Fall 2019 At-a-glance

Composition Program Fall 2019 Calendar of Events

July
15 Mon – Custom edition of Understanding Rhetoric available in Shanks 323

August
12-16 – August Workshop for second-year GTAs and new PhD students, Shanks 360, M-F, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
15 Thu – Composition Program Community Day (everyone invited), 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Shanks 370/380, Dr. Liz Losh, William & Mary, as guest presenter – details forthcoming
26 Mon – First day of classes for Fall 2019 semester

September
2 Mon – Labor day (no classes)
4 Wed – ENGL1105 and ENGL1106 syllabi and office hours due electronically to
composition@vt.edu.
9 Mon – Composition Committee mtg, 12:15-1:10 p.m., Shanks 316
*11 Wed – Teaching Talk, 12:15-1:10 p.m., Shanks 370/380
18 Wed – Title IX at Virginia Tech, presentation and Q&A by Kathryn Polidoro, Title IX Coordinator, 12:15-1:10 p.m., Shanks 370/380
21 Sat – Corridors: The Blue Ridge Writing and Rhetoric Conference in Shanks
More at http://corridors.hokieswrite.com/

October
4 Fri – Fall break (no classes)
14 Mon – Composition Committee mtg, 12:15-1:10 p.m., Shanks 316
*18 Fri – Dr. Kate Pantelides, Middle Tennessee State U., presentation (12:15-1:10) and workshop (2:30-4)

November
4 Mon – Composition Committee mtg, 12:15-1:10 p.m., Shanks 316
*8 Fri – Teaching Talk, 12:15-1:10 p.m., Shanks 370/380
13-16 – Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference at JMU
23-Dec. 1 – Thanksgiving holiday

December
11 Wed – Last day of Fall 2019 regular classes
12 Thu – Reading Day
13-19 – Exams
20 Fri – Graduation Commencement Ceremony and Senior Day

* Attendance required for all graduate teaching assistants actively teaching in the program.
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Spring 2019