Symposium updates

As we make preparations for the Writing Research Without Walls symposium next week, we wanted to share a few concrete details with everyone.

• Travel: The closest parking garage is the Grant Street Parking Garage on Grant Street (just north of State Street). For more travel information, see Purdue’s Visitor Information.
• Location: All sessions will be held in the Stewart Center, Room 214, immediately east of the Purdue Memorial Union and a five minute walk from the Grant Street Garage.
• Check in: You can check in and pick up your name tag outside Stewart 214 during breakfast. If you arrive later in the day, find a Crow team member.
• Registration: If you have not yet registered, ask a Crow team member for help when you arrive.
• Symposium Model: We do not have tracks of concurrent sessions. All attendees will have the opportunity to hear every presentation.
• Program: We have posted the symposium program. If you see any errors, please accept our apologies and let us know so we can correct them.
• Breakfast & Lunch: We provide a catered continental breakfast (8:00 -9:00 am) and box lunches (11:45 am – 12:15 pm) for all registrants. Dietary restrictions mentioned in your registration form have been taken into consideration.
• Breaks: There will be short breaks between panels in addition to a half-an-hour catered coffee break at 2:30 pm.
• Social Events: Dinner each night is on your own, but we will announce evening socials for presenters and attendees interested in mingling and further conversation.
• Network access: All registrants will have access to Purdue’s wireless network.
• Featured Sessions: Plenary talks are from 12:15 – 1:15 pm, and the Crow beta release is a one-hour interactive workshop (4:45 – 5:45 pm). Full abstracts for the plenary addresses are in the symposium program.
  • Susan Conrad Plenary (Friday Oct. 5): “Improving Writing Instruction in Engineering through Interdisciplinary Collaboration”
  • Crow beta release workshop (Friday Oct. 5): A workshop with the beta release of our web-based archive for research and professional development in writing studies
  • Shondel Nero Plenary (Saturday Oct. 6): “Engaging Vernacular Englishes through Literature in the Writing Classroom: Paradoxes, Pedagogy, Possibilities”
• Tweeting: If you’ll be tweeting during the conference, please use the hash tag #wrww18.

Please contact us if you have questions. We look forward to seeing you soon.