Making and Technical Writing in the Classroom was a statewide two-day professional development conference for K-12 educators focused on Making and Technical Writing. Participants explored the connections between hands-on projects and technical writing. Teachers and administrators learned about Common Core Standards, technical and informational writing, integrated literacy through invention and hands-on projects, and digital writing.
Watch the Making and Technical Writing in the Classroom video.
Please join members of the MSU student chapter of the Society for Technical Communication Thursday, February 9th, at 6:30 p.m. in Siceluff Hall 411, as Katie Cooney discusses her work experiences as a Missouri State graduate.
Katie Cooney, a graduate from Missouri State University who earned her B.A. and M.A. in Professional Writing, will be speaking about her experiences as a Manager of Client Services at Intuitive Web Solutions (IWS). IWS is a software company in Springfield, Missouri that produces web-based policy administration and quoting systems for property-casualty insurance companies.
This past December, nine faculty of the Missouri State Art and Design Department–Iwona Duszek, Roman Duszek, Judith Fowler, Jacek Fraczak, Kevin Hughes, Marcus Howell, Maria Michalczyk, Cedomir Kostovic, and Eric Pervukhin–donated 24 art works for a silent auction to benefit Joplin tornado relief. Hosted by Paw Prints Bookstore on the Missouri State University campus and co-sponsored by the Missouri State English Society, “Art and Design for Joplin” raised a total of $1,129, which has been donated to the Southern Missouri Region of the American Red Cross.
For many years, Dr. Michael Ellis has diligently transcribed and digitized Confederate letters from the 1860s, and in the next year, his work will be made available online. Dr. Ellis is working with retired USC linguistics professor, Michael Montgomery, to create an online archive of the transcribed letters. Read more about their project in Dawn Hinshaw’s article: Confederate letters: ‘we had apirty lively chrismas’ – Local / Metro – TheState.com.
As part of the University’s African American Heritage Month Program, a new faculty member in the Department of History, Dr. Angela Hornsby-Gutting, will be giving a talk entitled ”Nannie Helen Burroughs and the Fight for Racial Justice.” Burroughs (1879-1961) was a prominent educator, an important civil rights and women’s rights activist, and a noted figure in the National Baptist Convention.
Dr. Hornsby-Gutting will speak at 7:00 PM, on Wed., February 15, in Glass 102. For more information, please contact Matt Calihman at matthewcalihman@missouristate.edu.
Courtesy of Dr. Calihman.
The Moon City Faculty Invitational Reading by Dr. Ken Gillam and Professor Jane Hoogestraat is this Friday at 7:00 p.m. in the PSU Theater.
Dr. Gillam will be reading creative non-fiction. Dr. Gillam edited the new book, Money, from the Fountainhead Press V Series, and wrote the introduction: “The Money in Your Hand and the Money in the Sky.” Come by the English Department to see a copy.
Professor Hoogestraat will be reading her poetry. Her recent chapbook of poems “Harvesting All Night” won the Finishing Line Open Chapbook Competition and was published (copies are available in MSU’s Paw Prints Bookstore, second floor of the Student Union, southeast corner). She was also nominated for the Pushcart Prize in Poetry for poems in this collection.
Don’t miss this exciting opportunity! We hope to see you there.
On Friday, October 7th, 2011, the English Department at Missouri State University held its First Friday Artwalk Creative Writing Showcase at the Park Central Branch Library located at 128 Park Central Square in Springfield, Missouri.
This first-time event featured faculty, alumni, and student writers in the areas of fiction and poetry. W.D. Blackmon, Jane Hoogestraat, Jen Murvin Edwards, Daniel Newell, Laura Dimmit, Anthony Bradley, Abby Hill, and Liz Breazeale read their works of poetry and fiction.
Watch the First Friday Artwalk Creative Writing Showcase video.
Next Friday night, October 21st, our department head, Dr. W.D. Blackmon, will be the featured reader at the Moon City Faculty Invitational Reading at 7 PM in the PSU Theater. This reading will celebrate the publication of Blood and Milk: A Novel in Stories and provide faculty, students, and the community an opportunity to hear excerpts from the book and attend a book signing at the PawPrints Bookstore.
A few weeks ago, one of the English department’s graduate teaching assistants, Ramey McCracken, was honored at a Missouri State women’s soccer game.
McCracken was chosen by one of her English 110 students, Brooke Oostendorp, as a teacher who is making a major impact on her college career. McCracken, along with others chosen by members of the women’s soccer team, was recognized and honored at pre-game and halftime ceremonies.
McCracken says, “To say that I was shocked, humbled, and extremely honored to receive such recognition from one of my freshmen is a supreme understatement! I’m still shocked to be honest!”
Travis Mossotti and Sara Burge Reading at Missouri State University is now available for you to watch online.
Travis Mossotti has been an English Lecturer at the University of California Santa Cruz, McKendree University, and Southern Illinois University Carbondale, and he will continue teaching in St. Louis in the fall. He will be reading from his new book About the Dead (Utah State University Press, 2011). His work has been published in many journals and has earned many awards.
Sara Burge has published in River Styx, Cimarron Review, Court Green, and other prestigious journals. She won the De Novo Prize for first book of poetry for her book Apocalypse Ranch (C&R Press, 2010).