Recent graduate Adrienne Vitt, MA in NMS 2013, shared with us how she customized the MA in NMS program with courses in nonprofit communications and strategic brand management to help her achieve her academic and post-graduation goals.
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TESOL Coordinator On the Go in the Classroom and Abroad
It has been a busy autumn quarter for WRD visiting assistant professor Jason Schneider. After becoming the Coordinator for the TESOL Graduate Certificate in July 2013, Schneider has had a full schedule, including teaching first-year writing undergraduate and graduate students, helping students plan their class schedules, building a relationship with an international university, and organizing a faculty-led lecture workshop on multilingual writers. In his new role as TESOL coordinator, Schneider helps students plan their coursework around their teaching interests and post-graduation plans.
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WRD Students Profit from Nonprofit Event
On September 24, MA in WRD and MA in NMS students received valuable career insights from four communications professionals working in the nonprofit sector. “Profit from the Nonprofit Experience,” the first event in a series of WRD professional development events, brought four Chicago-area nonprofit professionals to DePaul to share their experiences
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Student, Alumni, and Faculty News
WRD students, alumni, and faculty share their recent professional and academic achievements. Students Katie Booth (MA in WRD) presented her paper “One Who, Two Who, Old Who, New Who: The Discourse of Identity in the Doctor Who Fan Community,” at the Midwest Popular Culture / American Culture Association Conference in St. Louis, MO, on October 12, 2013. Booth’s paper is an analysis of recorded interviews with fans of the cult television series, focusing on identity and authenticity as represented in language.
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Greetings from Professor Vandenberg in China
Professor Vandenberg, WRD Department Chair, is in Quanzhou (Fujan Province) China this week at DePaul’s sister school, Huaqaio University. His visit follows one that WRD’s Visiting Professor and Coordinator of WRD’s Graduate TESOL Coordinator, Jason Schneider, made to Huaqiao this summer. Professor Vandenberg gave a talk on writing instruction in US universities on Monday and is meeting with administrators to explore possible connections between WRD and Huaqiao’s English department, including student and faculty exchanges and opportunities for WRD alumni to teach in China.
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Jeff Rice to Present “Craft Identity” Talk
WRD Department Speaker Series: Jeff Rice Date: Monday, October 21, 2013 Time: Reception – 5:30pm; Talk – 6:00-7:00pm Location: McGowan South, Room 104 Jeff Rice will present his talk “Craft Identity” on Monday, October 21, 2013 as part of the WRD Department Speaker Series. Rice is the author of several books, including Digital Detroit: Rhetoric and Space in the Age of the Network, and currently serves as the Martha B. Reynolds Endowed Professor in Writing, Rhetoric and Digital Studies at University of Kentucky.
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Academic Writing in the Global Classroom
In celebration of International Education Week at DePaul, WRD is sponsoring a special discussion session featuring WRD instructors and multilingual students. Mark your calendars and don’t miss this great event! Becoming a successful college writer in a first language is hard. Becoming a successful college writer in a second (or third) language is exponentially harder. In this session, faculty from the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, & Discourse will talk about their experiences teaching multilingual writers in the WRD 103X and 104X classes, and international students will talk about their experiences as writers in these and other classes.
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Bowden to Present Fall Teaching Commons Workshop
WRD professor Darsie Bowden will be presenting the following Fall 2013 Teaching Commons Workshop with English professor Lucy Rhinehart on Thursday, October 31st and Friday, November 1st. Reading Strategies: Helping Students Read Effectively This workshop is designed to help teachers learn more about the differences between a good reader and a poor reader, acquire tips and strategies for helping students get the most out of class reading assignments, and develop ideas for making reading an integral part of students’ experience and learning in your courses.
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Profit from the Nonprofit Experience: Veronica Vasquez
Meet Veronica Vasquez, a nonprofit professional who will be presenting at “Profit from the Nonprofit Experience” on Tuesday, September 24th. Veronica Vasquez Veronica Vasquez is the Communications Manager for the American Red Cross of Greater Chicago. In her role, she enjoys mentoring aspiring students who intern and volunteer for the Red Cross. Last year Vasquez was deployed to Florida and Louisiana to help with the Red Cross disaster relief effort after Hurricane Isaac.
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Profit from the Nonprofit Experience: Katie O’Dea
Meet Katie O’Dea, a nonprofit professional who will be presenting at “Profit from the Nonprofit Experience” on Tuesday, September 24th. Katie O’Dea Katie O’Dea has served as the Director of Communications at Latin School of Chicago for the past eight years. In her role, she is responsible for managing the strategic development, integration and implementation of all aspects of the school’s communications program including content creation, design, production, media relations and social media.
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