ECCTYC 2009 Conference
ECCTYC 2009:
Pathways to Community
October 22-24, 2009
Hilton Pasadena
Pasadena, California
Welcome from the Conference Chair
It is my distinct pleasure to welcome you to this year’s ECCTYC conference: ECCTYC 2009: Pathways to Community. It is that time of year again to join your colleagues and friends from around the state to share your individual perspectives on current pedagogical approaches that help to shape our academic community. ECCTYC invites you to join us in Pasadena for exciting discussion about Pathways to Community. Our conference recognizes the variety of communities that is found within each of our campuses from the southern to the central to the northern regions of California. Moreover, this conference emphasizes that there is not a single path on which students or educators travel. As such, participants will be able to contribute their own outlook as they contemplate the multiple paths that lead to and support our educational community.
ECCTYC 2009: Pathways to Community is a conference comprised of a number of presentations, workshops, panels, and roundtable discussions that enable presenters to highlight teaching techniques, developments in higher education, and innovations. Similar to our previous conferences, we welcome any topic of interest to community college English instructors. Although we encourage you to submit your own topics of interest, the following are a few topic suggestions from our Call for Proposals form: Arts in the Composition Classroom, Pedagogical Trends, Teaching Social Issues, and Writing Centers. The workshops and panels enable participants to collaborate with colleagues as we all work to stay current with trends in teaching English. If you are interested in presenting, please download and complete the Call for Proposals form and submit the completed form to our Program Chairs: Jan Lombardi and Micah Jendian.
We are pleased with the location of this year’s conference: Hilton Pasadena . With its recent renovations, the hotel is certain to provide a peaceful ambiance for productive workshops and panels. Pasadena, as many of you know, has so much to offer, especially for literary minded folks like us. The Hilton Pasadena is located within walking distance of Old Town Pasadena, and the hotel also provides free shuttles for quicker transportation downtown. There is a fabulous selection of restaurants, taverns, and shops (including antique/vintage bookstores) that will appeal to all sorts of interests. Likewise, The Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens is one of the many museums quite close to the hotel. Book your rooms soon so that you can take part in the ECCTYC conference rate of $169 single/double room per night.
We will announce the speakers for ECCTYC 2009: Pathways to Community soon. Please continue to visit our website for future updates, announcements, and deadlines. If you have any further questions about the conference, please don’t hesitate to contact me: 714.628.4829 or evett_corinna@sccollege.edu. See you in Pasadena!
Corinna L. Evett
2009 ECCTYC Conference Chair
Santiago Canyon College
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