On Friday, July 9th, 2010, the Compostion & TESOL program will hold  its annual reunion.

This year, the featured speaker will be Brian Huot., a graduate of the program in 1988 and currently the Director of Composition at Kent State University.  He also teaches in the doctoral program in writing there.  He is well known in the field for his research and publication on writing assessment.  He has published a number of influential pieces and books that are cited very frequently in current work on writing assessment.

In the morning, Brian will meet with several students who are working on dissertation projects to discuss them in a roundtable format.  All attending for the day are welcome.  The time and place will be announced shortly.

The rest of the schedule for the day is  as follows:

12:00/12:15 C&T Awards Ceremony and Luncheon

12:30-1:30 Brian's talk and Q&A

4:00 p.m. Picnic at Ben Rafoth's House

If you are planning on attending the lunch, please notify Ms. Bertha Cecconi in the English Graduate Office: bcecconi@iup.edu so that you will have food available.  Anyone with special dietary needs shoulc inform Ms. Cecconi at that time so we may arrange for your needs.

Everyone should also plan to attend the picnic at Ben Rafoth's house at 4:00 pm.  Directions to Ben's house will be posted on this website and sent through the C&T and MATESOL email lists.

Please let us know if any students or alumni who have not been contacted.  We would like to put them on the email list to ensure that they are receiving information about this and future reunions, the C&T Newsletter, and other relevant information.

We loook foward to seeing you all in July.  Please email Mike Williamson mmwimson@iup.edu if you have any other questions or would like additional information.