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Menu	The 1999 WPA Summer Workshop and Conference Purdue University The 1999 Council of Writing Program Administrators Annual Summer Workshop and Conference will be held at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. The Workshop, an intensive four-day experience for new and re-newing WPA's co-led by Doug Hesse and Martha Townsend, will begin with a reception Sunday evening, July 11, and with formal sessions Monday morning, July 12; it will end on Thursday afternoon, July 15. More information is available at the 1999 Summer Workshop page. Or contact Doug Hesse: ddhesse@ilstu.edu. The Conference will open on Thursday evening, July 15, and conclude at noon on Sunday, July 18. Conference Program Registration and Housing Theme: The Interests of the WPA Whose interests door shouldwriting programs serve? What areor should bethe interests (even self-interests) of those involved in writing program administration? What should be the interests of the Council of Writing Program Administrators? I invite us to consider intricate relations among these questions. Students, writing teachers, other faculty and administrators, employers, and various publics obviously have stakes in how writing is institutionalized and taught. Their interests intersect variously with those of writing programs and administrators as they become ever more professionalized. I especially welcome, then, proposals in four broad areas: How might WPA's address situations in which interests compete? For example, how might WPA's respond to directives about the nature of courses or programs, enrollments or requirements, or budgets? How should writing programs be situated within departments, institutions, the academic landscape, the larger culture? What administrative and/or personal strategies foster a healthy balance between the administrative work we do and the other facets of our lives? I welcome narrative as well as analytic presentations, cautionary tales as well as triumphs. What problems or initiatives should WPA pursue? What positions should the Council should take, research should the Council sponsor, or practices should the Council adopt? I also strongly encourage proposals that concern any aspect of writing program administration, for example, reports on assessments of writing programs or features within them, including "local" studies discussions of effective practices in program design, faculty development, technology, working conditions, and so on. analyses of developments within and beyond academia that will affect writing programs. The topic areas above are merely suggested. Please feel free to discuss ideas with me. To submit a proposal for a fifteen-minute paper, send four copies of a one-page description. To submit a proposal for a panel session of three or four speakers, send four copies of a one-paragraph description of the entire panel, as well as four copies of individual presenter's one-page descriptions. With all submissions, please include all relevant names, addresses, phone numbers (home and work), fax numbers, and e-mail addresses. Also indicate if you will serve as a discussion leader in addition to presenting. Address inquiries to: (309) 438-3641 or ddhesse@ilstu.edu Send hard copy of all materials by regular mail to: Doug Hesse, 1999 WPA Program Chair 4240 Department of English Illinois State University Normal, IL 61790-4240 Proposal Postmark Deadline: 20 March 1999 Invitations will be issued by 20 April 1999 Local Arrangements Purdue is one hour north of Indianapolis and about two and a half hours south of Chicago. Accommodations will be available at the Purdue Memorial Union Club Hotel and at Young Graduate House. Additional information, including costs and registration materials will be available in early 1999. Contact Irwin Weiser (iweiser@purdue.edu) or Shirley Rose (roses@purdue.edu) with questions about local arrangements. Those who choose to fly to the workshop and conference have at least three options: 1. The Indianapolis International Airport is less than an hour's drive from West Lafayette. The Lafayette Limo has regular runs from the airport to the Purdue Memorial Union Club and back; you must make reservations. 2. Chicago's O'Hare Airport is about 2 1/2 hours' drive from West Lafayette. There is no regular shuttle service from O'Hare to West Lafayette. 3. The Purdue Airport in West Lafayette is served by Northwest Airlink, connecting to Northwest Airlines in Detroit, and by United Express, connecting to United Airlines in Chicago. Both regional carriers have several flights daily, and each can be seamlessly ticketed through the major airline it serves. The Purdue Airport has free shuttle service to the Union Club hotel. The Purdue Memorial Union Club is a large, full-service hotel right on campus adjacent to Stewart Center, the building where the workshop and conference sessions will be held. Rooms at one of the graduate residence halls will also be available. The Graduate Houses are just across the street from the Stewart Center. If you have any questions about local arrangements for the conference, contact Irwin Weiser or Shirley Rose, Local Arrangements Co-Chairs. Irwin Weiser <iweiser@omni.cc.purdue.edu> Shirley Rose <roses@purdue.edu> English Department 1356 Heavilon Hall English Department\Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907-1356 Updated 6/1/99 by Doug Hesse, ddhesse@ilstu.edu. Copyright 1998 WPA. All rights reserved.
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