THE 2014 UW-STEVENS POINT WRITERS WORKSHOP

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1 THE 2014 UW-STEVENS POINT WRITERS WORKSHOP Honoring high school junior and senior writers 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Thursday, December 4, 2014 Thanks to the Dean of the College of Letters & Science, Christopher Cirmo, for his sponsorship. 9:00 a.m. OPENING WELCOME - Theater, Dreyfus University Center (DUC) Welcome: Christopher Cirmo, Dean of the College of Letters & Science Discussion of opportunities in the English Department: Sarah Chamberlin, Sigma Tau Delta President Managing Director, Cornerstone Press: Sylvia Kies Announcements: Patricia Gott, Workshop Director LOCATIONS: Unless otherwise noted, all workshop sessions and presentations are located in the DUC. Maps of the DUC are available at the registration table. A large campus-wide map is also posted on the easel next to the registration table.

2 2 MORNING WRITING WORKSHOPS FOR STUDENTS 9:45 10:50 A.M. SPECULATIVE FICTION DUC 374 Elizabeth Felt --Matthew Boerst, DC Everest --Samantha Coates, Newman --Jack David, Newman --Madeline Gassner, Newman --Samantha Hoppe, Rhinelander --Jose Larrain, Newman --Ryan Loos, DC Everest --Joe A. Losinski, Newman --Morgan Mancl, Spencer --Audrey Miller, Xavier --Jocelyn Parker, Kickapoo --Nikki Shanahan, Kickapoo --Shea Tarnow, DC Everest -- Sierra White, SPASH THE FAMILIAR ESSAY DUC-376 Rebecca Lorenz-Schumacher --Sienna Borchardt, Pacelli --Shannon Columb, Southern Door --Brianna Gretzinger, Clintonville --Elise Jakusz, Pacelli --Madilyne Kane, DC Everest --Emma Kroening, Pacelli --Tyler Krueger, Southern Door --Tommy Miller, Clintonville -- Garrett Paider, Southern Door -- Cole Pinno, Clintonville -- Lily Samuels, Southern Door --Rebecca Thiry, Southern Door --Haley Young, DC Everest --Jarren Vanman, Clintonville

3 3 THE FORMAL ESSAY: Environmental Issues DUC 378 Larry Morgan --Reese Bakken, Pittsville --Rebecca Barkholz, Newman --Alexia Beecher, Shiocton --Justin Damask, Newman --Amy Deringer, DC Everest --Moria Enders, SPASH --Jenna Hamilton, Kickapoo --Cedric Neve, Pittsville --Tori Tiso, Badger For STUDENTS not scheduled for morning writing workshop session, HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY, PARENTS, and friends: 9:45-10:50 PERCUSSION WORKSHOP - DUC 235 Joan Wiese Johannes will demonstrate how percussion instruments can be used to create pleasing rhythms when writing and how to use music to accompany writing. After a short demonstration of how she combines poetry and her original music for the Native American flute, participants will get a chance to try out the different instruments and use them to enhance their own writing. Joan was a beloved Language Arts teacher at Lincoln High School in Wisconsin Rapids and has won The Chisholm Award for the exemplary teaching of English and a Kohl Fellowship. Lincoln High School Teacher of the Year for 2003 and Wisconsin Secondary Teacher of the Year in 1993, she has been publishing poetry for over twenty years and music for five. She was also awarded a silver medallion from Carlos Nakai for publishing Native American flute/vocal duets and has released a duet CD, Heyoalinda, and presented flute/poetry workshops for Wisconsin flute circles and for the Pacific NW Flute Gathering in Washington. OR 9:30-10:45: Observe a ballet class/nfac 130 Professor Pam Luedtke Professor Luedtke has generously offered to allow ten or so STUDENTS to sit in on her ballet class. If you would like to observe this class and interact with the dancers afterwards, please gather in the lobby and one of us will escort you to her class.

