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Writing & Rhetoric

Event Calendar

Below is a listing of our events for the current semester. If you would like to add an event to this listing or report an error, please e-mail Joannah Portman Daley with the detailed information.

Friday, November 13, 2009

Brown Bag: "The Collision of Science and Rhetoric, and a Lesson on How to Save a Bay" by Matthew Ortoleva
Where: The Writing Center, 4th floor Roosevelt Hall
When: 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Who: WRT majors, graduate students, and faculty

This presentation, part of a two-year ethnographic study on how language and rhetorical acts are used to construct ecological relationships to Narragansett Bay, considers how Save The Bay, a professional environmental advocacy organization, enacts science discourses as a central focus of its activism on behalf of the ecological health of the Narragansett Bay watershed.



Monday, December 14, 2009

Portfolio Pandemonium
Where: TBD
When: TBD
Who: WRT students, writing center tutors, and faculty

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Senior Capstone ePortfolio Presentations
Where: TBA
When: TBA
Who: Colleagues, friends, and families of our graduating seniors

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E-Portfolio Presentations

All seniors in the Writing & Rhetoric major complete an electronic portfolio through our capstone course, WRT 495. The Spring 2009 class, consisting of Sam Fuller, Jessica Notardonato, Samantha Notardonato, Rob Petrin, Tatiana M. Uhoch, and Emily Weintraub, marked the second year for graduating our pioneer Writing & Rhetoric majors.


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Upcoming Events

Monday, December 14th
What: Portfolio Pandemonium
Where: The Writing Center
Who: WRT students, writing center tutors, and faculty

Wednesday, December 16th
What: ePortfolio Presentations
Where: Lippitt 402
Who: Colleagues, friends, and families of our graduating seniors