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Southern Miss Live Oak Writing Project Will Host Summer Writing Workshops

Date 5-11-06

Contact Shelia White 228.865.4573


GULFPORT—The Live Oak Writing Project at the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast will host two summer writing workshops in June.

Titled “Teachers Becoming Writers,” the sessions will begin Thursday and Friday, June 1 and 2 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Southern Miss Gulf Coast Student Service Center, Room 119. Presenter Mary Edelen, Live Oak Writing Project teacher consultant, will discuss free writing, personal writing, assessment techniques, and getting rid of writer’s block.

The second session will begin Thursday and Friday, June 8 and 9 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the same location. Presenter Richard Benton, also a teacher consultant, will discuss poetry, journal and essay writing, and revision techniques.

The cost of each session is $30, and CEU credit is available for an additional $20 fee.

For more information about the Live Oak Writing Project, go to http://www.usm.edu/liveoak/index.htm or contact the project office at 228.214.3373.

May 11, 2006 1:40 PM

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