Dr.
Kaye Adkins presented her poster
"The Air Raid Warden's Handbook as Risk Communication" at the Association of Teachers of Technical
Writing conference in Las Vegas.
Dr. Ana Bausset-Page delivered a paper, "Hologramas en algunas obras de Elena Poniatowska" ("Holograms in some works of E. Poniatowska”) at the 38th International Symposium of Hispanic Literature at California State University-Dominguez Hills).
Dr. Bob Bergland gave a presentation, "Methodology for College Media Research" at the Spring CMA College Media Convention in New York City. Bergland, editor of College Media Review, also hosted a workshop on contributing to the journal.
Dr.
Michael Charlton presented his paper "The Adaptations of Tintin: Filming
Herge's Comics and Handling Cultural Controversies" at the International
Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts.
Dr.
Elizabeth Latosi-Sawin presented a poster session with Dr. Russ Phillips and
Greg Kriewitz called "The Added Value of an Outdoor Study-Away Experience
in Higher Education" on March 22 at the Conference on Applied Learning in
Higher Education sponsored by Missouri Western State University. The
collaborative study reported the positive results of research on the well-being
and life satisfaction of students who participated in three multi-disciplinary
Outdoor Semesters offered by Missouri Western in 2006, 2007 and 2009.
Ms.
Dawn Terrick, Director of Developmental Writing, presented her paper "Legitimizing
Basic Writers: A Public Conversation" at the 64th Annual National
Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication in Las
Vegas, Nevada.
Ms.
Anita Ford, MAA candidate in Written Communication, presented her paper,
"Does Current Technical Communication Curriculum Prepare Graduates for the
Real Needs of the Job Market?"
Anita's accomplishment is especially
notable, as her paper was in competition with those of leading scholars in the
field, and the acceptance rate this year was below 30%.
Ms.
Sarah Puett and Ms. Anita Ford, graduate students in the Technical
Communication option of the Master of Applied Arts in Written Communication
attended the Conference on College Composition and Communication, a conference where
thousands of writing faculty meet to share research and
Dr. Susie Hennessy collaborated on a celebration
of the French Origins of St. Joseph with the Alliance Française on March 23rd.
The French language immersion day was based in large part on the research of
Dr. Frances Flanagan, (professor emeritus of Missouri Western), centered on
Joseph Robidoux and the Sacred Heart Convent. The event attracted participants
from throughout Northwest Missouri.
Prairie
Lands Writing Project and administrators from the Hamilton, Braymer and
Breckenridge school districts attended the i3 College Ready Writers Program (CRWP)
Launch Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia on March 8-10, 2013. Dr. Jane Frick, Kathy
Miller , and Tom Pankiewicz represented Prairie Lands. Troy Ford, Superintendent of the Hamilton
R-II School District; Don Regan, Superintendent of the Braymer C-4 School
District; and Linda Gaines, lead teacher from the Breckenridge R-1 School
District represented the districts which will receive professional development
for the first two years of the three-year program.
