Welcome to the Conference
Our 2008 Conference was a great success. We're already planning for the eleventh
annual Student Success in First-Year Composition conference on February 6,
2009!
If you would like to be a presenter, whether solo or as a panel, please note that the submissions deadline is Wednesday, October 15. Submissions will be accepted online only -- please click {HERE} to go to the Call for Proposals page.
The conference runs all
day on Friday, February 6, 2009 at the Nessmith-Lane Continuing Education
Building on the Georgia Southern University campus in Statesboro, Georgia.
Conference Focus
- Workshops and presentations about teaching writing in high school and college.
- Our Audience is: Southeastern U.S., and beyond: college, technical
school, technical/community college,
and high school teachers, administrators, and media specialists, as well as
graduate students.
Register Early! Spaces fill fast!
Sponsored by
- College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Department of Writing and Linguistics, Georgia Southern University
- Continuing Education Center
Georgia Southern University
Mission
The Student Success in First-Year Composition Conference is designed to promote the success of students in their post-secondary English composition courses. The conference seeks to establish and maintain dialogue between college and high school educators. We are committed to offering practical, strategy-oriented teaching workshops, as well as theoretical presentations of composition topics that focus on the link between high school and college.