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.
Fall 2011
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
All-Department MeetingWhere:Multicultural Center
When: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Who: WRT faculty and staff
Spring 2011
Thursday, May 12th, 2011
Senior Capstone ePortfolio PresentationsWhere: Galanti Lounge
When: 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Who: Faculty, students, friends, and family
Friday, March 4th, 2011
Brown Bag: Jamie White-Farnham, "Inheriting Housework Genres: The Grocery List and other Rhetorical Tools-in-Use"Where: Writing Center, 4th floor Roosevelt Hall
When: 1:00pm-2:00pm
Who: WRT teaching staff and graduate students
Thursday, January 21, 2011
All Department MeetingWhere: Multicultural Center
When: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Who: WRT teaching staff
Fall 2010
Thursday, December 16th, 2010
Senior Capstone ePortfolio PresentationsWhere: Galanti Lounge
When: 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Who: Faculty, students, friends, and family
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
Assistant Professor Candidate #1 VisitTeaching Demonstration
9:45am, Swan 305
Research Presentation
3:30pm, Lippitt 402
Who: Faculty, students, and the greater Rhetoric community
Friday, October 29th, 2010
Brown Bag: Professor Jeremiah Dyehouse, "'The Divergent Elements All Hang Together': John Dewey's Writings on Writing"Where: 311 Roosevelt Hall
When: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Who: WRT teaching staff and graduate students
Friday, September 24, 2010
Brown Bag:"Peering into Peer Review: A Workshop about Workshops"Where: Production Lab, 320 Roosevelt
When: 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Who: WRT teaching staff and graduate students
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Reception for 2010 Excellence Award WinnersWhere: URI Foundation
When: 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Who: Faculty, students, and friends
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Writing & Rhetoric Welcome PartyWhere: Professor Pennell's home
When: 4pm
Who: WRT faculty and graduate students
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
All Department MeetingWhere: Multicultural Center
When: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Who: WRT teaching staff
Past Events
News
Please visit our announcements page for more details on the following news:
Nedra Reynolds, Michael Pennell, Jeremiah Dyehouse, James Daley, and Kim Hensley Owens win Technology Innovation grants supported through the "Innovative Approaches Using Technology to Enhance Student Experience at URI" initiative.
Writing & Rhetoric major Brittany Pailthorpe speaks at Diversity Event!
Congratulations to Associate Professors Libby Miles and Michael Pennell on being awarded grants from the Harrington School of Communication and Media.
Publications
New publications by Tim Amidon,Jeremiah Dyehouse, Cathyrn Molloy, Kim Hensely Owens, Mike Pennell, and Joannah Portman Daley!
See a full list of recent Publications by our faculty and graduate students.
Upcoming Events
Saturday, March 31stWhat:Graduate Student Conference
Where:TBA
When: TBA
Who: Open to the public
Check out our Event Calendar to see what's happening
spotlight
The Oliver Watson House Project
Contextualizing writing and conveying its real world significance serves as an important goal for the Department of Writing & Rhetoric. Doing so often means moving students writing out of the classroom and increasing its visibility through a public audience. While this can be done by publishing via the web, the Cigar, and other traditional outlets, Professor Heather Johnson focuses on a different kind of publishing: she publishes her students work by projecting it on the side of the Oliver Watson House.Learn More...
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