Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) Committee
Calendar of Events for Spring 2005
Fundraiser for Tsunami Relief: Honoring SouthEast Asian & African Cultures
Hear the rich contributions of poets from SouthEast Asian and African countries that have recently suffered unprecedented death and destruction from the devastating earthquake and tsunamis in the Indian Ocean. Come join the MCC community to read, listen, honor, and contribute. (If you�re interested in reading, please contact Tom Laughlin at ext.3839.) (Some Poetry Selections - poetry from Tsunami-affected countries)
Wednesday, February 2nd, at 12:00 noon
Bedford Campus Cafe
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Thursday, February 3rd, at 12:00 noon
Lower Cafe, City Campus
Students, faculty, and staff interested in creative writing can meet to share their work and to get some feedback from other writers.
Bedford Campus (weekly - Spring '05) Fridays 12:00 - 1:00 in the Bedford Campus Writing Center, beginning February 11th.
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City Campus (weekly - Spring '05) Fridays 12:00 - 1:00 (NEW! 4/29 - 5/13) in the City Campus Writing Center.
How to Work It (Publishing Workshop)
Tuesday, March 8th, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. (weather cancellation 3/8; rescheduled for April 5th, 7:15-9:30 p.m.)
Lowell Campus, City 302
Jean Trounstine MCC humanities professor and author of Shakespeare Behind Bars: The Power of Drama in a Women's Prison, Almost Home Free, and the forthcoming Why I'm Still Married, will offer her publishing workshop, How to Work It, for the MCC Community. Come find out about agents/editors, cover letters, where to send pieces, how to go about it, editing, as well as tricks and pitfalls -- the nitty gritty of getting published. Co-sponsored by the Learning Community. Attendance is limited to 20. RESERVE A SPACE by contacting Tom Laughlin (email laughlint@middlesex.mass.edu or phone ext. 3839).
A column in the MCC newspaper, The Campus Report.
Grappling with Grading Writing? (a Teaching, Learning, and Reflection Center offering for faculty)
This interactive workshop, facilitated by Phyllis Gleason, Professor of English for 14 years, is designed to assist faculty across the disciplines in getting the writing they expect from students. Feel free to bring troublesome assignments, or come and listen to others� frustrations regarding the difficulties associated with assigning and grading student writing. The workshop will provide suggestions for using Bloom�s Taxonomy to frame essay questions or assignments that elicit the kinds of responses you are aiming for as well as a discussion about consistency in grading students� writing. Call Phyllis Worth at extension 3661 for further information.
Tuesday, March 8th, 12:00-2:00 p.m., Bedford TLRC
Wednesday, March 9th, 12:00-2:00 p.m., Lowell TLRC
Poet Jean Flanagan reads and discusses Black Lightning, her new book, as part of the Coffee Time series.
Wednesday, April 6th, at 12:30
Bedford Campus, Writing Center, Room AR-214
Celebration of Poetry Month & Shakespeare's Birthday!
Wednesday, April 20th, 2005 at 12:00 noon
Lower Cafe, City Campus
This poetry & creative writing reading is open to the entire MCC community. If you�re interested in doing a reading,
please contact Tom Laughlin, ext.3839.
Writing Across the Curriculum Committee's
Student Writing Contest -- Deadline Extended to May 1, 2005
Topic: In a free society, how free should we be to speak our minds? Is free expression free for all?
Currently accepting submissions. Contact Prof. Tom Laughlin at ext. 3839 for further information.
(See the following attachments )
Creative Writing Activities at MCC
For additional Creative Writing Activities at MCC, including a call for submissions for the 2005 Middlesex Magazine
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Cancelled Events due to Work-To-Rule:
The Common Book* Club Party: Discussion Groups on The Giver, by Lois Lowry
Dates/times to be announced - at City Campus, Room LC-302 (Cancelled - Work-To-Rule)
& Dates/times to be announced - in Bedford, Room CC-216 (Cancelled - Work-To-Rule)
Join us for food, merriment, and WACky ideas as we discuss this year's common book and consider ways to incorporate this book in class discussions. Open to faculty, staff, students, and administrators!
An Introduction to Noodlebib: The Easy On-Line Bibliography Tool
Dates/times to be announced - (Cancelled - Work-To-Rule)
Noodlebib is an online tool (the library subscribes to it) that simplifies the process of creating and editing MLA and APA-style source lists. It shows students how to cite the sources used in their research. Noodlebib takes care of punctuation, alphabetization and formatting and produces a polished source list. Students love it.
*The Common Book
As part of WAC activities, each year, a Common Book is recommended for the whole college, selected for literary quality and relevance to many subject areas. Faculty can choose to assign the book to be read independently or teach appropriate elements within a given discipline.
For further information about WAC and our activities, please contact
Tom Laughlin at ext. 3839 or laughlint@middlesex.mass.edu
Last Updated 8/18/06