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Keynote speaker Barbara Walvoord makes a presentation at the New Vistas conference held in November 2012. View more photos from the conference.

Fourth International Writing and Critical Thinking Conference: New Vistas: WAC/WID Intersections in the 21st Century

Nov. 16-17, 2012
Quinnipiac University (Mount Carmel Campus)
Hosted by the College of Arts and Sciences

Keynote speaker
Barbara Walvoord, professor emerita
Notre Dame University
Walvoord has consulted or led workshops at more than 350 institutions of higher education throughout the U.S. on WAC, WID, assessment, teaching, and learning.

New Vistas Keynote Address: How to Assess and Improve Student Writing in Classrooms, Department, and Institutions. Barbara Walvoord, professor emerita, Notre Dame University (Flash)

New Vistas Keynote Address: How to Assess and Improve Student Writing in Classrooms, Department, and Institutions. Barbara Walvoord, professor emerita, Notre Dame University (PowerPoint slides)

Other presentations from the conference:

New Vistas Panel Presentation: Writing in Sociology: Faculty Discussions on Teaching Writing and Student Engagement. Lauren Sardi, assistant professor of sociology, and Suzanne Hudd, professor of sociology and QUWAC Co-director, Quinnipiac University (Flash)

New Vistas Panel Presentation: Writing in Sociology: Faculty Discussions on Teaching Writing and Student Engagement. Lauren Sardi, assistant professor of sociology; and Suzanne Hudd, professor of sociology and QUWAC Co-director, Quinnipiac University (Powerpoint slides)

New Vistas Panel Presentation: Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and WID: Two Cases from the Business School, Part 1. Robert L. Engle, professor of international business, Quinnipiac University (Flash)

Glenda Pritchett and Tracy Hallstead - Reading, The Bridge to Everywhere - Camtasia Relay (Flash)

Pritchett and Hallstead - Reading, The Bridge to Everywhere - PowerPoint Slides (PDF)

For more information about New Vistas, contact Paul Pasquaretta, director of the Quinnipiac University Research and Writing Institute, at 203-582-8509, or paul.pasquaretta@quinnipiac.edu.

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