Middle States Accreditation Team on Campus This Week
The chair and members of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) team evaluating Rowan University will be on campus this week, holding separate open discussion sessions for faculty, staff, and students, and making an exit report to the university community. The focus of these meetings is to discuss the Self Study Report compiled by Rowan and presented to the commission in late January. . . . The two faculty meetings (for tenure-track faculty and instructors, lecturers, part-time adjunct faculty, librarians, and professional staff with instructional roles) will be today (Monday, March 11) from 4:00 p.m. to 4:55 p.m. in Room 129 of the Chamberlain Student Center and tomorrow (Tuesday, March 12) from 1:45 p.m. to 2:25 p.m. in Student Center Room 144. The open session for staff is tomorrow from 3:30 p.m. to 4:25 p.m. in Student Center Room 144, and the student session will be held today from 5:00 p.m. to 5:55 p.m. in Student Center Room 129. The exit report will be delivered on Wednesday, March 13 from 11:15 a.m. to 12 noon in the Student Center’s Eynon Ballroom. . . . Every ten years, the MSCHE requires colleges and universities to conduct a self-study of their initiatives, operations, progress, and commitments as a benchmark in the middle of their accreditation term. Rowan received its last accreditation in 2014 and is due for another full Peer Evaluation in 2024. Middle States is one of six such commissions nationwide that provides accreditation for institutions of higher learning; Middle States covers New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia as well as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Also Today: Final Creative Nonfiction Candidate Presentation The fourth of the four candidates for the department’s open Creative Nonfiction tenure-track position will be on campus today (Monday, March 11). Heather Lanier will make a teaching presentation with Q&A from 9:15 to 10:00 a.m. in Room 200 of The Vic, and will hold a students-only Q&A session from 10:00-10:30 a.m. three floors up in Room 504. Later in the afternoon, Heather will present a creative reading with Q&A from 3:30-4:45 p.m., back in Vic 200. Feel free to contact Ron Block for more details. Also Tomorrow, Career Expo/Student Showcase Takes The Stage Student projects from various departments in the College of Communication and Creative Arts will be on display in the Eynon Ballroom of the Chamberlain Student Center tomorrow – Tuesday, March 12 – from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. as part of the first CCCA Career Expo and Student Showcase. In addition, a number of local, regional, and national employers with full-time jobs and summer and part-time internships available will be on hand as well. Contact Laura Kincaid for more information. Congratulations, Jade Jones, On Your PEN America Award Did you know we have one of the 12 best emerging fiction writers of the year in our midst? Dean’s Fellow Jade Jones is one of the dozen winners of the just-presented PEN America/Robert J. Dau Prize. Jade was selected for her short story “Today, You’re a Black Revolutionary” that appeared in the June 27, 2018 issue of the literary journal The Rumpus. In addition to receiving a cash award, Jade and the 11 other winners will have their work published in an annual anthology entitled The PEN America Best Debut Short Stories of 2019. New York University’s Skirball Center for the Performing Arts was the setting for the late February awards ceremony where Jade received her honor at an event attended by such celebrity glitterati as actor/musician/writer Steve Martin. PEN America was launched in 1922 with an initial membership list that included such literary icons as Willa Cather, Robert Frost, Eugene O’Neill, Robert Benchley, and Booth Tarkington. The organization’s founding principle is to “ensure that people everywhere have the freedom to create literature, to convey information and ideas, to express their views, and to access the views, ideas, and literatures of others.” (Photo: Jade attended the NYU ceremony with her husband, Writing Arts colleague Grayson Morley.) Wednesday, March 20: The Date of Our Quizzo Redemption Late last summer, Rowan Writing Arts was just one question away (one poorly worded question away, it should be noted) from winning the weekly Quizzo championship at PJ Whelihan’s in Westmont. On Wednesday, March 20 – in the middle of spring break week – we will take to the tables again to earn what rightfully was ours. The more people who can attend – family and friends are cordially invited – the better chance we have of emerging victorious. In addition to the competition and teamwork, it’s an evening of fun with colleagues outside our usual audience-purpose-context-based world. Contact me for more details and to join the team. Upcoming: Escape from RoBo; A Night at the Phillies We’ll have more information