Summer 2009 Residency Schedule *
(Updated 23 April 2009)
Summer 2009 Readings and Special Presentations
Friday, July 10
8:00
a.m.–3:00 p.m. Thesis Committee Meetings, Faculty Hall Conference Room, Suite
C
2:30–4:00 p.m. Registration, 1st floor Curris Center, W. Chestnut St.
4:00–5:00 p.m. Faculty Meeting, Tennessee Room, Curris Center (faculty mentors
only)
5:30–7:00 p.m. Opening Banquet and Welcome, (The Stables, Curris Center)
7:30–9:00 p.m. Reading, MFA Graduates (Clara Eagle Art Gallery, Price- Doyle
Arts Bldg.)
9:00 p.m. Graduate Celebration (Faculty Club)
Saturday, July 11
8:30–9:30 a.m. Student meeting with Program Director, Faculty Hall 208
9:30–10:00 a.m. Free time, campus orientation.
10 a.m.–noon, First meeting with Faculty Mentor and Workshop Writing Group: Introductions, Receive Manuscripts, Schedule & Guidelines.
Fiction 1: Dale Ray Phillips (Faculty Hall 105)
Creative Nonfiction 1:Chris Hale (FH 106)
Creative Nonfiction 2: Karen McElmurray (FH 107)
Fiction 2: Lynn Pruett (Faculty Club)
Fiction 3: Tommy Hays (FH 504)
Fiction 4: Nickole Brown (FH 504)
Poetry: Jeffrey Skinner (FH 206)
Writing for Young People: Julia Watts (Faculty Club)
1:00–2:30 Craft Lecture, John Egerton (FH 208)
2:45–4:15
p.m. Genre Seminar, Poetry, Dr. Ted Brown (FH 206)
2:45–4:15 p.m. Genre Seminar, Creative Nonfiction, Dr. Laura Dawkins (FH 107)
4:15–5:45 p.m. Genre Seminar, Fiction, Dr. Cynthia Gayman (FH 106)
7:30–8:30 p.m. Reading, John Egerton (Clara Eagle Gallery)
8:30 p.m. Reception (Faculty Club)
Sunday, July 12
12:30–3:30
Workshop with Mentor and Writing Group
4:00–6:00 Family Picnic (World Famous Bad Bob's barbecue), Wellness Center
7:30–8:30 Reading, Ed McClanahan (Clara Eagle Gallery)
8:30
Reception (Faculty Club)
Monday, July 13
9:00–12:00 Workshop with Mentor and Writing Group
1:00–2:30 Craft Lecture, Ed McClanahan (FH 208)
Afternoon: Scheduled First Conferences with Mentors
7:30–8:30 Faculty Reading, Tommy Hays, Julia Watts (Clara Eagle Gallery)
8:30 Reception (Faculty Club)
Tuesday, July 14
9:00–12:00 Workshop with Mentor and Writing Group
1:00–2:30 Craft Lecture, Ilya Kaminsky (FH 208)
2:45–4:15
Genre Seminar, Poetry (FH 206)
2:45–4:15 Genre Seminar, Fiction (FH 106)
4:15 – 5:45 Genre Seminar, Creative Nonfiction (FH 107)
7:30–8:30 Reading, Ilya Kaminsky (Clara Eagle Gallery)
8:30 Reception (Faculty Club)
Wednesday, July 15
9:00–12:00 Workshop with Mentor and Writing Group
1:00–2:30
Presentation and Discussion: Literary Contests: Behind the Scenes,
Sarah Gorham (FH 208)
Afternoon: Scheduled conferences with mentors.
4:00–5:00
Meeting for Field Study, Ann Neelon (FH105)
7:30–8:30 MFA Faculty Reading and book signing, Jeffrey Skinner, Nickole Brown
(Clara Eagle Gallery)
8:30 MFA Dance Party (Squire Babcock's house)
Thursday, July 16
Scheduled
Final Conferences with Mentors; Scheduled conferences with program director
9:00–10:30 Genre Seminar, Fiction, (FH 106)
10:30–12:00 Genre Seminar, Creative Nonfiction, (FH 107)
1:30–3:00 Genre Seminar, Poetry (FH 206)
Friday, July 17
9:00 –12:00 Workshop with Mentor and Writing Group
Afternoon:
Scheduled final conferences with mentors; scheduled conferences with program
director
7:00–9:00 MFA Student Reading (Stables)
Saturday, July 18
9:00–12:00 Workshop with Mentor and Writing Group
1:00 Closing Banquet and Testimonies/Remarks (Stables)