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  • Congratulations Linda!

    Congratulations to Linda Clemens (seen here with MWCA President Deaver Traywick) who received a Midwest Writing Centers Association student travel award!

    Jessica Orton and Renata Solum from the Center for Writing also won the award.

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     November 6th, 2009

  • World Usability Day - November 12

    WORLD USABILITY DAY will feature speakers on usability topics, a participatory recycling activity, and an open house at the Usability Services Laboratory. Sponsored by the Office of Information Technology and the Digital Technology Center. Nov. 12. For more information, see usability day.

     November 6th, 2009

  • Daniel Philippon: Our Neck of the Woods

    Meet Daniel Philippon, local author and U of M professor, on Tuesday, November 10 at 4:00 p.m.

    Daniel Philippon, local author and University of Minnesota associate professor, will discuss his book, Our Neck of the Woods: Exploring Minnesota's Wild Places, on Tuesday, November 10 at 4:00 p.m. at the University of Minnesota Bookstore in Coffman Memorial Union.

    About the book: Learn about Minnesota's best-loved places including the North Shore, Lake Bemidji, the western prairies and grasslands, the Boundary Waters, and the Mesabi Iron Range, from notable writers and conservationists. Drawn from pages of Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Minnesota Conservation Volunteer magazine, these observations and spirited tales beckon Minnesotans to work, play, and explore in the natural places close to their homes and hearts. Our Neck of the Woods explores themes such as embracing winter, making camp, and finding wildness even amid development as the authors tell of hunting, fishing, birding, canoeing, and other great outdoor activities that help define what it means to be Minnesotan.

    Philippon will sign copies of his book following the discussion.

    This event is free and open to the public. For more information, or to order a signed copy visit www.bookstore.umn.edu/genref/authors.html.

    November 5th, 2009

  • Class blog featured as part of NCTE National Day on Writing

    A class blog from WRIT 3001: Introduction to Scientific and Technical Communication was featured in the Write@U Gallery for the NCTE National Day on Writing (October 20, 2009). The blog can be seen at http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkbreuch/writ3001. Students are writing about readings and guest speakers, and they are sharing their reflections about technical communication.

    Guest speakers include:

    October 14: Alecia Ramsay, IBM
    October 21: Guy Petrie, Medtronic
    October 28: John Neenan, US Bank
    November 4: Lee Thomas, Yamamoto Moss
    November 11: Janel Anderson, Thomson-Reuters

    Congratulations to students in WRIT 3001!

     November 5th, 2009

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