Re: call for papers (fwd)

[Bob Whipple <whippl -at- BLUEJAY -dot- CREIGHTON -dot- EDU>]

NOTE THAT THE DUE DATE
FOR PROPOSALS HAS BEEN PUSHED BACK TO JUNE 15.

NOTE ALSO that the item in the May Writing Lab Newsletter is incorrect;
June 15 _remains_ the deadline for proposals, _not_ April 30.

   CALL FOR PROPOSALS



Midwest Writing Centers Asociation Fall Conference

                       October 7 & 8, 1994
                      Kansas City, Missouri

         Center or Margins: Sites of Change

                 and/or Changing Sites?

     Keynote Speaker: Nancy Grimm, Michigan Technological University

 The Midwest Writing Centers Association invites proposals for
presentations at its annual fall conference. The MWCA conference is for
writing center directors, tutors, peer tutors, teachers, administrators,
and others who work in writing programs at any educational level.

 Advantages have come with the academic acceptance of writing centers,
increased budgets and improved facilities among them. Yet compromise and
disadvantage have also come into play: as insiders, we may be less able to
see the institutional whole or less willing to advocate for change or
implement experimental practices.

Our conference theme asks us to locate ourselves as in- or outside the
mainstream and to assess the limits and strengths of our current position;
it also asks us to consider whether increased acceptance will lead us to
redefine our role as advocates of nontraditional approaches to learning.
In other words, it asks us to map out the bridges leading from  boundaries
to center and to test whether those bridges allow for two-way passage.

The program chairs encourage proposals for individual and panel
presentations, worksshops, and think tanks. To submit a proposal, complete
the accompanying form and  mail or FAX to:

            Jaqueline McLeod Rogers    OR     Susan Sanders
            Writing Centre                    307 East Douglass
            The University of Winnipeg        Houghton, MI 49931
            515 Portage Avenue                          sbsander -at- mtu -dot- edu
            Winnipeg, Manitoba
            Canada R3B 2E9
            FAX: 204-786-1824

                    Proposal Deadline: June 15, 1994

____________________________________________________

MIDWEST WRITING CENTERS ASSOCIATION FALL CONFERENCE
October 7 & 8, 1994        Kansas City, Missouri

Proposal submitted by:

Name

Institution and its address

Home address

Phone [Office] (   )                     [Home] (   )

My presentation will require the following equipment:

Check here if you would be willing to chair a session


OPTION 1: INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATION
Individual presenters are allotted a total of 25 minutes. Presentations
which are essentially monologues should be limited to 15 minutes, leaving
10 minutes for audience response. Generally, three individual presenters on
similar topics will be grouped together for a 75-minute concurrent session.

Title of presentation
Please submit a 200-250 word proposal on the reverse.


OPTION 2: PANEL PRESENTATION
Panels are allotted a total of 75 minutes. Noninteractive presentations
should be limited to 50 minutes, leaving 25 minutes for audience response.

Title of presentation

Names and institutional
affiliations of panelists






Please submit a 200-250 word proposal on the reverse.



OPTION 3: WORKSHOP
Workshops are allotted 75 minutes and should involve the audience as
participants throughout.

Title of workshop
Please submit a 200-250 word proposal on the reverse.



OPTION 4: THINK TANK
You are invited to offer a topic and serve as discussion leader for a think
tank.

Topic of think tank
Please submil a 200-250 word proposal on the reverse.

In 200-250 words, summarize the essential content of your proposed
presentation or workshop and indicate your method of presentation. Indicate
whether the session is geared for a high school or college audience, or
both. For a think tank, explain the significance of your proposed topic to
MWCA members and indicate the target audience (writing center directors,
tutors, composition teachers, etc.).

















Mail this completed form to Jaqueline McLeod Rogers, Writing Centre, The
University of Winnipeg, 515 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3B
2E9, FAX: 204-786-1824 OR to Susan Sanders, 307 East Douglass, Houghton, MI
49931.
Proposal deadline is June 15, 1994.