New KU Ars Position

It's official. KU Ars Rhetorica is opening nominations for the "Events Coordinator" position until 2/13. 

What is this you ask? 

The Events Coordinator will work with the Chair and Co-Chair in scheduling social, service, and scholarly events. He/She will also be in charge of coordinating event details (e.g. location, time, etc…) and will work with the Secretary for publicity purposes.

Why should you nominate?

It is a great CV line and a chance to get involved in KU Ars Rhetorica without a huge time commitment. Moreover, it'll give you a talking point/in this summer at RSA Institute (and RSA in general). 

How can I do this? 

Email or FB anyone on the board to nominate yourself and/or your friends and stay tuned for our election!

Peace!

Bylaws: Proposed Changes

Word!

Welcome back to the crazies of spring semester. You'll be happy to hear that KU Ars Rhetorica has some HUGE things in store over the next few months! The first that concerns KU Ars Members is a significant change to the bylaws of KU Ars Rhetorica. 

The executive committee met last week and decided it would be in the best interest to immediately add an "Events Coordinator" position to the Executive Committee of KU Ars Rhetorica. 

You may be asking yourself, "Why does this concern me?" Well there are two reasons:

1) We have made the proposed changes to the bylaws, and are emailing out the changes to make sure there is no opposition to them (per the bylaws). So please peruse over the edits, and let us know if you have any concerns by February 6, 2013.  

2) Providing there are no major objections, we will be accepting nominees for the new position and will be sending out an announcement for a vote in the next week or two. 

Keep in touch and stay tuned for what may be KU Ars' biggest semester ever!

Spring 2013: Executive Committee Meeting Minutes

KU ARS RHETORICA EXECUTIVE MEETING MINUTES

January 25, 2013

Meeting Begins: 2:38PM

In attendance:

Evan Center, Chair

Jennifer Nish, Co-Chair

Chelsea Graham, Treasurer

Erin Murray, Secretary

1.       First item on the agenda was to discuss the Spring scholarly event with Jeffrey Bennett (Iowa)

-          Discussed funding; including budget for lodging, travel, and food and disbursement

-          Discussed a proposed schedule for Bennett’s 3 day stay (April 10-12)

o   Welcome Dinner/Happy Hour

o   Visit to class/colloquium/meet & greet lunch or brunch

-          Discussed filming and promotion (print and social media) of scholarly event to promo and share with RSA

2.       Second item on agenda was to discuss the planning of the Spring Meeting & Spring Social Event/Service Event

-          When/where (tentative: Oread/Bird Dog Bar @ 5PM, Thursday, Feb. 21)

-          Finalized details will be announced via social media/listserv

-          Idea of maybe Big Brothers/Big Sisters as service event (bowling?); will be discussed at the Spring Meeting

-          Spring Meeting to include discussion of Summer RSI, as well

3.       Third item on the agenda was to discuss the possibility of adding a new position to the executive board: Social Chair

-          Decision will be made through vote by all Ars Rhetorica members

-          Details to be discussed through listserv/social media and Spring Meeting

Meeting End: 3:25PM

Wanna publish?

Dr. Jay Childers passed along this fantastic article on publishing for rhetoricians from none other than Dr. Cara Finnegan. Enjoy!

"Setting aside visual politics for a moment, I want to share some of the ideas I presented at the recent Midwest Winter Workshop in Iowa City...This year I was asked to join Jeff Bennett and John Lucaites on a panel about publishing. Given that I review a fair number of manuscripts, I decided to talk about issues I frequently encounter as a reviewer, and how I try to help authors address them..."

Gangsters, Murder, and Dr. Dave Tell for Your Listening Pleasure

If you are in for a long (or short) drive for the holidays, I'd highly suggest you check out Dr. Dave Tell's recent feature on NPR!

Click here for the link and as always, you stay classy rhetoricians...

RSA Grant Winner!

This year KU Ars Rhetorica was one of four award winners for the Rhetoric Socieity of America Student Chapter Grant. The announcement is posted below!
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December 05, 2012

RSA is pleased to announce four recipients of the 2012-2013 RSA Graduate Student Special Event Award.

The student chapters receiving funding this year are:

The University of Kansas for the first KU Ars Rhetorica Spring Lecture Series. During this event, the chapter at Kansas will host speakers for colloquium presentations, workshops, and luncheons on various topics of concern to rhetorical studies. They plan to record and podcast the colloquium presentations for other RSA chapters to access and to serve as a preview for the scholarly conversations that will happen in Lawrence at the RSA Institute this summer.

Penn State University for Camp Rhetoric, an annual event during which English and Communication graduate students discuss research, teaching, theory, and professional development. Camp Rhetoric provides opportunities for graduate students in the region to network. In 2013, Camp Rhetoric also plans to live-stream the keynote address and provide podcasts with highlights from the event.

North Carolina State University for the Carolina Rhetoric Conference (CRC), an annual event that connects graduate rhetoricians in various disciplines. The CRC provides graduate students in the region with opportunities to share their research, build a network of rhetoric scholars in the Carolinas, and to receive feedback on presentations before presenting at major national conferences. In 2013, the CRC will continue to expand by including even more graduate programs in the region as well as circulating formal and informal podcasts from the event.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison for a seminar series on “The Wisconsin School of Rhetoric,” a sequence of discussions across campus that seeks to answer questions about what it means to study rhetoric in Wisconsin, a state with a long history of rhetorical excellence. The UW chapter has invited scholars from a variety of disciplinary homes to discuss with chapter members questions of history, disciplinary boundaries, and community engagement. The UW chapter will encourage application of these ideas at a symposium held in March.

Do you do rhetoric and film/media?

--Check out the call from Film and Media Studies. Due December 15.