Teaching Professor, shows her students an interview with the serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer and analyzes Stone Phillips’ interview skills. She asks students to discuss what they can learn from the interview to … Continue reading ENGL 150 Teaching Tip: Profile