Conferences,
Institutes and Symposia, Oh My!
Marianne Kunkel attended the North
American Review Bicentennial Creative Writing and Literature
Conference in Cedar Falls, Iowa June 11-13. She presented on four panels, two
of which also featured Mary Stone: "Writing the Hard Thing: A Reading by Three Women Authors
(Poetry and Creative Nonfiction)" and "Writing the Hard Thing: Advice for
Creative Writers with Ambitious Subjects."
Joining Marianne on two other panels were Mochila and Canvas undergraduate staff
members Crystal Crawford, Lindsey Lucas, and Chris
Pankiewicz. These panels were titled: "The Beat of the Drum: Drumming up
Campus-wide Interest in a University Literary Journal" and "How
a Literary Journal can Catch up
and Stay Ahead in a Digital World."
Mike Cadden presented “The Real, the
Exaggerated, and the Impossible Character” at the Children’s Literature
Association Conference, Richmond, VA in June.
Michael Charlton attended the Freeman
Institute hosted by Japan Studies Association at the University of Hawaii May 25th--June 13th.
Kaye Adkins was selected to participate in
the iFixit Technical Writing Symposium that met at iFixit's international
headquarters at San Luis Obispo, California, May 21-23. The symposium, offered
by iFixit's education department, supports technical writing instructors who
want to include real-world documentation in their classes. Dr. Adkins will be
using the materials in her Introduction to Technical Communication and
Technical Documentation classes, as students create repair manuals that will be
published on iFixit's web site.
Susan
Martens gave a presentation titled "Adapting Ecocritical Approaches to
Mapping Techniques in the Writing Marathon" at the Biennial
Conference of the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment at
the University of Idaho on June 24th.
Applied
Expertise
Elizabeth
Canon served as abstract reviewer for the national conference of the Linguistic
Society of America.
Marianne
Kunkel served as guest judge of The Northridge Review's annual Rachel
Sherwood Poetry Award, selecting from the literary journal's 2015 issues a
winning poem and runner-up. The Northridge Review is based out
of California State University-Northridge.
Susan
Martens served as Adjunct Retreat Leader at the New Orleans Writing Marathon
Retreat, hosted by the Southeastern Louisiana Writing Project and Southeastern
Louisiana University on July 13-17.
Accolades
Congratulations
to Dawn Terrick, who received the annual Chairpersons Award for the College of
Liberal Arts & Sciences.
Cynthia
Jenéy published "Horses and Equitation" for the Handbook of Medieval Culture, edited by
Albrecht Classen and published in Berlin with de Gruyter Publishers.
The
Prairie Lands Writing Project's work in the National Writing Project’s College
Ready Writers Program has entered its third year. Funded through an i3
(Investing in Innovation) grant, the program this year involves several Teacher
Consultants working in new partnerships with administrators and teachers in the
Osborn, Trenton, and Winston school districts as well as in sustainability
partnerships with districts in Braymer, Breckenridge, and Hamilton. This
work is being coordinated by Program Manager Jane Frick, Lead Facilitators Tom
Pankiewicz and Kathy Miller, and professional development leaders Amy Miller,
Janet Jelavich, Terry McAvoy, Maridella Carter, and Valorie Stokes.
The
Spoken Word
The
First
Thursday Open Mic at Café Acoustic kicked off on September 3rd with a
potluck that This monthly event is organized by Mary Dockery.
The
Writers Place Reading Series at UMKC featured Marianne Kunkel and Mary Dockery
reading their poetry on September 18th.
Community
Outreach
The Prairie Lands
Writing Project hosted the Summer Writing Project for the Saint Joseph School
District May 19- June 11. Approximately 130 students in grades 3-8
attended daily sessions at MWSU and gave readings to family and friends on the
final day of the program, coordinated by PLWP Co-Director Mya Ezzell and
Graduate Assistant Josie Clark.
Mike Cadden presented “The Real, the
Exaggerated, and the Impossible Character” at the Children’s Literature
Association Conference, Richmond, VA in June. 
Dr.
Ken Rosenauer has been named Distinguished Alumni by the Missouri Western
Alumni Association and will be honored at the Alumni Awards Banquet on October
16th. Ken retired from our department in 2013, but racked up an
impressive record of service, teaching and professional work during his time at
Missouri Western. Our collective EML
heart swells with pride to have a former colleague and department chair recognized
in this way.
