Festivals
Center for Writing Excellence (CWE) Writing Assistants & Writing Fellows—tutor in the CWE or assist professors in writing-intensive courses. Writing assistants/fellows may tutor for course credit, service-learning hours, or as an on-campus job. Interim Coordinator of the CWE: Blake Westerlund (westerbr@uwec.edu). www.uwec.edu/Writing/index.htm
English Ambassadors—a select group of English majors/minors who promote the English Department at recruitment events (e.g., the Majors Fair), advise the Department Chair and the Director of Undergraduate Studies on matters of concern to students, and represent students on the English Department Curriculum Committee. Coordinator: Erica J. Benson (bensonej@uwec.edu)
English Festival—a student-organized week-long celebration of texts, including an international poetry reading, featured authors, panels, and presentations, on the UWEC campus in late spring. May fulfill service-learning requirement. 2012 Featured Author: Linda Hogan. Advisor: Cathy Rex (rexcj@uwec.edu). www.uwec.edu/engfest/index.html
Faculty-Student Research Collaboration—work with a professor on a research project. Recent projects in English have included writing a script, filming, and producing a feature-length film; researching and analyzing on-going sound changes (which resulted in a publication in the academic journal American Speech). If you are interested in a faculty-student research collaboration, talk with a professor in your area of interest or see Erica Benson, Director of Undergraduate Studies.
NOTA (None of the Above)—the creative writing and arts organization and publication comprised of student work, juried and presented by students. Advisor: Allyson Loomis (goldinaa@uwec.edu).
Progressive Film Festival—an annual festival in the spring semester with the broad aims of raising awareness and encouraging activist engagement within ongoing struggles for human emancipation, social justice, collective equality, ecological sustainability, and a peaceful world. Advisor: Bob Nowlan (ranowlan@uwec.edu). www.uwec.edu/ranowlan/ec_progressive_film_fest.html
Sigma Tau Delta—an international English honor society committed to fostering relationships between students and faculty and inspiring students to promote their love of literature and words to the greater campus and local community through service projects and activities. Advisors: Traci Thomas-Card (thomastl@uwec.edu) and Gloria Hochstein (hochstgj@uwec.edu). www.uwec.edu/sigtaude/AboutSigmaTauInternational.html
Student Mentors/Teaching Apprentices—mentor in a first-year experience course or another English course. If you particularly enjoyed a class and could see yourself mentoring students and assisting the instructor in future offerings, talk with the instructor to see if they are interested in having a mentor/teaching apprentice. May fulfill service learning requirement.
Writing Internships—a career-enhancing opportunity to practice your writing and research skills by working for community agencies or businesses in the Chippewa Valley. Writing internships fulfill service-learning requirement and some are paid. Internship Director: Ruth Cronje (cronjerj@uwec.edu). www.uwec.edu/English/internships/index.htm
