TYCA-SE News

TYCA-SE’s Institute in Technical Communication and the South Mississippi Writing Project are offering a social media workshop for teachers, June 18 & 19, 2010 at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

Blogs, wikis, podcasting, video projects for students, and a variety of other social media tools and assignments will be addressed. Both hands on technical training and pedagogical discussions will be part of the workshop activities.

Click here to access the announcement flyer.

Click here to access the online registration form.

Sharon Gerald is the director of the workshop. Individual sessions will be led by teachers who have used the social media applications in the classroom. Contact Sharon Gerald for more information: sharon.gerald@jcjc.edu.

Read contributions from TYCA-SE members to NCTE’s National Gallery of Writing in “Southern Voices Speak,” a gallery curated by Beverly Fatherree of Hinds Community College.

Click on “Contribute to this Gallery” to submit a piece of your own.

Letter from Bradley Bleck, TYCA National Webtender

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Please share this request with all your colleagues who teach at two-year colleges, whether they are Two-Year College English Association (TYCA) members or not. Forward far and wide!

Some of you will recall that we had a National Poetry Month event last year, posting audio and video versions of poems on the NCTE/TYCA site. We’re doing it again this year and we’d like you to submit either an audio or video version of your original poetry to highlight some of the creative work done by faculty in our nation’s two-year colleges. Each of TYCA’s eight regions will have at least three poems posted to/published on this year’s site. We’ll be posting a new poem each day through the month of April in celebration of National Poetry Month. 

To have your poem considered for posting/publication, please submit your poem to the reviewer for your region. Information is below. These reviewers will select the poems they find worthy of publication to be published on the TYCA site. If you don’t know your region, click on this link:  TYCA Regions and Conferences. Additionally, you must complete and fax a permissions form to TYCA or your poem cannot be published.  

If you have any questions, or the permission form was lost en route, please contact me at bradb@spokanefalls.edu and we’ll help you out. 

Regional Reviewers

Midwest Regional: Carrie Finn at cfinn@hawkeyecollege.edu 
Northeast Regional: Joanna Howard at Joanna.Howard@montgomerycollege.edu
Pacific Coast Regional: Bradley Bleck at bradb@spokanefalls.edu 
Pacific Northwest Regional: Jeffrey Klausman at jklausma@whatcom.ctc.edu 
Southeast Regional: Sharon Gerald at sharon.gerald@gmail.com 
Southwest Regional: Bradley Bleck at bradb@spokanefalls.edu 
West Regional: Tina Eliopulos at tina.eliopulos@csn.edu 

For those who would like to submit a more traditional version of a poem, please submit to the TYCA Gallery at NCTE’s National Gallery of Writing.

Bradley Bleck
English Department
Spokane Falls CC

http://bleckblog.org

http://biketoworkspokane.org

Carole G. Creekmore, Georgia Perimeter College, Covington, GA
Carole is an Associate Professor of Humanities with undergraduate and graduate degrees from Wake Forest University.  She teaches a number of English classes, including composition, World Literature, and British Literature.  She is also Georgia’s State Representative to the REC and Program Chair for the 2011 TYCA-SE conference in Decatur, Georgia.

Courtney Doi, Alamance Community College, Graham,  N.C.
Courtney, an English instructor for Alamance CC, earned a B.A. in Journalism from UNC-Chapel Hill and an M.A. in English from North Carolina State University.   She teaches expository writing, Professional Research and Reporting  (Technical Writing),  as well as developmental writing and reading.  Courtney is North Carolina’s TYCA-SE State Representative to the REC.

Jennifer Duncan, Chattanooga State Community College, Chattanooga, TN
Jennifer is an Associate Professor of English with degrees from  Emmanuel College and the University of South Carolina and is currently completing a Ph.D in British  Literature from the University of Tennessee.   Jennifer teaches courses in literature and composition.  She is currently serving on the Local Arrangements Committee for the 2010 TYCA-SE conference in Chattanooga.

Anne Lotz, Jefferson Community and Technical College, Louisville,  KY
Anne serves as English Program Head for a department of eleven full time faculty and nineteen adjunct instructors and formerly worked as Coordinator of the Chapman Writing Center.   She also teaches composition and literature classes at Jefferson. Anne completed her graduate studies at Kent State University in Ohio. She is a charter member and secretary for TYCA-KY. 

REC Elections will be held at the 2010 Conference in Chattanooga. Members unable to attend may vote absentee via email. Only TYCA-SE members may vote.

To e-mail your ballot

1. Select 2 candidates from the list of nominees below.
2. Copy and paste your choices into the body of an e-mail.
3. In the subject line of your e-mail, type, “REC Ballot.”
4. E-mail to: eliza.young@kctcs.edu

Carole G. Creekmore, Georgia Perimeter College, Covington, GA

Courtney Doi, Alamance Community College, Graham,  N.C.

Jennifer Duncan, Chattanooga State Community College, Chattanooga, TN

Anne Lotz, Jefferson Community and Technical College, Louisville,  KY

The deadline to apply for adjunct travel stipends is January 25. Visit the awards section for information and application forms.

The Fall 2009 TYCA-SE Newsletter is now available.

In this issue–

2010 Conference Information
Call for Journal Submissions
State Reports
…and more!

Get your airport fact sheet for the Chattanooga conference here.

It’s time to book hotel rooms at the Sheraton Read House Hotel in Chattanooga (password 81874) for our February 25-27, 2010 TYCA-SE Conference.

There will be two vacancies on the TYCA-SE REC (regional executive committee) in February 2010. We are seeking four candidates to run for the two positions (3 year terms). Anyone interested should Dr. Eliza M. Young by email at eliza.young@kctcs.edu or by snail mail at English Dept / Jefferson Community and Technical College / 109 E. Broadway / Louisville, KY 40202.

Interested persons must include the following:

1) a brief biographical sketch,

2) current position and college,

3) a photo with the info (or later submit a photo).

The deadline is December 4, 2009.