4 4 11:00 11:50 a.m. STUDENT LUNCH DUC Alumni Room Lunch will be provided for all invited students. 11:00-11:50 a.m. TEACHER LUNCH DUC Legacy Room Barbara Dixson will lead a discussion on best practices and assignments. FOR EVERYONE At 12:00 noon, we will meet in the DUC Theatre for a reading by Jeff Snowbarger, creative writing professor here at UWSP. Jeff s work has been featured in Tin House as their New Voice in Fiction, and Best American Short Stories 2010 declared his story Bitter Fruit one of the year s notable publications. Jeff is a graduate of the Iowa Writers Workshop where he received the Truman Capote Fellowship and served as a distinguished Post-Grad Teaching Fellow. Today Jeff will read from his work and discuss his creative process as well as take questions from the audience.. ADDITIONALLY: BOOK SALE - DUC Theater Copies of the UWSP Cornerstone Press current and past publications will be available for purchase, as will copies of Elizabeth Felt s children s book, The Stolen Golden Violin and her historical novel Syncopation: a Memoir of Adele Hugo, and Pat Dyjak s poetry chapbook.

5 5 AFTERNOON WRITING WORKSHOPS FOR STUDENTS 1:00-2:00 P.M. THE FAMILIAR ESSAY DUC 223 Gail Folkins --Ian Carpenter, Southern Door --Summer Dexheimer, Southern Door --Tristan Gardner, Pittsville --Mason Geary, Kickapoo --Seth Hammen, Little Chute --Shauntelle Huber, Southern Door --Annie Konz, Xavier --Alison Kubeny, Rhinelander --Haley Kumm, Pittsville --Rebecca Malcore, Southern Door --Jordan Michalske, Newman -- Kelsey Pavlik, Southern Door -- Samantha Shaw, Pittsville --Chris Shilbilski, Pacelli --Amanda Springob, Spencer

6 6 AFTERNOON WRITING WORKSHOPS FOR STUDENTS 1:00-2:00 P.M. POETRY DUC Patricia Dyjak --Alexia Becher, Shiocton --Mary Cops, Xavier --Michelle Hecimovich, Chequamegon --Madilyne Kane, DC Everest --Samantha Kopplin, Rhinelander --Cheyenne Laatsch, DC Everest --Kyler Oliva, Mosinee --Patricia O Neill, Newman --Matthew Rasmussen, Lincoln -- Amanda Springob, Spencer --Teagan Tretter DC Everest --Raven Trotter, Lincoln FICTION/Short Story DUC 211 Jeff Snowbarger -- Hadleigh Baumann, Newman --Cammi Hanish, Chequamegon --Payton Bayer, Chequamegon --Cheyenne Larson, Kickapoo --Gabrielle Boss, Albany --Ryan Loos, DC Everest --Mary Cops, Xavier --Daria McGucken, Newman --Brooke Cyboran, Nekoosa --Maddi Nieuwenhuis, Newman --Moira Enders, SPASH --Hannah Sedgwick, Kickapoo --Devon Evensen, Chequamegon --Mackenzie Winter, Newman

7 7 FOR FACULTY: During the afternoon session, David Roloff will meet with interested high school faculty in room 376 to discuss a topic of interest to teachers. David is an Assistant Professor of English at UW-Stevens Point where he teaches Methods of Teaching Composition for future 9-12 English educators and Methods of Teaching Reading and Composition for future 6-8 English teachers; he ll also be supervising many of our English student teachers this spring. Prior to his stint at UWSP, David taught high school English for nine years in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. NOTES:

8 8 FOR EVERYONE 2:10 p.m. CLOSING AWARDS CEREMONY: DUC Theater Announcement of Awards by the Workshop Faculty Presentation of Scholarships by Dean of the College of Letters & Science, Christopher Cirmo We would like to express our thanks to the following: Bernard Patterson, Chancellor, UWSP Christopher Cirmo, Dean of the College of Letters & Science Dona Warren, Assistant Dean of the College of Letters & Science Todd Good, Associate Dean of Students, College of Letters & Science Michael Williams, Chair of the English Department Barbara Dixson, former Director of the Writers Workshop Isabelle Stelmahoske, Founder of, and Advisor to, the Writers Workshop Kelly Thompson, English Department Program Assistant Kim Siclovan, English Department Program Assistant Doug Moore, UWSP Photographer Jake Anderson High School Writers Workshop Student Assistant The English Department s Student Volunteers Bill Jordan, Assistant Director of Admissions THANK YOU to all of our Writers Workshop readers, faculty, and presenters! Thank you for your participation and HAPPY WRITING!