after spring break about our next Writing Arts team event: Breaking the code to gain release from one of the themed rooms at Exit Four Escape Rooms on Rowan Boulevard. We’re thinking a mid-week evening in mid- to late April, just before Portfolios are due. Please contact me with some suggestions for the event. . . . Speaking of the Phillies, you might have heard about someone called Bryce Harper. In addition to being a very wealthy young man, he’s also expected to boost interest in, and ticket sales for, our hometown Phils. With this in mind, we’re starting to work on plans for the second annual Rowan Writing Arts Night at the Phillies. With the inaugural CCCA Summer Camp tentatively scheduled for July (more details coming soon) and August being a traditional month for family vacations, we’re zeroing in on two weeks in June – June 10, 11, 12 and June 24, 25, 26 – to get our block of discounted group tickets. Please send me an email and let me know all of those dates that work for you and – even if it’s an estimate – how many tickets you might want for that night. Thank you! Finally, . . . Here are some items – new or previously mentioned – for your calendars:
Do you have a new publication, a reading, or any other event of interest coming up? Please let me know so I can let all our colleagues know in the weekly Rowan Writing Arts Events Update newsletter. Stop by my Victoria 521 office or email me at royek@rowan.edu to give me the 4-1-1. Access Events Update online by clicking here. Stephen A. Royek Lecturer, Writing Arts Rowan University Chair, Faculty Senate Awards Committee Victoria Hall, Room 521 Phone: 856-906-4755 Email: royek@rowan.edu
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Creative Nonfiction Hiring Presentations Begin Today
Students and faculty are invited to take part in any or all of the public events that are part of the selection process to choose a new creative nonfiction professor for our department. The final four candidates for this tenure-track position will be on campus today (Randon Noble); next Monday, March 4 (Daisy Hernández); next Wednesday, March 6 (Robin McCrary); and the following Monday, March 11 (Heather Lanier). The schedule for each day will be identical: A teaching presentation with Q&A: 9:15-10:00 a.m., 260 Victoria, Room 200; a students-only Q&A meeting: 10:00-10:30 a.m., 260 Victoria, Room 504; and a creative reading with Q&A: 3:30-4:45 p.m., 260 Victoria, Room 200. Please take this opportunity to meet these four talented individuals and give them an enthusiastic Prof welcome to our campus. Feel free to contact Ron Block for more details. Details for Sanchez Campus Visit Coming Together Just a few finishing touches remain to finalize the late March visit to Rowan by filmmaker James Chase Sanchez, co-producer of the celebrated documentary “Man on Fire.” The events – sponsored by the College of Communication and Creative Arts and one or more other campus organizations – will start with a screening and discussion of the film on the evening of Thursday, March 28 from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. in Bozorth Hall’s King Auditorium, and will wrap up the following morning, Friday, March 29, with a workshop on “Critical Race Pedagogies” from 8:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. in Room 104 of Business Hall. “Man on Fire” has been featured in nearly a dozen international film festivals and tells the story of elderly white minister Charles Moore and his self-immolation to protest the extreme racism in his – and Sanchez’ – hometown of Grand Saline, Texas. (Click here to watch the “Man on Fire” trailer.) Sanchez is an assistant professor of writing at Vermont’s Middlebury College; he received his Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Composition from Texas Christian University and both his M.A. in English and B.A. in English from the University of Texas at Tyler. Nine Speakers, One Full Day of Experiential Storytelling There’s a bounty of professional development riches on campus the last week of March as the Experiential Storytelling Conference 2019 takes over the Rowan Art Gallery from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Friday, March 29. Nine speakers from academia, the arts, the media, and the financial world will share their stories of conquering challenges, bridging boundaries, and conceiving groundbreaking concepts and ideas. Sponsored by the College of Communication and Creative Arts – the storytellers of Rowan University – the conference features such varied presenters as Jane Golden, Executive Director of the City of Philadelphia’s Mural Arts Program; Ellen Lupton, Curator of Contemporary Design at New York City’s Cooper Hewitt/Smithsonian Design Museum; and, representing Rowan, our President Ali Houshmand, Dean Ken Lacovara, and alumni/philanthropists Ric and Jean Edelman. Click here to learn more about and to RSVP for this one-of-a-kind event. Learn Resume