Southwestern Region Call for Papers

5th Annual University of Central Oklahoma Language and Linguistics Conference

Edmond, Oklahoma
Conference Date: Saturday, November 3, 2012
Submission Deadline: Monday, September 3, 2012
Acceptance Notification: On or before Monday, September 17, 2012
Registration Deadline: Monday, October 1, 2012

150 Word Abstracts are invited from undergraduate and graduate students for 15-minute presentations including, but not limited to, relationships between and among language, linguistics, and their many applications:

• natural and artificial languages
• indigenous languages
• extinct and endangered languages
• American Sign Language
• speech pathology and hearing sciences
• language and cognition
• theoretical and applied linguistics
• structural, semantic, or phonological analyses
• comparative grammars
• discourse/text analyses
• applications in pedagogy
• applications in rhetoric, the arts, literature, and the humanities
• applications in academic, cultural, and sociological constructs

Students whose abstracts are accepted will receive with their paid registration a ticket to the conference luncheon, an event t-shirt and tote bag, and access to all conference events, including the keynote address.

Presentations may be readings or visual presentations, such as PowerPoint or handouts. Please note: All PowerPoint presentations must be PC compatible. No poster presentations will be accepted. Authors must currently be undergraduate or graduate students who are enrolled in at least three credit hours at an accredited college or university or must have graduated with a degree no earlier than December 2011.

Submissions should consist of a titled abstract of no more than 150 words in MS Word format. Please include at the top of the abstract the title of your presentation but no personal identifying information (such as name or institution); however, please include identifying information in the body of the email message.  

Submissions should be sent as an attachment to langconf@gmail.com by the deadline of Monday, September 3, 2012. Late submissions are not guaranteed consideration for presentation. Questions regarding abstracts or presentations may be directed to the above address. For more information regarding conference events, please visit our conference website at http://www.uco.edu/la/english/llsc/callforpapers.asp

Southwestern Student Leadership Candidate

Katherine Williams
Candidate for Southwestern Student Representative or Associate Student Representative, 2012-2013
Senior, Omicron Tau Chapter, Arkansas Tech University, AR

Positions, other memberships, offices, etc., currently or recently held:

Chapter Vice-President, 2009; Chapter President, 2009-2011; Southwestern Region Associate Student Representative, 2011-2012

Explain why you are running for office and comment on any skills, experience, or personal qualities you possess that would contribute to your performing the following duties: promoting communication among chapters other than your own, producing official publications, assisting your Regent, serving on the Student Leadership Committee. Further comments or ideas are encouraged. Include your region and your first and last name at the top of the page. Please do not include sensitive personal information in your essay. Candidate essays will be displayed publicly before the election. Do not exceed 500 words:


I am running for Student Representative or Associate Student Representative for the Southwest region because I enjoyed holding the ASR position for this region last year. Because of my previous experience as an ASR, I believe that I have much to offer as a Student Rep, or again as an Associate Student Rep. One central reason why I want to continue my role as a student leader, other than enjoying the company of other leaders at conventions, is because I believe that my participation in Sigma Tau Delta at the national level helps my small chapter at Arkansas Tech University; what I have learned about this organization has helped me be a better officer and has shown members and nonmembers the benefits and possibilities they can achieve. My experience as a student leader would benefit the Southwest region's role in interchapter relations, and my experience as an editor in a student-run literary magazine would be beneficial when discussing student publications.

Overall, I believe that my role as a Student Representative or Associate Student Representative would benefit Sigma Tau Delta with my input and experience, and I would be happy to serve another year as a student leader.

Southwestern Call For Papers

Sigma Tau Delta
Call For Student Papers

Southwest Region Conference

November 4-5, 2011 in Archer City, Texas
Theme: Faces of the West

Guest Artist: Texas Poet Laureate
Dr. James Hoggard

All student members of Sigma Tau Delta are invited to submit papers for the upcoming SW regional conference. We hope to offer sessions in the creative writing of short fiction, poetry, and non-fiction AND in the critical analysis of literature of all kinds (including non-print media such as film, TV, and videogames). Your essay does not have to address the conference theme in order to qualify for presentation.
Please keep your submissions to 10 pages or fewer. You may send paper copies or submit electronically by e-mail attachments. Send paper copies to the following address:
            Sigma Tau Delta Southwest SR Jolie Hicks
            c/o Dr. Victoria Gaydosik
            SWOSU Language and Literature Department
            100 Campus Drive
            Weatherford, OK 73096
For e-mail submissions, attach a .doc, .docx, or .pdf file to an e-mail message and send it to victoria.gaydosik@swosu.edu .
You may also submit your name to participate in a workshop session if you wish to attend and do not have a completed paper in hand. Send an e-mail message to the address above.
Chapter sponsors may join a sponsor workshop with President Sidney Watson. Send an e-mail to the address above to join the sponsor workshop.

