News from DePaul University's Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse
Best Undergraduate Essay At Night by Allison Guntz I heard once that Jewish mythology supposes the universe is an ocean. The sky is full of tiny holes, and that is where the light of the stars glows through, or the rain leaks in. They say the sky is protecting us, keeping that vast universe outside. It is like armor, or a ball, or the great cosmic shell to the egg that is our Earth.
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2014 Award Winners UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS Best Undergraduate Essay Allison Guntz Best Project in Professional and Technical Writing Allison Guntz MA IN WRD AWARDS Best Project in Professional and Technical Writing Jeffrey Melichar, Arielle Lockett, Brendan Bergen, & Matt D’Agostino Best Project in Teaching Writing and Language Bridget Wagner Best Project in Rhetoric and Discourse Molly Rentscher MA IN NMS AWARDS Best Interactive Media Design Hilary Conlisk Best New Media Content Jill Ochawa GRADUATE TESOL AWARD Best Project in TESOL Lauren Martyn Visit our Facebook page for more photos from the WRD Awards Party, held Friday, June 6, 2014, at Cortelyou
Continue readingSpread the WoRD, the sixth annual student conference, was a huge success thanks to the participation of MA in WRD and MA in NMS graduate students, WRD undergraduate students, friends, family, and WRD faculty. The conference was held in Courtelyou Commons on May 17, and approximately 100 individuals attended throughout the day. Attendees enjoyed a light breakfast and lunch and participated in a Jeopardy-style trivia game on the topics of rhetoric and new media.
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This month, we interviewed Kimberly Coon, a 2012 grad of the MA in WRD program. Kim used her experiences in WRD to land an exciting job in the non-profit sector. What was your academic and professional background prior to entering WRD? What I focused on once I was in the WRD program was a really natural extension of what I’d spent the five or so years prior to WRD doing, which was finding ways to tell the stories non-profits are creating through their cause-based work.
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Have you ever wondered how the study of Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse may be parleyed into a career? Perhaps you’ve questioned how Foucault’s insights will help you navigate the 21st century job market. Maybe you spent four years as a liberal arts undergrad, alternately reading great texts and answering the dreaded “what will you do with that degree?” question. On Tuesday, March 11, DePaul’s school of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences attempted to bridge the worlds of Liberal Arts and Career Preparation with a discussion led by Student Affairs admin Matthew Rust of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
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On April 16, Dr. Chris Thaiss presented “Writing Programs Worldwide: The Present and Future of the WAC/WID Mapping Project” to WRD students and faculty. In his presentation, Thaiss presented findings from his research on mapping Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) and Writing in the Disciplines (WID) programs across the world. Through his research, Thaiss aimed to determine the prevalence of WAC and WID programs in higher education, reveal trends in these programs, and evaluate how the programs have changed over time.
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This year, the MA in WRD and MA in NMS programs graduated a total of 31 students! Congratulations to our graduates and best wishes in your future endeavors.
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WRD students, alumni, and faculty share their recent professional and academic achievements. Students & Alumni Sarah Brown (MA in WRD 2010) presented “The Girl Scout Career Model: Open Badging and Representations of Learning” at CCCC in Indianapolis, Indiana in March. Eric Iberri (MA in WRD 2010) recently began working as a Proposal Editor for SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA. Stephanie Irvine (MA in WRD 2011) quit her full-time marketing job in February to pursue an independent writing career.
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The department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse at DePaul University is pleased to welcome Dr. Chris Thaiss as the spring quarter WRD Speaker Series presenter. On Wednesday, April 16th, Dr. Thaiss will give his talk “Writing Programs Worldwide.” Dr. Chris Thaiss is Clark Kerr Presidential Chair and Professor in the University Writing Program (UWP) of the University of California at Davis. A member of the Language, Literacy, and Culture Graduate Group at UCD, he also serves as Principal Investigator of the Area 3 Writing Project, a site of the National Writing Project.
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