Writing from Three Knowledgeable Pros Three of our Writing Arts faculty colleagues – Grace Fillenwarth, Amy Reed, and Jen Tole – will hold a resume writing workshop for students on Wednesday, March 6, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. in Room 200 of The Vic. We all know the importance to our students of a professional-looking, information-packed, attention-grabbing resume; it can mean the difference between making it through that initial vetting filter and getting to that final set of interviews. Grace, Amy, and Jen will be sharing their experience in business, professional, and technical writing – and in resume crafting – with students looking for that career-building edge. Please have your students contact Grace for more details on this valuable seminar. Spring Is Coming; So Is the Spring ’19 Glassworks Issue Local authors and writing instructors Jeffrey Markovitz and Joe Costal will be reading at the launch event for the Spring 2019/Issue 18 of Glassworks on Thursday, March 7 at 6:30 p.m. in the Rowan Art Gallery. Costal, who teaches at Stockton University in Galloway Township and at Oakcrest High School in Hamilton Township (both in Atlantic County) will be reading from his fiction piece “Puncher, America and Fake-Ass Jordans” that appears in the new issue. Markovitz, Assistant Professor of English at the Community College of Philadelphia and director of CCP’s Creative Writing Certificate Program, will read from one of his current works; his fiction piece “Threads” was published inGlassworks Issue 10 in Fall 2015. The launch event also will feature readings from the new issue by the spring semester interns of Glassworks, the literary journal published by our Master of Arts in Writing program. Beverages and light snacks will be available. Contact Managing Editor Anthony Palma for more details. Needed: Feedback on Some Upcoming Social Events As we round the quarter-pole of the spring semester, plans are being formulated for several Rowan Writing Arts activities, and Events Update is looking for some feedback to help ensure we are working on what you want. Current thoughts include a March Quizzo Night at P.J. Whelihan’s in Westmont (remember, we were in a three-way tie for first after regulation at our initial Quizzo last summer; we finished second after a bonus question); an April escape room night on Rowan Boulevard; and a May end-of-the-school-year celebration at The Landmark, or Chickie’s and Pete’s, or . . . any suggestions? As it’s just 79 days to CCCA graduation, our thoughts for the summer are another Rowan Writing Arts Night at the Phillies and, possibly, a Writing Arts (or CCCA-wide) golf outing. Please send me your thoughts on any of these ideas or some other suggestions. Thank you! Finally, . . . Please join Events Update in sending congratulations and best wishes to our new Writing Arts Department chair Drew Kopp. With his experience as our Coordinator of Undergraduate Programs, his work with the Writing Arts interns, and his numerous other academic service and professional development projects, we know Drew will provide our majors and all of Rowan’s writing students with varied growth opportunities and myriad career choices. This is, of course, a transition from one excellent chair to another as we want to add our thank you to our current chair Jenn Courtney. Your guidance and leadership, Jenn, during this period of growth for Writing Arts – tenure-track and Lecturer hires, the TEP program, and all the new minors, CUGS, and COGS – have perfectly positioned us to continue our role as one of Rowan’s leading academic departments. Do you have a new publication, a reading, or any other event of interest coming up? Please let me know so I can let all our colleagues know in the weekly Rowan Writing Arts Events Update newsletter. Stop by my Victoria 521 office or email me at royek@rowan.edu to give me the 4-1-1. Stephen A. Royek Lecturer, Writing Arts Rowan University Chair, Faculty Senate Awards Committee Victoria Hall, Room 521 Phone: 856-906-4755 Email: royek@rowan.edu Pack A Sandwich, The FYW Brown Bag Series Is Back
Soup, celery sticks, and yogurt also are acceptable choices for the initial First Year Writing Professional Development Brown Bag series of the Spring 2019 semester. The term’s first topic will be “Reading and Responding to Student Writing: Theories and Methods” and there will be two discussion groups this week: Wednesday the 13that 2 p.m. and Friday the 15th at 11 a.m., both in the 4th Floor Conference Room (422). The three readings being analyzed – from Lil Brannon and C.H. Knoblauch, John Bean, and Anthony Eddington – are available on Google Drive. The discussions will center on how to give students greater power over their words and help them foster productive revision skills. Colleagues are encouraged to attend even if they have not finished digesting all three readings. Contact Ted Howell with any questions or for more information. CUGS