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Department of Composition & Literary Studies
Dr. Wendy Elle: wendy.elle@austincc.edu
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Guess what? SPRING BREAK IS MOMENTS AWAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY! Take some time to rest and recover. Enjoy your well-deserved time off! The newsletter will also be on Spring Break, sipping a margarita somewhere up in the clouds.
Before you go, please see the notices below, especially the recordings of the awesome CCC and a new opportunity to share your thoughts about the most recent Town Halls. If you read far enough, you'll see there is even an opportunity to get your Great Questions Community Seminar event at the end of the week with free tacos. Mmmmm. Tacos.
And with that Season 1 of the CLS Newsletter has reached its halfway point. We wouldn't be here without Anja Ketcham--massive gratitude for the work she's done!
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Deadlines!
Deadlines!
March 19
CLS Public Comment Session 6:30pm-7:30pm
March 20
Major Day at HLC from 10am-2pm
March 27
Data Summit (Full-time faculty required; adjunct faculty and staff encouraged)
March 29
Nominate students for the Chancellor's Student Achievement Award
April 5
Spring Assessment Meeting 10am-11:30am on Zoom
April 8
Solar Eclipse (plan for traffic in Austin and viewing ~1:30pm-1:45pm)
May 3
CLS End of Semester Department Meeting, 10 am-11:30 am at RGC and on Zoom
May 31
Vertical Alignment, Content Exchange
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CLS Announcements
CLS Announcements
CLS Public Comment Session, March 19
CLS Public Comment Session, March 19
Hey CLS, I (Wendy) have had a number of folks fielding questions and concerns from faculty about comments made at the Chancellor's Town Halls. I think it would be wise to have a meeting where CLS can share their concerns and questions--before the Data Summit. This meeting is for concerned faculty to speak up.The format that I think will work best is kind of like a School Board meeting. CLS Department Leads (Assistant Dept. Chairs, Dual Credit Liaisons, and I) will take notes, answer questions when we can, etc.
I do ask that speakers limit their prepared comments to 3 minutes. We are people who LOVE to talk, and in the interest of keeping this meeting to an hour, if you have a comment or question, please type it up and read it--practice a bit--so it's sharp and to the point. That way, we can have plenty of time for all to be heard. And, we can collect clear, concise, qualitative data and information, which will sincerely help us best share our thoughts with the administration.
The meeting will be Tuesday, March 19, 6:30-7:30pm.
Zoom Link: https://austincc.zoom.us/j/85205519683?pwd=UFBJSHdUdFZmbDg5NWwyTFRpTDBSQT09
If you cannot attend or don't get the opportunity to share, you can leave a short, sweet comment in the CLS Public Comment Form
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CLS Curriculum Conference Spring 2024 Zoom Links and Resources
CLS Curriculum Conference Spring 2024 Zoom Links and Resources
Did you miss the CCC Meeting? Want to relive the memories of last Friday? Check out the zoom links and resources below.
Topic: CLS Curriculum Conference Spring 2024 (Room 2208)
Panel on AI w/ Carla Coleman, Chris Berni, Susan Meigs, Dania Dwyer, & Molly Ledbetter
Panel on Grading w/ Chris Gardner, Lindsay Lawley Rerecich, & Colin Shanafelt
Workshop on Instructional Design w/ Katie McClendon
Passcode: SBJ2@$W9
Topic: CLS Curriculum Conference Spring 2024 (Room 2209)
Presentation on Critical Reading & Flash Fiction w/ David Rice
Panel on Engagement w/ Dylan Walsh, Anja Brand, & Megan Wallace [this session did not get recorded]
Presentation on Embedded Tutoriing w/ Brinda Roy, & Catherine Wadbrook
Passcode:#J2?fQ4^
For Resources, visit CLS Curriculum Conference (March 2024) That's In our CLS Curriculum Shared Drive.
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Spring Assessment Meeting (+Peer Dialogue!), April 5
Spring Assessment Meeting (+Peer Dialogue!), April 5
When: April 5, from 10-11:30am, via Zoom (link coming soon)
What: Spring Assessment-Focused Meeting
Agenda: Rebekah Starnes will report on this year's Assessment Report findings. After that, attendees will break into groups and contribute thoughts and observations to a shared Google doc. (This can count towards your peer dialogue!)
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Full-time Faculty Staffing Troubleshoot, March 6, 9 AM
Full-time Faculty Staffing Troubleshoot, March 6, 9 AM
Full-timers, If (and only If), you are wrestling with your Fall staffing schedule, pop on over to our Google Meet Troubleshoot on Wednesday, March 6th, 9 AM.
Sue Bloodsworth, Anja Ketcham, and Wendy Elle will be there to help resolve whatever the problem may be.
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Chancellor's Student Achievement Nominations, due March 29
Chancellor's Student Achievement Nominations, due March 29
We encourage you to join us in honoring our exceptional students by submitting nominations for the Chancellor's Student Achievement Award. All ACC community members, including faculty, staff, and students, can nominate deserving individuals. Students can even nominate themselves! Remember, the more nominations, the better!
Here's a rundown of eligibility requirements:
Minimum 3.5 cumulative GPA
Attended ACC for a minimum of two consecutive semesters
Graduating in the semester you are nominating/applying for this award
Must be in good standing with the college – this will be verified by the Office of Student Life
Here's the Nomination Form (Spring 2024)
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Faculty Resource, Google Form for Letters of Recommendation
Faculty Resource, Google Form for Letters of Recommendation
Ever wish you had a streamlined way to collect information from students who want letters of recommendation? Wish no more! Jenifer Hernandez has created a wonderful Google Form and shared it with the department!