DEADLINE: October 21, 2011

Participants selected must be members of Sigma Tau Delta and must pay a registration fee of $20 to cover materials and a conference luncheon. Lodging in Archer City is limited to the Lonesome Dove Inn or the Spur Hotel. Additional lodging is available 25 miles away in Wichita Falls, TX. Everyone who submits papers will receive additional information about schedules, lodging, dining options, and conference activities.
Hope to see you in Archer City!

Call for Papers

Language & Linguistics Student Conference
Saturday, November 12, 2011
University of Central Oklahoma
Edmond, Oklahoma

Conference Date: Saturday, November 12, 2011
Submission Deadline: Monday, September 12, 2011
Acceptance Notification: On or before Monday, September 26, 2011
Registration Deadline: Monday, October 10, 2011

150 Word Abstracts are invited from undergraduate and graduate students for 15-minute presentations including, but not limited to, relationships between and among language, linguistics, and their many applications:

Levonne Castillo Candidate Profile

Levonne Castillo
Candidate for Student Representative or Associate Student Representative, Southwestern Region

Sophomore, Wayland Baptist University
Eta Theta Chapter

Expected date of graduation: May 2013
Year Inducted: 2010

Positions, other memberships, offices, etc., currently or recently held: N/A

In no more than 500 words, explain why you are running for office and comment on any skills, experience, or personal qualities you possess that would contribute to your performing the following duties: promoting communication among chapters, producing official publications, assisting your Regent, serving on the Student Leadership Committee:

Hello, my name is Levonne Castillo. I would like to be considered for Student Representative for the Southwestern Region. I am a sophomore secondary English education major. I am what my school would consider a non-traditional student. I got my start late in life but feel this was probably the best time for me. I have been able to appreciate my blessings. I have a ten year old daughter and to date she has seen me through two missions trips, Ecuador and Kenya. I want her to be able to appreciate all kinds of students when she goes to school. Just because I cannot be a student athlete does not mean that I cannot find things to invest my time and participate on campus. I feel that as an older student I bring a unique perspective to my own Sigma Tau Delta organization. The idea of English, the language, the people, culture, is considered, refined, distinguished and excellent. This is how I hope that I can help my local chapter operate and bring some of that to our regional and national groups. I have been blessed with an extraordinary opportunity to be able to participate in this national convention. I have the support of my local chapter, my School of Languages and Literature, and Wayland Baptist University. I do not just mean financial. This support comes in the form of encouragement and pride from my chapter members and sponsors. I hope that I can be an example for all students that you really can do anything you put your mind to. I want my daughter and others to see that you have no limits. Our vice-president stepped-up and said she would stay with my daughter while I was gone. She loves to tell her friends about all the places I have been and what I have done and she says she can’t wait to go to some of these places too. This is the kind of support I know that I have and that can help add to our strength and hopefully be an inspiration to other chapters. I know that there are many responsibilities that come along with Student Representative and I know that with my experience as president of the Students in Free Enterprise chapter at Wayland Baptist University, I can take on this challenge. I was very excited to get my invitation to Sigma Tau Delta. It reassured me that my hard work paid off and I knew that I found an organization that I could really sink my teeth into so to speak. I appreciate all the work that has gone into this convention and would be honored to serve as Student Representative and help plan for next year’s convention.

Sincerely,

Levonne Castillo

Kristen Ditmore Candidate Profile

Kristen Ditmore
Candidate for Student Representative or Associate Student Representative, Southwestern Region

Sophomore, Wayland Baptist University
Eta Theta Chapter

Expected date of graduation: May 2013
Year Inducted 2010

Positions, other memberships, offices, etc., currently or recently held: Historian for the Eta Theta Chapter Spring 2010 to currently

In no more than 500 words, explain why you are running for office and comment on any skills, experience, or personal qualities you possess that would contribute to your performing the following duties: promoting communication among chapters, producing official publications, assisting your Regent, serving on the Student Leadership Committee:

I am running for office because I enjoy being actively involved in my local chapter and want to get more involved at the regional level and above. I am minoring in Mass Communication and many of my classes have prepared me for taking on the role of either Student Representative or Assistant Student Representative. I am currently taking a feature writing class and I have already completed a news writing class so I would be more than able to produce and contribute to official publications. Furthermore, as my chapter’s Historian I have already written an article about some of the projects we have been doing this year that was published in our school paper. I am a very organized person and I know how to manage my time to allow me to complete any and all responsibilities that I am given and I am also very much a people person so I would have no problem contributing to the communication between chapters within my region. I do not take my responsibilities lightly and will do the very best job I possibly can if I am elected into office.

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