In Sustainability Communications to Launch This Fall The Certificate of Undergraduate Studies (CUGS) Writing for the Environment – shared by the Department of Writing Arts and the Department of Geography, Planning, and Sustainability – will be on the Rowan University course selection list for the 2019-2020 academic year. This new CUGS was jointly created by our own Ted Howell, Faculty Fellow for Cultivating the Environmental Humanities, and Kenneth Lacovara, Founding Dean of the School of Earth and Environment. The program, Ted said, “offers to students the opportunity to combine knowledge about and advocacy for environmental issues with the reading, writing, and communication skills necessary for success in a variety of academic fields and professional careers.” To receive a Writing for the Environment certificate, students will take two Geography, Planning, and Sustainability courses (“Human Nature: Introduction to Environmental & Sustainability Studies, Environmental Advocacy) and two of three Writing Arts courses (Intro to Technical Writing, Scientific Writing and Rhetoric, Writing for Nonprofits). Ted will gladly provide any additional details you might like about this exciting new program. Some Upcoming Events for Your Writing Arts Calendar n With the change of seasons next month comes the launch of the Spring 2019 (Issue 18) of Glassworks, the literary journal published twice a year by the Master of Arts in Writing program. Plan to spend a few hours on the evening of Thursday, March 7, starting at 6:30 p.m., to hear readings from the issue presented by some of the featured authors and by Glassworks student editors. Events Update will have more information as the date draws closer. Glassworks Managing Editor Anthony Palma also can answer any questions you might have. n On the following Tuesday, March 12, the initial College of Communication and Creative Arts Career Expo and Student Showcase will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Chamberlain Student Center Eynon Ballroom. Not to be confused with the Saturday, May 4 CCCA Student Awards and Showcase, the Career Expo and Showcase will feature local, regional, and national employers offering jobs and internships. Student projects also will be on display. Contact Laura Kincaid for more information. n Details are being finalized for the two-day campus event – Thursday, March 28 and Friday, March 29 – featuring James Chase Sanchez, co-producer of the powerful documentary “Man on Fire.” The film – featured in nine international festivals – looks at small-town racism and the ultimate sacrifice one man made to bring this horrific issue to light. A screening of “Man on Fire,” a workshop, and other activities are planned; stay tuned for more details. Dean’s Fellow to Teach at Camden Community Workshop Our Writing Arts Dean’s Fellow Jade Jones will be teaching a one-day class on “Crafting Empathetic Characters” on Saturday, March 2, at the Cooper Street Workshop in Camden from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jade, who did her undergraduate work at Princeton University and received her Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Iowa Writer’s Workshop, will be focusing on how, as she describes in her course description, characters “introduce the reader to the worlds we’ve built and can set the tone, direction, and momentum of a novel or short story.” Click here to learn more and to register to attend, or email Jade with any specific questions. Finally, . . . A big Events Update thumbs up and congratulations to colleagues Amy Reed and Ron Block who have earned sabbatical releases starting in the Fall 2019 semester. Amy will be out for the full academic year while Ron returns for the Spring 2020 term. Nice work, Amy and Ron! Do you have a new publication, a reading, or any other event of interest coming up? Please let me know so I can let all our colleagues know in the weekly Rowan Writing Arts Events Update newsletter. Stop by my Victoria 521 office or email me at royek@rowan.edu to give me the 4-1-1. Access Events Update online by clicking here. Stephen A. Royek Lecturer, Writing Arts Rowan University Chair, Faculty Senate Awards Committee Victoria Hall, Room 521 Phone: 856-906-4755 Email: royek@rowan.edu Welcome Back to Campus! Now, Log in to Your Calendar
Wow! It’s 2019. We’re almost through two decades of the 21st century. Pretty incredible! Of course, a new year – and a new semester – brings a new list of events, so open your Day-Timer and start making notes:
You Want Writers? Writing Arts Has Writers for You! Expanding the already glowing reputation of Rowan Writing Arts as a department that publishes as well as instructs, three of our colleagues have new books on the shelves, and – of course – also available online. Here’s our latest list of achievements:
