COMMUNICATION DURING YOUR CONFERENCE
Your conference is the opportunity for us to work one-on-one to address any concerns you may have about your writing or about mv class. Time is limited. so we need to be well prepared to use the time well.

Therefore, please follow the instructions below when preparing for your conference:
 

1. Always bring all your pocket folder of written work to your conference.
2. Make a written list of at least two concerns you have about your writing development.
3. Add to the list questions you may have about the rhetorical theory we have been studying.
4. Add to the list concerns you have about the conduct of class.

Beth Jorgensen

Conferences:
I will try to have a conference with every student during the semester. We will pre-arrange these conference appointments and class will occasionally be cancelled to allow conference time. Missing a scheduled conference counts as an absence and also means you forfeit the conference1 meaning I will not set aside another 1 5-minute slot for you, although you may see me as a walk-in during my office hours. If you need to confer with me about your work beyond the conference appointment, arrange to see me during my office hours, call me and leave a message on voice mail, or e-mail me. Please do not phone me at my home.
 

B. Duffelmeyer

 

Conferences:

Each of you will have one midterm conference scheduled this semester. If you have any questions concerning assignments, need additional help during the writing process, or want to discuss how things are going for you in the course, please schedule an appointment with me before or after class.

Writing Center:

You might also consider checking out the Writing Center in Ross Hall, Room 418. Tutors at the center will read your papers and work one-on-one with you. Make sure you bring your assignment guidelines with you. If you would like help on a regular basis, you might consider setting up a standing appointment with a tutor. Call 294-5411 to arrange appointments.
 

Jen Rouse

 

Individual Conferences:

Everyone will sign up for at least two personal conferences with me. I'll let you know the exact dates a bit later in the semester. Conferences are a great opportunity for me to meet with each of you in a one-on-one setting. The primary goal of individual conferences is to discuss any writing concerns you may have, to go over any essays-in-progress, and just to talk about anything you may have on your mind. The environment is fairly laid-back, relaxed, and conversational. I will have responded to all of your essays up to the point of your conference, but I still expect you to come with questions and/or topics for discussion. This is your time, and it is up to you as to how you use that time.

The Writing Center:

I am always willing to set up a meeting anytime you need, in order to aid your writing process throughout the semester. There may, however, be times when time constraints and scheduling problems won't allow me to address a particular concern as quickly as you need me to. When this happens, the English Department has a wonderful resource called The Writing Center. Located in Ross 418, this is a place to go for help with specific writing concerns, from self-help worksheets about grammar and punctuation, to tutoring sessions dealing with clearly communicating the thesis statement of your paper. Their staff of tutors are normally pretty heavily scheduled, so make appointments well in advance, especially later in the semester, and come to your appointment with questions planned.
 

E. Anderson

 

Conferences

In addition to meeting with me as need during workshop sessions, each student is required to meet with me for two conferences outside of class time, and one of these outside conferences must occur before midsemester. It is your responsibility to schedule these conferences and to appear at the scheduled time.
 

David Wallace