The Year 2009

Las Vegas

Las Vegas

I guess New Years has to be good for something.  I’m glad that I’ve been to the Strip so I can fathom how idiotic and cool these stunts are.

Read Full Post | January 01 2009 | Interesting Stuff |

Las Vegas

Fountains at the Bellagio

Fountains at the Bellagio

I had a great time in Las Vegas for the 2008 International Writing Centers Association and National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing joint conference.  A fellow Writing Associate and I presented a poster of some research we have done on diversity in Swarthmore’s Writing Center.  We went to a great workshop on anti-racist work in the writing center and heard a great keynote address by Nancy Grimm, a scholar whose work we drew on.  I also got to meet and hang out with some writing consultants from the Harvey Mudd Writing Center.  It was quite fun, and Halloween on the strip was grotesquely intriguing.

My first destination was the monorail station, of course

My first destination was the monorail station, of course

Lights

Lights and confusion

Our band of engineers was fascinated by the spiral escalators

Our band of engineers was fascinated by the spiral escalators

Pirate seductresses singing "let's go all the way"

Pirate seductresses singing "let's go all the way"

Read Full Post | November 02 2008 | The Swat Fit and Updates from Swarthmore |

Westward Bound

Las Vegas from the air

Las Vegas from the air

Later this evening, I will be flying to Las Vegas for a joint conference of the International Writing Centers Association and the National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing.  Tomorrow afternoon, a fellow WA and I will be presenting a poster detailing some of our work here at Swarthmore.  Updates to follow…

Read Full Post | October 30 2008 | The Swat Fit and Updates from Swarthmore |