Print Center Almost Back in The Pink . . . Uh, The ‘Ink’ The Rowan University Print Center in Memorial Hall is working its way back to full operation after a major HVAC malfunction flooded much of the facility near the end of winter break. Center administrators are asking that faculty send in projects as early as possible, keeping in mind the facility is closed over the weekend, meaning jobs submitted late in the week will not be ready on Monday morning. Despite these problems, customers are being asked to order projects through the online system and the Center will work on them in house or transparently farm them out to a partner vendor for its standard rates. Also, the facility’s wide-format printers were not damaged, so banners, posters, and other oversize work is being processed as usual. You can call the Center at 856-256-4623 with any questions. Wednesdays We’ve Got Quizzo On Our Minds It’s time to flex our trivia muscles again as we’re looking to schedule another session of Wednesday Night Quizzo at P.J. Whelihan’s in Westmont. Following our oh-so-close second-place finish last fall (after a three-way tie in regulation), we want to put our collective and extensive faculty knowledge on display once again. Let me know if you’re interested to join in on a Wednesday night in mid- to late-February or early March – once the semester is smoothly underway – and we’ll pick an exact date for the competition. Also, on the heels of last summer’s well-attended Phillies game, we’re looking to schedule another Rowan Writing Arts Night at Citizens Bank Park. Let me know if you and any family members or friends are interested. Once again, welcome back to campus and have a great semester! Do you have a new publication, a reading, or any other event of interest coming up? Please let me know so I can let all our colleagues know in the weeklyRowan Writing Arts Events Update newsletter. Stop by my Victoria 521 office or email me at royek@rowan.edu to give me the 4-1-1. Access Events Update online by clicking here. Stephen A. Royek Lecturer, Writing Arts Rowan University Chair, Faculty Senate Awards Committee Victoria Hall, Room 521 Phone: 856-906-4755 Email: royek@rowan.edu Company Location: Los Angeles, CA
Position: 3 Part-time, Unpaid Timeframe: 10/08/18 — 02/04/19 Description Women in Technology International (WITI) is an online networking company for women (and men) in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. We deal with all levels of professional careers. The company was founded in 1989 and was created through email correspondence. Over the past 27 years, WITI has developed alongside internet technology. WITI is currently in a restructuring phase, and the editorial team needs help with editing, writing, stylizing, archiving, and organizing. The internship is not just a publishing internship; we have several facets to our editorial team, including content, social media, and multimedia. Interns will learn HTML and editing skills. They will have an opportunity to network with executives from professional and established companies, such as IBM or VISA (plus many others). We have opportunities for publication on our website and through our newsletter (which pulls roughly 50,000+ readers). Our interns will gain a professional work experience. The skills will effectively complement a resume and will help build confidence in a positive work environment. ResponsibilitiesInterns will be given (at least) three projects to complete within a four-month timeframe. Most projects change from internship to internship due to the progress we make with our previous interns and our current employees. Project sizes and the number of projects will be based on your desire to learn new skills and the availability to work with your schedule. We are looking for interns who can organize and write, and who are detail-oriented. Editing and writing will be a part of the internship, but technology is also part of the internship, if only for HTML. An interest in technology is not needed for this internship. Intern must be able to work independently and have determination for completing the projects given to them. We are looking for someone who has an interest in writing and editing. Technology skills are not required, but helpful. We will be able to teach HTML, editing, and our organizational skills. A desire to learn on the job and take criticism is essential. Any level of college student can apply, as long as they have a GPA of 3.0 or higher. For the purpose of mandatory weekly phone calls, English language skills are a must. Contact: Drew Kopp kopp@rowan.edu The Albion Review is a national literary journal published by Albion College in Albion, Michigan. They only accept undergraduate submissions. Submit your work to albionreview.submittable.com for consideration to be published in our 2019 edition as well as consideration for the $200 prize for best art, fiction, creative non-fiction, and poetry submissions. They are strongly encouraging fiction and art submissions at this time. Email review@albion.edu with any questions.
