Tuesday, July 16, 2013

On Recieving the Staff Summer Newsletter



Writing Centaurs! I hope you’ve been checking your mail because the staff summer newsletter has gone out and it is full of exciting news and information. If you haven’t received it or dislike reading anything on paper, here are some highlights:
·         Ryan Rey, the illustrious author, divulges that he is from Plainfield and associates it with Harry Potter.
·         Important deadlines!
o   New Staff Orientation begins on August 19th. If you are a new staff member, you should be there, and if you are a returning staff member who would like to help, contact Ariana Uding to let her know!
o   The MWCA conference is happening in Chicago in October!
o   The NCPTW conference is happening in Tampa, Florida in November!
o   There is a Writing Center open house on Thursday, August 22nd from 4 to 6:30
o   The first staff meeting of the year (yes, aren’t you excited?) is on Sunday, August 25th at 7:30
o   And the Full Staff Retreat, beginning on Sunday, September 1st, is occurring on campus this year at the Clark Alumni House.
·         The Chicago Conference will have six presentations. If you want to participate in the conference, contact Ariana Uding no later than Friday, August 2nd
·         The Tampa conference is happening November 1-3. If you want to participate in the conference, contact Ariana Uding no later than Friday August 2nd!
·         There is a selection of stuff regarding Dr. Bob’s life that is pretty fun to read!
·         And also, lots of awesome bios about all the awesome people who are doing awesome things over the summer before returning to Coe for an awesome fall semester! Good job, Ryan, for tracking most everyone down!
Again, all of this is in the summer newsletter, so hopefully you have received it by now. And thanks to everyone who responded to my email pleas for correct addresses.
As Ever, Yours,
Julia

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