Meet Christy Streff

Christy Streff is a senior PWC major from Canby, MN who...

• hopes to someday teach at the college level and plans on attending graduate school when she graduates.
• would like to work in the journalistic or magazine field if she does not attend graduate school.
• enjoys writing about people, which explains her preferred reading genere, non-fiction.
• supports herself through college by working at a local pharmacy and dreams of someday moving to a big city like Chicago.

By Michaela Speer

Meet Janice Robinson

Janice Robinson is a senior PWC major from Marshall, MN who...

• dreams of working for Merideth Publishing or work in a university setting.
• plans to keep her job at SMSU.
• wants to focus her education on adapting her education to her work.
• likes to read mystery books and magazines about household improvement and gardening.
• enjoys writing feature articles.
• finally finishing college at the age of 53.

By Jessica Welu

Meet Jessica Welu

Jessica Welu is a senior PWC major from Pipestone, MN who...

• dreams of becoming a travel writer.
• plans to get a job as a writer.
• wants to focus her education on writing in different genres.
• reads dark satire and suspense novels and travel magazines in her spare time.
• enjoys writing in a creative way.
• considers her accomplishment to be traveling to France and Italy.

By Jason Zahn

Meet Jason Zahn

Jason Zahn is a senior who...

• dreams of becoming a college professor of Spanish.
• plans to get a job at a university (of course!).
• wants to focus his education on professional writing during his last year at SMSU.
• likes to read philosophy and science fiction and his favorite magazine is Bon Appetit in his spare time.
• enjoys writing creative non-fiction.
• considers his greatest accomplishment knowing three languages.

By Janice Robinson

Meet Michaela Speer

Michaela is a senior from Wisconsin who...

• dreams of being an assistant editor for a magazine that focuses on the arts.
• recently has become passionate about local organic farming practices.
• enjoys reading books by world authors.
• loves the magazines Gourmet and Real Simple.
• is focusing her major on magazine writing.
• looks up to anyone who is motivated and hardworking.
• works part time during college at Bagels and Brew in Marshall.
• spent two weeks in India.
• already has a bachelor's degree in Communication from University of Wisconsin - Whitewater.

By Christine Streff

The Problem With PowerPoint

Dr. Jim Zarzana, English Department Chair at Southwest Minnesota State University, saw this story on the BBC News website and thought we would enjoy it. The article's title is "The Problem with PowerPoint." Its lead begins: "If you work in an office in the Western world, you will probably have sat through a PowerPoint presentation. But there's a problem. They're boring." The full article can be found at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8207849.stm

Submit Your Work to the Southwest Minnesota Writing Gallery

The Southwest Minnesota Writing Gallery is NOW Accepting Submissions.

What is The Southwest Minnesota Writing Gallery?
In celebration of the October 20, 2009 National Day on Writing, and with the help of NCTE (National Council for Teachers of English), high school and college students in Southwest Minnesota have a place to display a piece of writing of their choice.

Who can participate?
High school and college students in Southwest Minnesota with any kind of writing* may upload ONE piece of writing at http://galleryofwriting.org/galleries/55821. Any kind of writing will work —from word processing to photography, audio recording to text messages—and all types of writing—from letters to lists, memoirs to memos, poems to nonfiction essays, journal entries to technical documents.

*All writing submitted should meet the content guidelines found at: http://www.galleryofwriting.org/guidelines.php

How do students participate?
1. Go to http://galleryofwriting.org/galleries/55821
2. Create a login
3. Click on contribute writing and follow the screen-by-screen instructions
4. If you are under 13 years of age, you will need a parent’s or guardian’s help and email address
5. You will receive an email from the gallery when your work is accepted

Who can tell me more?
Those with questions about the Southwest Minnesota gallery should contact Dr. Teresa Henning at: http://www.blogger.com/teresa.henning@smsu.edu

To find out more about the National Day on Writing, please visit: http://www.ncte.org/dayonwriting

To contribute writing to the National Writing Gallery, please visit: http://www.galleryofwriting.org/