Presentations/Workshops
Kaye Adkins participated in the Rocky Mountain
Writers Retreat in Grand Lake, Colorado on July 25-28. The retreat brings
together scholars of professional writing to develop and share their research.
Adkins worked on her current project, a study of the publications of the World
War II Office of Civilian Defense.
Dawn Terrick, Director of Developmental Writing
and English Instructor, attended the 16th Annual National Summer Institute on
Learning Communities at The Washington Center, a public service center of The
Evergreen State College July 14-18. The
institute helps teams develop a proposal or create a two-year action plan for
learning communities on their campus. Terrick
attended the institute with Chris Bond, Learning Communities Director, and
other Western faculty and staff. At
the conclusion of the institute, the Missouri Western Learning Communities Team
created a proposal, timeline and pilot project for a new living-learning,
theme-based Learning Community model.
Exhibitions/Publications/Peer Review
Marianne Kunkel's poem "Naming Nephi's
Wife" from her new manuscript-in-progress was accepted for publication in
the Notre Dame Review. Also, her essay about the tradition of libations
appeared on Prairie Schooner's website as part of FUSION, a poetry/art
collaboration with Ghana.
Jeanie Crain completed the
Systems Portfolio review for AQIP (Academic Quality Improvement Program)
at Missouri Western.
Conference/Seminars/Committees
Ana Bausset-Page attended the Presentation in
Honor of Simon Bolivar at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah on July
26th. A PhD student mentored by Bausset-Page read a paper on ¨La
carta de Jamaica.¨
Appointments
Susie Hennessy was elected vice president of
the Greater Kansas City Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of
French.
Elizabeth Latosi-Sawin was appointed to the
Board of the St. Joseph Public Library.
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