Tag: Michael Day
The Allerton English Articulation Conference is set to kick off another 50 years of conferences with the theme “Metaphors We Teach By.” The conference, bringing together faculty from two- and four-year colleges and universities, takes place at the Allerton Park and Retreat Center in Monticello, Ill. It is made possible by a planning committee consisting...
The First Year Composition Program will host its annual Showcase of Student Writing (SSW) from 3 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, in the Duke Ellington Ballroom. The showcase provides a forum for hundreds of students in various English classes to share their research with a public audience. Students present their projects through a combination...
Michael Day, professor of English and director of First-Year Composition at NIU, recently hosted the Centennial Convention of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), which drew 6,800 English teachers from across the country and overseas. The convention was held the week of Nov. 17 at the Chicago Hilton and Palmer House. As general...
NIU English professor Michael Day has received the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) Technology Innovator Award. Day, director of NIU’s First Year Composition Program, received the award at the 2011 Computers and Writing Conference at the University of Michigan. “It was a pleasant surprise,” he said. “It’s a significant award in my field...
