Last Spam for English and the Electron Conference

[Donna Reiss <dreiss@norfolk.infi.net>]

Thanks for indulging TYCA-SE's final (at least by me) multiposted reminder
of our annual conference:

The Two-Year College Association-Southeastern Region of the National
Council of Teachers of English will electrify Norfolk, Virginia, February
20-22, 1997, with its annual conference on undergraduate English issues.
This year's theme is
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"English and the Electron"
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http://www.infi.net/tcc/tyca/97index.html
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*  Featured speakers: Cindy Selfe, Sven Birkerts, Richard Bausch, Robert
Bausch, and Lynn Troyka

*  Hands-on computer sessions and demos of on-line English instruction and
research

*  Presentations, demonstrations, and conversations on a variety of issues
related to teaching English to undergraduates, including:
--"Tell Me a Story: Autobiography and the Student Writer"
--"Please Don't Call Them Remote Students: A Practical Approach to Teaching
Comp & Lit via Interactive Television"
--"When We Focus on Protons and Neutrons: Exploring What's Missing at the
Nuclear Center of Our Literature Classes"
--"Rethinking Persuasion: Essays and Speeches for the 21st Century"
--"Teaching Business Communications in the Electronic Classroom"
--"Language Transfer Problems in Writing: ESL Errors That Linger"
--"Using the Internet to Develop Inquiry-based Writing Assignments"
--"Teaching English 101 as a Full Cultural Experience"
--"Communication Power: Teaching the Oral Communication Course"
--"Developing Teacher-researcher Programs with Two-year College Faculty:
Building a Community of Scholars"

*  Celebrations of Southern writers and artists

* Postconference tours of Colonial Williamsburg or the Chrysler Museum of Art

* Accommodations at riverfront hotel and half an hour's drive to the
Atlantic Ocean or Chesapeake Bay
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TYCA-SE 1997 Conference Registration Form
English and the Electron
Two Year College English Association-Southeast
February 20-22, 1997, Omni Waterside Hotel, Norfolk, Virginia

To ensure hotel reservations, return enclosed envelope
to Omni Waterside before January 28, 1997.
Conference payment must be received by February 1, 1997 to avoid late charge.
No conference refunds will be given after February 1, 1997.

Registration Fees

Conference registration (includes luncheon)
(1997 TYCA-SE membership #                  ) $70   = $ 

1997 TYCA membership $15
        (form and separate check to TYCA-SE enclosed)  = $

1997 conference registration (includes luncheon) non-member of TYCA $95  = $

Student conference registration (includes luncheon) $40  =  $

Late registration (after Feb. 1):
        Member $80/Non-member $105/Student $50  =  $

Pre-Conference Workshops–Thursday, February 20, 8:30-11:30 a.m.
Select one workshop ($15)               

Interactive Models for Writing and Literature Instruction   = $
Donna Reiss and Michele Marits

Successful Practices in Teaching Composition in the Two-Year College   = $
Lynn Troyka


Special Events
See accompanying conference brochure for details.

Luncheon
        Friday, February 21, no charge for conference registrants. Will you
attend? yes  no
        Meal Requirements:  nonvegetarian   vegetarian

Guest Luncheon (Tickets $20)   = $
Chrysler Museum, Saturday, February 22, 1-4 p.m. (No charge)—circle one:
yes  no                             
Colonial Williamsburg, Saturday, February 22, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
        Limited to first 25 registrants $15   =$

TOTAL ENCLOSED   =  $

Make check payable to TYCA-SE. Completed form must be received by February
1, 1997.
Mail to Ann Woolford-Singh, Department of English
Tidewater Community College, 1700 College Crescent, Virginia Beach, VA 23456

Name 

School
 
School address 


City                                    State               ZIP
Phone (    )

Home Address including zip code 


Home phone (     ) 

E-mail address if you use it regularly (please type or print carefully) 

First TYCA-SE conference-circle one:           yes      no
1997 Member of NCTE-circle one:                      yes      no
Are you willing to be a presider?-circle one:  yes      no

Tidewater Community College is an equal access/equal
opportunity/affirmative action college.

Send questions about the conference to Ron Carter, Rappahannock Community
College, P.O. Box 318, Warsaw, VA 22582, phone (804) 333-6773,
fax (804) 333-0106, e-mail rccartr%vccscent.bitnet@vtbit.cc.vt.edu 
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Donna Reiss <tcreisd@vblrc2.tc.cc.va.us>
Department of English, Tidewater Community College
1700 College Crescent, Virginia Beach, VA 23456
phone 757-427-7364  fax 757-427-7326 
http://www.infi.net/tcc/tcresourc/faculty/dreiss/dreiss.html