9:00-12:00
Fri., Jan. 2
Sat., Jan. 3
Sun., Jan. 4
Jennifer Dubois Master
Class:
Empathetic Imagination and
the Ethical Possibilities of
Fiction
CC212/214
Tues. Jan. 6
Wed., Jan. 7
1:00-2:00
2:00-3:00
Free Time
Jane Cleland, On the Menu:
Red Herring (F)
CC212/214
Dr. Joe: Building a Platform
(NFP)
WS241
Debenham: Blogging the
Review (NFP)
WS116
Dan Rose: Travel Writing
(NFP)
WS116
Onnesha Roychoudhuri:
Resources for Writers
WS241
Nick Mamatas: Sentence,
Paragraph, Scene (F, CNF)
CC212/214
Lunch/ Fin.
Aid Q&A
OMG Meetings:
Roche: WS241
Clements: CC315
Alumni Group
Meeting
CC214
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
3:00-5:00
5:007:00
New Student Orientation
with Peer Advisors
CC315
Arrivals
Gail Martin Master Class:
Passionate Revision:
A Romance (P)
CC212/214
Mon., Jan. 5
12-1:00
Mentor Meetings
Student Readings
Ballroom
Lunch
Thus. Jan. 8
Lori Soderlind:
Proofreading
CC212/214
Student-Designed Time
Don Snyder, Building Story (F, NF, S)
CC212/214
Erik Ofgang, Write for Money (NFP)
WS241
Erik Mortenson, Poetry
CC315
Hank Garfield:
A Family Saga Saga
WS243
Jane Cleland:
Four Things I Wish
I’d Known
WS243
Free
Snyder and Rose
WS243
Mentor Meetings
Enrichment
Presentations:
Petitti, Castel
WS243
Thesis Q&A
(Required for
Thesis students;
optional
otherwise)
CC212/214
Student
Readings
WS243
4:00
Wrap-up
Meeting
CC212/214
Departures
CC=Westside Campus Center
WS=Westside Classroom Building
CNF=Creative Nonfiction
P=Poetry
F=Fiction
Ballroom is in CC.
Alumni Hall is on the Midtown Campus.
M=Multigenre NFP=Professional Writing
S=Screen
7:00Gathering with
Alumni
Readings--Cafe
Free
Gail Martin
WS218
Free
Jennifer Dubois
WS218
Free
Free
Free
Frances Dorris
Gwen Jones
Maron Hotel
Washington
Room
Snyder and Rose
WS218
Dr. Joe
Onnesha
Roychoudhuri
Maron Hotel
Washington
Room
Meal Service:
All lunches will be served in the Ballroom (Westside Campus Center).
Useful Phone Numbers:
Mobile contacts:
Brian (mobile): 203-512-5102
MFA Office:
203-837-8876
University Computing Help Desk
203-837-8467
Campus Police
203-837-9300
Useful Office Locations:
MFA Office: Higgins 205EFG (Midtown)
Financial Aid: Old Main 105 (Midtown)
Cashier: Old Main 106 (Midtown)
Graduate Studies: Old Main 206 (Midtown)
WestConnect (ID) Office: Old Main basement (Midtown)
Parking Permit Office (for permanent parking pass): Westside Classroom
Building 247D (next to entrance)
Computer Labs:
WS Computer Center (Staffed): WS117, 203-837-8391
WS 24-Hour Lab: 247C
All evening events are free and open to the public. If you live in the area,
please encourage your friends and family to attend!
Parking:
The best place to park on campus is on the street in front of the Campus
Center. Parking is free, and you do not need a tag.