Institute for Excellence in Writing Educator’s Symposium

This email went out to all enrolled participants on 6/30/2010

Hello Writing Educator,

Welcome to our third weekly email update.  Please see below for information about the following, including a request for you to take yet another quick (7-15 question) survey.

1. WES 2010 Part 2:  Please respond when your travel arrangements are confirmed
2. More About Our Accommodations
3. Dining Options
4. Encourage your friends to register! Offer expires July 16
5. Next Email Update: July 7
6. Any Questions, Just Ask!

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1.  WES 2010 Part 2:  Please respond when your travel arrangements are confirmed
A huge thank you to the 127 who have responded to our first survey! Only 9 have not yet responded.  However, I regret to inform you that I need you to take another survey. (I can hear you groaning from here!) I promise it will be short, and it will help us know things like whether you really need the shuttle and how your name tag should read.  Short and sweet, I promise!
<Enrolled participants have been given this link.>  Please wait to take the survey until after your travel plans have been confirmed.

2.    More About Our Accommodations
While there are several groups which will be staying on campus at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC, we have been assigned to rooms in the Luter Residence Hall.  You can see more about this hall here: http://www.wfu.edu/housing/residence/luter.html  If you’re really interested in complete information, you can download the floor plans here: http://www.wfu.edu/housing/residence/luter-floorplans.html  Most of our rooms are 2-bedroom suites with two people assigned to each room and sharing a common bathroom between the two.  All rooms have twin beds. Those who have requested a solo room will have a bathroom just a short jaunt down the hall.  While Wake-Forest is technically not a “smoke free campus,” there is no smoking allowed in any building.  Note that when you arrive on campus to check in, you will check in at Luter Residence Hall.  Note the topic clincher.

3.   Dining Options
While there are many places on campus to eat including a Starbucks and Subway(!), your WES fees include meals at the Fresh Food Company in Reynolds Hall.  See http://www.campusdish.com/en-US/CSSE/WakeForest/Locations/menuFreshFoodCompany.htm for sample menus.   Many of you have dietary restrictions.  Trust me, these guys and gals at Wake Forest are eager to please and have selections for all. Let me know if you fall in this category so I can let them know of your food allergy or preference.  We will have WES tables reserved for our group in the cafeteria so that learning and networking can happen both in and out of sessions.

4.    Encourage your friends to register! Offer expires July 16
We currently have 138 writing educators coming to Wake Forest University on July 26-29, including guests, speakers, and staff (I LOVE seeing the number grow!).  Are your friends counted in that number?  Please invite them!  What I mentioned these last two weeks is worth repeating: you help them save $50 if you give them the promotional code WESFRIEND to register online!  This offer expires July 16, which gives us time to plan for their arrival.

5.   Next Email Update: July 7
Please look for another email from me next week which will have more information about speakers, staff, and a finalized (I hope!) schedule. BTW – The schedule has gone through a few more changes this week, and you can see the latest version here: http://www.writingeducatorssymposium.com/wes-2010/2010-schedule-tentative

6.   Any Questions, Just Ask!
In addition to an exceptional line up of speakers, we have a dedicated team of IEW helpers at the event who are committed to helping this event run smoothly.  Soon I’ll introduce you to them, but know that we are here to serve.  If you have an questions, please ask! I look forward to meeting or getting reacquainted with each and every one of you.

Thanks,

Julie Walker
Event Coordinator, Writing Educator’s Symposium, July 2010
www.writingeducatorssymposium.com
Marketing Director, Institute for Excellence in Writing
www.excellenceinwriting.com
800.856.5815

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