a Bulletin Board of ETC-Related News
Beginning with the fall 2007 semester, Dr. Kris Swenson and Dr. Ed Malone, will each add a new role to their responsibilities in the Department of English and Technical Communication. As the number of students increases, managing the courses they … [Continue reading]
The fall semester has well and truly begun. The first wave of student questions and dilemmas is over. (That first wave ranges from trying to find a classroom to trying to get into a class to finding an instructor.) For all that the university has … [Continue reading]
Elizabeth Richardson ("Libby") is teaching English in The Republic of Korea this year. She has just begun her duties at Avalon Education in Suwon City, where she is Head Foreign Teacher. The title basically means that Libby is the go … [Continue reading]
The Department of English and Technical Communication welcomes David Wright as a new Assistant Professor. Dr. Wright completed his PhD. last May at Oklahoma State University. Dr. Wright shares this story of an unusual event: Once, in South Dakota, I … [Continue reading]
We at UMR — faculty and students alike — enjoy several research opportunities. Dr. Ed Malone (Assistant Professor of English and technical communication and Director of technical communication) and Tara Gosnell (graduate student in … [Continue reading]
This week temperatures are to be well over one hundred. Despite the heat, a number of new freshmen and family members were on the UMR campus this morning. Today (Saturday, August 11) is the last PRO day for the 2007/2008 academic year. PRO is an … [Continue reading]
If you're keeping track, my commitment is now a minimum of one entry a week, posted over the weekend. Time-constraints, as well as the need to find topics, make more than one unlikely for many weeks. If you are reading this blog regularly, thank … [Continue reading]
I've finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It's a quick read, although I had to do it in numerous short sessions — 10 minutes, 15, maybe 20 wedged between other, more necessary things. Summer school is finishing up; the fall semester … [Continue reading]
I'm still committed to posting two entries a week, at about noon on Wednesday and Sunday. (I may go to one a week when the fall semester starts.) Eating lunch, I realized I didn't have an entry ready for today, and no topic sprang to mind easily; so, … [Continue reading]
On July 14, John Lemmerman and Laura Bettison were married at her parents' St. James home. John is a Lecturer in English and Technical Communication. Laura is originally from St. Louis; now, she works and takes classes at Drury University in … [Continue reading]