10am-noon

The Centrality of Communication in Contemporary Curriculums

Workshop & Seminar – Ray Quiel, Eastern Michigan University

This workshop will address public speaking in an English classroom, co-curricular communication activities and classroom communication competencies.

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1pm- 4 pm

Using Interviews and Oral Narratives in the High School Classroom

Workshop& Seminar -- Dr. James M. Brandon, Hillsdale College.

Skills in conducting interviews are useful for a variety of professional fields, and the skills required in dealing with an oral narrative can be pedagogically useful in a plethora of subjects.  This is a short course in oral interpretation/performance studies, based partially on the first chapter of Gray and VanOosting's 1996 book PERFORMANCE IN LIFE AND LITERATURE, and partially on a continuing oral narrative project began by Dr. Ron Shields at Bowling Green State University in the early 1990s.  We will also be examining the works of Studs Terkel and Anna Devere-Smith, as well as some scholarship from TEXT AND PERFORMANCE QUARTERLY.  The class will consist of lectures and workshops focusing on conducting interviews, performing oral narratives derived from these interviews, transcribing interviews, ethics of oral narratives, and working with the performing voice.  This course should be valuable for instructors who teach speech, journalism, forensics, theatre, and literature.  Handouts, tape recorders, tapes, and readings will be provided by the instructor.

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First Breakout Sessions

4:30pm – 5:45pm

Agency of Change Across Disciplines: Improving the Human Condition Through Critical Thinking

This panel will explore how teachers can increase the level of critical thinking that goes on in their classrooms and the panel will also discuss how to build critical thinking skills across disciplines.

Chair: Donna Smith, Ferris State University (Communication)

George Nagel Ferris State University (Communication)

Mark Dekoster Ferris State University (Automotive Service Technology)

Kimberly Beistle, Ferris State University (Dental Hygiene)

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4:30pm – 5:45pm

MISL (Michigan Intercollegiate Speech League) Meeting

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6:00pm

Dinner with Special Guest Speaker- Don Ritzenhein

This buffet dinner is available to all who have registered and paid the additional $15 per person.

Dow Center

8:00pm-10:30pm

The Cherry Orchard

This event is open to all MASC members and is being sponsored by Hillsdale.

8:30am-9:00am

Coffee and a Light Continental Repast as we meet and mingle

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Second Breakout Sessions

9am-10:00am

Undergraduate Research & Support

Chair: Kirstin Kiledal, Hillsdale

Jennifer Marmo, Hillsdale

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9am-10:00am

Roundtable on the Merits of Regional Debate

Jeremy Christensen, Hillsdale

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9am-10:00am

Performance Panel - Faculty

Chair: David Lau, Oakland University

Aileen Sundstrom, Oakland University and Faculty Emeritus from

Henry Ford Community College

Beth Talbert, Oakland University

Charles Reinhardt, Eastern Michigan University

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Third Breakout Sessions

10:00am-11:15am

Performance Panel - Students

Chair: David Lau, Oakland University

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10:00am-11:15am

Intercultural Communication and Fulbright Opportunities

Chair: Janet McKenney, Macomb Community College

Dale Cottrill

Gus Schaffer

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10:00am-11:15am

"Public Argument in the Local and National Domain:

         Practice and Theory"
Chair: Kelly Young
Participants:
Kevin Kelch--WSU
Patricia Kemp--WSU
Tom Lietz--Eisenhower HS
Donald Peters--WSU

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Fourth Breakout Sessions

11:30am-12:30pm

Contemporary Developments in Political Communication
Chair: Ronald J. Stevenson
Participants:
Melissa Bowerman, Wayne State University
Neil Butt, Wayne State University
Donny Peters, Wayne State University
Ronald J. Stevenson, Wayne State University

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11:30am-12:30pm

G.I.F.T.S. (Great Ideas For Teaching Speech)

Chair: Tushar Oza, Oakland University

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12:45-2pm

Executive Council Meeting – all are invited

In conjunction with a lunch?

Please join us to help plan for the 2008 Conference.

We need a new 2^nd Vice President and we may need other officers too.

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