Presentations
Publications
Kara Bollinger, Instructor of
English, published three poems The Chariton Review:
"Translations at Profsoyuznaya," "after Russian class," and
"on love and language." Volume 36, Number 2.
Mary Dockery, Instructor of English,
published a poem, “So I Say Find Her Then,” in the online journal Red Paint Hill. Her story “Mother” was
published in Midwestern Gothic, a
quarterly print literary journal.
Cynthia Jenéy, Associate Professor
of English, published her poem "Swelter" in Stone Highway
Review. 3.2 (2014): 26. Print.
Elizabeth
Latosi-Sawin and Dr. Russell Phillips (University of Pittsburg at Greensburg)
published an article in the Journal of
Applied Learning in Higher Education entitled "An Exploratory Study of
Student Development in an Outdoor Higher Education Program." The
article explores the personal and academic development among Missouri Western
students who participated in MWSU's theme-based, multi-disciplinary, study away
Outdoor Semester.
Student/Community
Involvement/Successes
Prairie
Lands Writing Project processed 700 entries for the Missouri Writing Region of
the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.
Winners from around the state will be honored on Feb. 28 at the annual
Write to Learn Conference at Lake of the Ozarks. Each of the entries was scored twice in a
blind adjudication in mid-January. Contest jurors from MWSU include Dana Andrews, Kara Bollinger, Patsy Brost,
James Carviou, Michael Charlton, Mary Dockery, Steve Frogge, Meredith Katchen,
Joe Marmaud, Susan Martens, Tom Pankiewicz, and Roger Swafford; jurors from
area schools include Mark Henderson (Savannah), Janet Jelavich (Maryville,
retired), Amy Miller (Benton High School, St. Joseph), and Eric Williams
(Polo). A second round of adjudication, judging the highest rated works, was
held at the University of Missouri-Columbia on January 25. Program coordinator Tom Pankiewicz (MWSU) and
program assistants Josie Clark (Bode Middle School, St. Joseph) and Amanda
Moyers (Central High School, St. Joseph) also served as jurors.
Prairie
Lands Writing Project’s work with teachers in the College Ready Writers Program
(CRWP) funded by PLWP’s i3 grant continued in January with several model
lessons and other sessions at Braymer, Hamilton, and Breckenridge. On January 10th, several teachers and
administrators from these schools came to MWSU for a one-day workshop on
scoring student writing, led by PLWP Principal Investigator Jane Frick (MWSU,
retired), Co-Directors Heidi Mick (Platte County) and Tom Pankiewicz, Director Susan Martens,
and Teacher Consultants Valorie Stokes (Platte County), Kathy Miller (Weston),
Maridella Carter (Blue Springs), Janet Jelavich, and Amy Miller.
On
January 23, a cadre of teachers from Pickett Elementary in St. Joseph also met
at MWSU for a one day workshop on scoring student writing, led by PLWP Teacher
Consultant Terri McAvoy (St. Joseph, retired) as part of the SEED 2
Professional Development in High-Needs Schools grant.
Tom Pankiewicz, Jane Frick, Kathy Miller, and
Susan Martens accompanied several teacher leaders from our i3 schools to
Atlanta for a Mid-Year Check-In meeting of CRWP teams from across the country
on Jan. 31-Feb.2. These i3 teachers included Traci Schieber (Hamilton), Allison
Ford (Hamilton), Terrance Sanders (Braymer), and Linda Gaines
(Breckenridge).
Awards
Susan Martens, Assistant Professor of English, has
been awarded Honorable Mention in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Folsom
Distinguished Dissertation Award competition. Her dissertation is entitled Writing
into the World: Writing Marathons for Teaching Writing, Place, and Advocacy.
April Buntin, Spanish major and
president of the Spanish Club, won the MLK Majors Drum Award.
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