Consultants from the OU Writing Center attended the South Central Writing Center Association 2011 Conference, hosted by the University of Houston- Clear Lake, from February 17 through February 19. The South Central Writing Centers Association is a regional affiliate of the International Writing Centers Association and provides a forum for dialogue among directors, staff, and others interested in writing centers.
Talisha Haltiwanger, from Chickashaw, OK, presented “Reaching Out: Connecting with the Deaf.” CRL doctoral student from Iowa Lady Branham presented “Writing Centers and Theories of Hospitality.”
This is the third year that OU consultants have attended and presented at SCWCA.
Senior Letters major and consultant at the OU Writing Center Kaitlyn Willit will be presenting at the Phi Alpha Theta-Oklahoma Association of Professional Historians Conference on February 18-19 at Cameron University. Phi Alpha Theta is an honor society that promotes historical study among both students and professors in its biennial conference.
In her paper, “The Ordination of Women in the Catholic Church,” Willit addresses the debate surrounding female ordination in Christian communities and examines the issue from both sides to determine why no progress has been made in the debate in over thirty years.
Willit, who is from Edmond, OK, will graduate in May 2011 and intends to move to Ireland.
Ten Tiny Library Tricks
With Molly Strothmann, University Libraries
Wagner Hall 245, 4-5pm, March 1st
Managing Stress
OU Health Services
Wagner Hall 245, 4-5pm, March 3rd
Avoiding Plagiarism: Quoting and Citing Sources
Tim Jones, University College
Wagner 245, 4-5pm, March 9th
For more information and a full listing of events, visit the Student Success Series website.
Welcome, poetry lovers!
Next Tuesday (February 22nd) will be the second of several poetry readings this semester, arranged by the Mark Allen Everett Poetry Series. Alexandra Teague, winner of the 2010 Lexi Rudnitsky Prize for her first book of poetry, will be giving a reading at at Jacobson House Native Arts Center (located on the corner of Boyd and Chautauqua), 7:00pm.
For more information about readings past and present and about the poetry series itself, visit their website, maepoetryseries.com. To RSVP, visit the page on Facebook!
Write 'till you drop!
A Dissertation Writing Marathon with the Carrots and Stick Writing Group will be held in the Writing Center in Wagner Hall February 26, 2011. Start at 9:00am and write until you can't write no more!
Come for some(good) or come for all (great!). Refreshments will be provided by the Writing Center.
Spaces may be limited, so if you are interested, please contact geneva.m.canino-1@ou.edu to reserve a space.