Deadline: November 10, 2018 Follow the Albion Review on Facebook and Twitter @AlbionReview November Department Meeting Set For Next Wednesday
Our next Writing Arts Department meeting will be held Wednesday, November 14, from 3:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. in Room 200 here at The Vic. Jenn Courtney will circulate an agenda and other pertinent information several days ahead of time. . . . One activity that definitely will be discussed is our continuing drive to collect donations for The S.H.O.P., the Rowan University food pantry. On-campus studies have shown that nearly a third of our students go hungry more days than not and The S.H.O.P. (Students Helping Other Profs) is working to improve this situation. Writing Arts is the only Rowan University academic department publically committed to supporting the food bank. We have our own dedicated “S.H.O.P.-ping Cart” on the fourth floor and it’s already been filled and replaced once this year. Our goal is to need a new, empty cart after we fill our current one at next week’s department meeting. . . . Here’s a tip: One way you can continually support The S.H.O.P. is to look for sale items either online or in your supermarket’s advertising flyer while making your weekly shopping list. For example, a student favorite is on sale this week for a tremendous price at your local ShopRite: Six-packs of Nissin Top Ramen Noodle Soup – in beef, chicken, or shrimp flavors – are just 88 cents each (regular price $1.39) when you buy six. With two servings in each packet, this purchase provides 72 student meals for just $5.28. Writing Arts Stays Visible And Vocal On The Literary Reading Circuit Support your Rowan Writing Arts colleagues and students by attending a pair of community readings in the next two weeks: The first is Tuesday, November 13 as Lecturer and Glassworks’ editor-in-chief Katie Budris takes part in the monthly Mad Poets Society reading at Barnaby’s restaurant and tavern in West Chester, PA. The reading starts at 7 p.m. and Barnaby’s is at 15 South High Street (ZIP 19382). Contact Mad Poets event coordinator Brooke Palma for more information. . . . Our literary light will again shine bright just six days later as Writing Arts students Kaitlyn Gaffney and Devon James will be featured at the “New Voices: Philadelphia’s Emerging Poets” reading on Monday, November 19. The event – reserved for poets under 25 years of age and sponsored by theMoonstone Arts Center – will start at 6 p.m. at the South Philadelphia branch of the Free Library, 1700 South Broad Street (ZIP 19145). Contact Writing Arts colleague Anthony Palma for more information. All The World’s A Stage . . . For Our Writing Center Experts Four representatives of our department shared their knowledge of writing and tutoring with the world last month at the International Writing Centers Association (IWCA) annual conference in Atlanta. The quality quartet of graduate student Donna Mehalchick-Opal, Rowan Writing Center director Celeste Del Russo, Writing Arts Lecturer Marie Flocco, and graduate student Dan DeLuise (from left to right in the photo) presented on the topic “All Writing, All Bodies, All Voices: Mapping a Center’s Journey from Vision to Practice.” For more information on the panel, contact Celeste. In its mission statement, the IWCA says it supports writing center directors, tutors, and staff with meetings, publications, and other professional activities; offers scholarships connected to writing center-related fields; and provides an international forum for writing center concerns. FYI, for your professional development calendars, the 2019 edition of the annual IWCA conference will be held from Thursday, October 17 to Saturday, October 19 in Columbus, OH. One Singularity Sensation: Seeking Funds For A Rowan-Based Press Singularity Press – a publishing house for young adult books and related multi-media projects that’s being developed by the Writing Arts Department – is seeking funds for its nascent publicity and marketing efforts. Assistant Professor Megan Atwood received a Rowan University SEED grant earlier this year to hire five students to help launch the entity; the students’ main objective is to advertise the business and make it more attractive for potential grantees or donors. Once fully funded and operational, Singularity Press will offer hands-on publishing experience for students with the long-term goal of turning profits from the company into scholarships for marginalized students in the field. Please click here to learn more about how you can help get this valuable program up and running, and feel free to contact Megan for additional information. Do you have a new publication, a reading, or any other event of interest coming up? Please let me know so I can let all our colleagues know in the weeklyRowan Writing Arts Events Update newsletter. Stop by my Victoria 521 office or email me at royek@rowan.edu to give me the 4-1-1. Access Events Update online by clicking here. Stephen A. Royek, M.A. Lecturer, Writing Arts Rowan University 2015 Rowan Medallion Award winner Phone: 856-906-4755 Victoria Hall, Room 521 Email: royek@rowan.edu Applications are now open for the program, which runs from May 29th to August 8th. Due January 23rd, 2019 at midnight!
