April 22 festival at TTU celebrates student writing
The composition program and Department of English and Communications at Tennessee Tech University present the eighth annual Festival of Student Writing from 11 a.m. to noon on Thursday, April 22, in the Multipurpose Room on the second floor of the Roaden University Center. The festival is free, and the public is invited.
"Our primary goal for this event is to celebrate, showcase and teach others about students' writing and research projects from their English 1010 and 1020 courses," said Tony Baker, director of composition and coordinator of the festival.
The festival features the work of participating students, mostly first-year students, who are on hand to display their projects at various booths and tables. Rather than stacks of essays, this non-competitive event features several hundred students' alternative texts, including posters, exhibits, brochures, multimedia presentations and performances. Many texts represent collaborative efforts.
"It's always exciting to see what students have been working on and how they design their festival texts," Baker said. "We expect a wide range of interesting projects, lively interaction and some entertaining surprises – a real carnival of ideas. This event is a rare chance for students to just talk to people on campus about their writing projects and ideas. It's great fun."
For more information about the Festival of Student Writing, contact Tony Baker at (931) 372-3909 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .
