Writing and Rhetoric Program

Acclaimed author Emily St. John Mandel will bring her work and perspectives to Middlebury College in this special reading, Q&A and book signing. 

 

This event is in-person and open to the public.

Can’t make it? A recording will be available February 16-March 1, 2024 at https://vimeo.com/911642948

Password: EmilyMidd2024

 

Join us for a screening of the much-buzzed about film, “The Oil Machine,” followed by a Q&A with Director, Emma Davie. Facilitated by James Sanchez.

Oil has been an invisible machine at the core of our economy and society. It now faces an uncertain future as activists and investors demand change. Is this the end of oil?

The Writing and Rhetoric Program is hosting three lunch conversations about teaching writing this fall. You are welcome to join us whether you’re teaching a writing intensive class this semester or not. All lunches are on us! Simply charge them to WRPR at the Grille or Crossroads. We realize that due to teaching schedules, you may need to arrive late or leave early. 

The Writing and Rhetoric Program is hosting three lunch conversations about teaching writing this fall. You are welcome to join us whether you’re teaching a writing intensive class this semester or not. All lunches are on us! Simply charge them to WRPR at the Grille or Crossroads. We realize that due to teaching schedules, you may need to arrive late or leave early. 

The Writing and Rhetoric Program is hosting three lunch conversations about teaching writing this fall. You are welcome to join us whether you’re teaching a writing intensive class this semester or not. All lunches are on us! Simply charge them to WRPR at the Grille or Crossroads. We realize that due to teaching schedules, you may need to arrive late or leave early.

This workshop and discussion will offer faculty a chance to hear from students who are trained in writing pedagogy and the scholarship of teaching and learning about their thoughts on ChatGPT and other AI technologies. Faculty will have an opportunity to talk about the project of learning (and teaching) at Middlebury College and the impacts of AI. This is a chance to bring students and faculty together for an exciting dialogue on the ramifications of AI and to brainstorm ways to respond to it in the classroom. Lunch will be provided.

FOR FACULTY: This three-day symposium will kick off a new series called Writing in the Changing Academy, inviting our campus community to talk about writing both within and beyond traditional academic norms.

ChatGPT has come into academia with great force. What’s been written about this tool covers a wide range, from doom and gloom to prognostications of great, creative change. ChatGPT is a disruptor in a good sense. Educators are being asked to reflect on practice, and come to an understanding about how to creatively work with the tool, the first of many to come in this second wave of technological innovation, the AI Revolution.

Come join the Writing and Rhetoric Program and the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Research as we celebrate Fist Year writers and their nominated writing.

Shawna Shapiro (WRPR) presents an academic reading workshop to learn how to engage more effectively with readings assigned for your courses. Please have an assigned reading handy—ideally one you’re struggling with! It will be an interactive session with opportunities for Q&A throughout. The workshop is open to all Midd students. The session will be recorded and the handouts are available to preview. If you have any questions please contact Shawna Shapiro directly at sshapiro@middlebury.edu. Register at go.middlebury.edy/reading.