This program provides the chance to work as part of a transdisciplinary Green Team addressing sustainability problems posed by a corporation, local business or government agency. All majors are desired, many skills are needed. As part of this team, you could do some or all of the following: • Learn first-hand how businesses function • Become experienced in developing projects and creating deliverables • Understand and envision how sustainability intersects with your career trajectory • Establish a network for future internship and employment opportunities • Interact with local community members • Gain experience in applied science • Improve your communication and team-working skills • Create surveys and marketing documents to gauge and improve how companies interact with their employees • Develop professional reports and presentations • Assess environmental impacts • Obtain eligibility for Leadership Certification For more information about PSEG ISS and examples from the 2016, 2017, and 2018 Green Teams, visit their site. Please be advised that the application requires three references and must be completed in one session. For questions, please contact Dann Truitt at psegiss@montclair.edu or 973-655-3720. College Assembled: Today, Monday, October 22, 3:30 p.m., King Auditorium, Bozorth Hall: Dean Sandy Tweedie will provide updates on what’s going on and what’s coming up for the College of Communication and Creative Arts.
Glassworks Fall 2018 Issue Introduction: Thursday, October 25, 6:30 p.m., Rowan Art Gallery, 301 High Street West: Local authors Elizabeth Sunflower and John Wojtowicz – both of whom have their work featured in the just-published issue – will be reading from their submissions; students from the Editing the Literary Journal class will be presenting excerpts from the new issue as well. Rowan Teaching Connection Fall Conference: Friday, October 26, 9 a.m., Room 201-208, Business Hall. Offered in conjunction with the Faculty Center, the conference theme this semester is “Inclusive Pedagogy: Reaching Diverse Learners” and our own Nicole Cesare and Jade Jones will be presenting on the topic “Decolonize Your Syllabus” at 9:50 a.m. in Room 201. Do you have a new publication, a reading, or any other event of interest coming up? Please let me know so I can let all our colleagues know in the weeklyRowan Writing Arts Events Update newsletter. Stop by my Victoria 521 office or email me at royek@rowan.edu to give me the 4-1-1. Stephen A. Royek, M.A. Lecturer, Writing Arts Rowan University 2015 Rowan Medallion Award winner Phone: 856-906-4755 Victoria Hall, Room 521 Email: royek@rowan.edu Rep. Norcross, Three State Lawmakers to Speak at ACE Conference
U.S. Rep. Donald Norcross (D-NJ 1st, Gloucester-Camden-Burlington) will be the keynote speaker next Tuesday, October 23 at the Fall Conference of the American Conference of Education (ACE) Women's Network of Rowan University. The session, which will include lunch, will run from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Eynon Ballroom of the Chamberlain Student Center. A long-time friend and supporter of Rowan, Rep. Norcross played a major role earlier this year in securing a $1.4 million research grant that’s being shared by our university and Rutgers-Camden. In addition to our local Congress member, the ACE conference will feature a panel of three state Assembly members discussing important issues in our region affecting women, families, and education. They are: Gabriela Mosquera (D-4th, Gloucester-Camden), Patricia Jones (D-5th, Gloucester-Camden), and Carol Murphy (D-7th Burlington). Admission is $15 per person and the College of Communication and Creative Arts has set aside limited funding for students to attend. Contact Jenn Courtneyfor more information. Note that the university is hoping for a large turnout so please check your calendars and, if possible, make an effort to attend this pre-Election Day event. Get Ready! Duo Security Is Coming to a Device near You You’ve most likely heard of Duo Two-Factor Authentication, the new digital security program being rolled out by Rowan’s Information, Resources, and Technology (IRT) office. It’s voluntary for now, but enrollment will be mandatory for all faculty, staff, and students in the coming months. Duo, a password verification protocol from Cisco Systems, adds a second step to the regular login process for desktops, laptops, tablets, and other devices. As the software’s marketing material says, “strong passwords are essential, but they aren't enough to protect your account. The second layer of security provided by two-factor authentication prevents unauthorized users from accessing your account, even if they know your password.” Once you are enrolled, you will sign on as usual with your Rowan Network user name and password and you then would have to verify that you are you. You do this by