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Attend free MSU faculty WRITE Program writing retreat

June 24, 2021 by Chuck Busby

Missouri State University Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning

Accomplish Your Summer Research Goals!

Date: July 12–16
Location: FCTL Conference Room, Meyer Library 204

This interdisciplinary faculty writing retreat is designed to:

  • Create a motivated and positive environment that fosters excellent work
  • Encourage productivity through accountability and camaraderie
  • Help you accomplish a writing project this summer

The retreat includes five days of committed writing time, mini-sessions on removing productivity challenges and fostering good writing habits, discussions on writing style, grammar, and more.

The retreat is open to anyone working on a scholarly writing project. The goal is for each participant to arrive with a work in progress and leave with a manuscript prepared for submission, but you are welcome to bring writing project at any stage.

Agenda

8:30–9:00 a.m. Coffee and Goal Setting
9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Writing Time
12:00–1:00 p.m. Luncheon
1:00–3:45 p.m. Writing Time
3:45–4:00 p.m. Debriefing Session

FREE for all MSU faculty and staff; lunch will be provided each day.

Email Jonathan Newman Ph.D., Department of English, to sign up.

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