You can check out Jenifer's Google Form, but please don't share that link with your students. That one is Jenifer's!
If you'd like to create your own Google Form, you can copy all the text from this document: Letter of Recommendation Request (text only)
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Revitalizing the Major team needs your help!
Revitalizing the Major team needs your help!
Promote the English Major in your classes!
Talk it up in your classes and share this pre-made message on Blackboard:
Are you enjoying your time in your INRW or English class this semester? Are you inspired by your professors and your growth? Consider becoming an English Major! Check out our English Major’s website—review the courses you’d take, join a community of like-minded readers and rebels, and geek out with us over banned books and all the cringe we can find. Join us, and get your Main Character Energy on!
Major Day - March 20, 2024
On Wednesday, Mar 20, 2024 The Student Affairs team will hold a student-facing event called Major Day, at which we’re going to represent the CLS crew and the English Major as part of our ongoing effort to Revitalize the English Major. Your RTM team would love your energy and support in this effort, which translates to “please come hang out and show students how cool we CLS people are!”
We’ll need table coverage for the event, which runs from 10-2 at the Highland Campus. Any time you can come spend with us will be both greatly appreciated and almost certainly a good time. Here’s a link to the calendar event so that you can let us know if you’re able to come spend some time with us: Major Day English Major Table
The RTM crew thanks you for your support! If you have questions, reach out to Eli Ryder.
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Please Promote: Norton Writer's Prize, Deadline June 15
Please Promote: Norton Writer's Prize, Deadline June 15
Encourage your students (age 18+) to submit their original non-fiction to Norton Writer's Prize. Here's a snippet from the call for submissions:
"Three cash prizes of $1,000 apiece will be awarded in 2024 for coursework submitted during the academic year, one in each of the following three categories:
• Writing by a first-year student in a 2- or 4-year college or university
• Writing by a student in a 2-year college or university
• Writing by a student in a 4-year college or university
Submissions must be between 1,000 and 3,000 words in length."
Check out the official Norton Writer's Prize Call for Submissions for more details
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Update: Solar Eclipse Glasses, Available Apr 1
Update: Solar Eclipse Glasses, Available Apr 1
The official word is that solar glasses 😎 will be available on ACC campuses beginning Monday, April 1.
ACC Students & Employees will be able to pick up their glasses at any ACC campus Student Life Office. You’ll need your ACC ID card to pick up your glasses. Limit three per person.
Community Members will be able to pick up their glasses at any ACC Campus Manager’s Office. Limit three per person.
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Vertical Alignment Content Swap, May 31
Vertical Alignment Content Swap, May 31
See flyer (below) for details. Use the QR code on the flyer or this link to complete the survey of interest. Contact Beth Frye if you have questions.
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College Announcements
College Announcements
Please Promote: Great Questions Community Seminar, March 8
Please Promote: Great Questions Community Seminar, March 8
Please share this opportunity with your students:
Join members of our community in asking the Great Questions of humankind through discussions of transformative texts. Community Seminars include opportunities for students, faculty, staff and community members to discuss Great Questions, guided by transformative texts that productively raise them. Community Seminars are interactive and fun. They begin with free tacos and hopefully end with greater wisdom.
On Friday, March 8 from 12pm -2:30pm, we will focus on Gloria Anzaldúa's, Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza. In the preface to the first edition of the book, Anzaldúa writes: “Borderlands are physically present whenever two or more cultures edge each other, where people of different races occupy the same territory, where under, lower, middle and upper classes touch, where the space between two individuals shrinks with intimacy."
It's sure to be an excellent conversation, and I hope you can be a part of it!
While all are welcome to attend, this RSVP form is required. We need to get an accurate headcount for food, as well as to put you in small discussion groups. You'll also need to complete the short reading assignment from the text before coming, which is available at the above link.
We will start with tacos at 12pm. At about 12:30pm we'll all gather in a large presentation hall at HLC to go over ground rules before splitting off into small groups for discussion. The evening will end with a debrief back in the presentation hall. This is an engaging event where you'll spend most of the time talking in small groups about Great Questions.
The exact location at HLC will be emailed to those who RSVP. We'll be in touch with those who RSVP!
Contact Ted Hadzi-Antich Jr. for more info!
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Energy and Sustainability Office
Energy and Sustainability Office
The ACC Energy and Sustainability Office is asking for participation in the following events:
Take the Sustainable Transportation Survey
Propose an Earth Week event and save the calendar (Earth Week is April 22-26)
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Call for Artifacts!
Call for Artifacts!
We need to tag artifacts in Blackboard for the yearly assessment of general education competencies. This year the focus is on Visual Communication, Social Responsibility, and Teamwork. If you are teaching a Core Curriculum course, please tag at least one relevant assignment from each of your courses. Here's written and video instructions for tagging assignments in Blackboard.
Ron Johns, Associate Dean of Assessment and Evaluation, put an emphasis on the Social Responsibility competency, and notes that "assignments for Social Responsibility should, at a minimum involve:
demonstrating a knowledge of different cultures and/or perspectives
analyzing or comparing commonalities and differences between these cultures or perspectives"
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Data Summit: Journey to the Summit, March 27
Data Summit: Journey to the Summit, March 27
ACC is hosting a Data Summit on March 27 from 10am-2pm at the HEB Center. (Campuses will be closed from 8am-4pm) Full-time faculty are required to attend. Adjunct faculty are encouraged to attend. See the flyer below.
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