entering a separate code, unique for each individual login, you receive from a text message, phone call, or a hardware token. If you’d like to be a “early adaptor,” you can enroll right now by clicking here; for more information, including detailed instructions on how to enroll and use Duo, click here. (Here’s a tip: Be sure to see if your devices qualify for the 14-day pass that allows you to skip password verification for two weeks!) Don’t Miss Homecoming (Saturday) and College Assembled (Monday) There’s always something happening here in the 08028, but this is an especially busy time with week-long Homecoming festivities wrapping up and our Fall 2018 College Assembled session taking place on Monday afternoon. . . . This year’s Homecoming theme is “Rowan Goes Hollywood” and the big day is Saturday, October 20 with the College Row assemblage of booths from more than a dozen of Rowan’s top programs, schools, and colleges taking place at the Bowe Boulevard/Carpenter Street corner of campus, behind Richard Wacker Stadium. As usual, the College of Communication and Creative Arts will have some excellent swag available as well as a green screen photo booth where you can live out your dream of being a star – albeit in two dimensions. Rowan Radio 89.7 WGLS-FM will once again broadcast live from the CCCA tent and will be exchanging prizes for correct answers to trivia questions. . . . College Assembled follows just two days later, on at 3:30 p.m. on Monday, October 22, in Bozorth Hall’s King Auditorium. Dean Sandy Tweedie will bring us up to date on all that’s new and exciting in the CCCA. Stay connected and involved and don’t miss this informative biannual event. October’s S.H.O.P. Food Drive Just Days Away While we’re always accepting donations for The S.H.O.P. as part of the Writing Arts Department’s sponsorship of Rowan’s student food bank, we’re about a week away from our October department meeting. That means an empty shopping cart will be sitting in Room 200 of Victoria Hall on Wednesday, October 24 waiting to be filled with canned goods and non-perishable items for students in need. As you undoubtedly know, a recent study surprisingly and sadly showed that 48 percent of Rowan students suffer from food insecurity at some point each semester. This affliction is defined as not knowing where your next meal is coming from at least twice a week. Even more shocking, though, is that 31 percent deal with “very low” food insecurity, meaning they are hungry more days than not. We had our first department food drive in September and – earlier this week – student S.H.O.P. volunteers stopped by our offices here at The Vic to pick up a full cart and leave us another one for us to fill. This reminder, hopefully, catches you before your weekly shopping trip so you can throw a few more items in your cart that – next week – can go into our department cart. The S.H.O.P. is open to all students with a Rowan I.D. three days a week: Mondays from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to noon, and Fridays from noon to 3 p.m. (At left: Terri Tally, coordinator of The S.H.O.P. – Students Helping Other Profs – arranges cans on a shelf in the food bank at Room 141 in Building 5 of the Rowan Boulevard Apartments.) Beware, Take Care, Flying Pumpkins Are In the Air Halloween is almost here so it’s time for the annual Rowan University Pumpkin Chunkin’ competition – the 16th annual to be precise. The event--guaranteed to surprise, amaze, and entertain – is being held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, October 26 at the South Jersey Technology Park on the West Campus, just down Route 322, before the Route 55 interchange. The university’s student section chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) will host nearly two dozen teams from local high schools, colleges, and universities. The goal of the seven-member teams is to launch pumpkins across a field with the winners based on the longest, most accurate flight. Updated versions of medieval trebuchets, built by the teams over several months, are used to send the squash soaring skyward in this event that brings together prospective and current engineering students for fun and competition. There also will be a faculty/staff pumpkin-carving challenge, a costume contest, and food trucks. Click here to contact Rowan’s ASME chapter for more information. Do you have a new publication, a reading, or any other event of interest coming up? Please let me know so I can let all our colleagues know in the weekly Rowan Writing Arts Events Update newsletter. Stop by my Victoria 521 office or email me at royek@rowan.edu to give me the 4-1-1. Stephen A. Royek, M.A. Lecturer, Writing Arts Rowan University 2015 Rowan Medallion Award winner Phone: 856-906-4755 Victoria Hall, Room 521 Email: royek@rowan.edu |
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