The Institute for Writing and Rhetoric is pleased to announce that the Benjamin F. Barge and Class of 1866 Prizes for Oratory speech contest was held on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, at 4:30 pm in the Treasure Room (Baker Library). A reception and award presentation followed in the Ferguson Room (Baker Library Room 206).
Eight Dartmouth students presented original persuasive speeches to a public audience and a panel of judges. At the conclusion of the event,...
[more]We invite you to submit your DartWrite Portfolio in the 2019 Digital Portfolio Competition!
We will award $250 to one winner from each House community (including living-learning communities) for Best Portfolio by a 22 in the House, to be judged by house community student leaders and DartWrite faculty members.
There will also be four GRAND PRIZES of $500 each, chosen by DartWrite faculty for:
The Neukom Institute for Computational Science has announced its 2019 grant recipients. We are pround to announce that the Institute's Christiane Donahue and Sarah B. Smith have won a CompX grant for the DartWrite intitiative:
[more]Through an ambitious digital portfolio initiative called DartWrite, The Institute for Writing and Rhetoric is studying growth and change in...
We are delighted to announce that Dartmouth College's Speech program received the NCA's Rex Mix award this year. Each year the National Communication Association awards the Rex Mix Program of Excellence Award to the nation's "top undergraduate communication program." Nominated programs are evaluated for excellence in curriculum, program quality, course design, and special programs. We are delighted to announce that Dartmouth College's Speech program received the NCA's Rex Mix award this year...
[more]Faculty Workshop: “A Speech is a Dialogue”: Dartmouth’s Historical/Modern Approach to Public Speaking
Presenter: Associate Professor Josh Compton
Location: DCAL, Baker Library Room 102
Date / Time: 2-28-19 / 12:15pm-1:45pm
Dartmouth has long treated public speaking as something more than simple skills training, but instead, as a rich, historic, foundational liberal art, and that approach continues to this day. This session will survey some...
Neukom Fellows are interdisciplinary positions for recent Ph.D.s, DMAs, or MFAs whose research interests or practice cuts across traditional disciplinary boundaries, and has some computational component, whether it be a framing concept for intellectual exploration or an explicit part of the work that is pursued. The successful candidate should have a history of collaborative work across disciplines, but still show evidence of independence and initiative. The Fellowships are...
[more]9:00 a.m.
Anni Jürine
University of Tartu, Estonia
Quick and Dirty vs. Slow and Precise...
[more]Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH – May 24, 2018
The Institute for Writing and Rhetoric is pleased to announce that the Benjamin F. Barge and Class of 1866 Prizes for Oratory speech contest was held on Thursday, May 24, 2018, at 4:30 pm in the Treasure Room (Baker Library). A reception and award presentation followed in the Ferguson Room (Baker Library Room 206).
Seven Dartmouth students presented original persuasive speeches to a...
Writing professor Sara Chaney and her colleague Bill Hudenko have been awarded the prestigious Apgar Award for Innovation in Teaching for their interdisciplinary course entitled "Autism: The Science, Story and Experience.”
The course reviews the scientific literature on Autism-Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and also critically engages popular representations of the condition in the broader culture.
The full announcement about the award from Interim Provost David Kotz is included...
[more]Along with his longtime Australian collaborators, Ben Jackson and James Dimmock, Dartmouth Speech professor Josh Compton has published a new edited volume entitled Persuasion and Communication in Sport, Exercise, and Physical Activity.
The book features essays from renowned international experts in the fields of sport and...
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