Sunday, October 28
3-6:00 p.m.	CEI Registration in Nighthawk I
5-7:00 p.m.	Dinner: Dinner will be on your own at Wrightsville Beach, in Wilmington, or in the hotel dining room.
7:00-10:00 p.m.	Welcome Reception: Hors d'oeuvres, drinks, and live jazz band beside the pool overlooking the ocean.
Monday, October 29
9:00-10:15 a.m.	Breakfast and Registration: Breakfast buffet and ongoing conference registration.
10:30-11:30 a.m.	CEI Session IA (Beauregard): "Incorporating Community Service in the Freshman Composition Curriculum." Abstract: After reading the common course text, class discussions center on how it has influenced their original perceptions of community, generosity, sacrifice, and complexity. Students are then required to complete five hours of community service, which leads them into an essay describing their experience and exploring how it has affected their understanding of the issues dealt with in the text. Presenter: Cheryl Saba, Cape Fear Community College CEI Session IB (Florida): "Students as Scholars: Using Research Papers and Base Groups to Foster Understanding of Eastern Ideas in Literature and Humanities." Abstract: Using this approach, students become "scholars" of Asian philosophy and religion for literature and humanities courses by gathering and disseminating information in base groups. Presenter: Gerri Dobbins, Isothermal Community College CEI Session IC (Nighthawk II): Session 1C (Nighthawk II): "Throw Your Students Out of the Classroom: A Real-world Experience for ENG 114 Students." Abstract: This presentation will share a three-phase English 114 assignment during which students move beyond the college setting to explore their chosen careers. The project requires students to accomplish multiple tasks: setting up and conducting an interview; preparing a written report of interview results; and making an oral presentation of these results. Presenter: Clemellyn H. Welch, Central Carolina Community College
11:45 a.m.-12:00	Break
12:00-1:00 p.m.	Hotel Luncheon with guest speaker Rhonda Limoges. Rhonda began her writing career as a girl plopped belly down in a flower patch. Her stories, poems, and essays have appeared in a variety of collections including Southern Women's Words, Carolina Quarterly, and Seedhouse Magazine. In 1998, Rhonda received the Emily Dickinson Emerging Poet Award for her poem "Ground Covers." Her novel, Moving Into Grace, is currently under review by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. Rhonda lives in Wilmington where she teaches creative writing and makes the occasional appearance as storyteller.
1:15-2:15 p.m.	CEI Session IIA (Beauregard): "An Easy-to-do, Beneficial to Many, Student-created Website Project: Web Technology in the Literature Classroom." Abstract: Appropriate for all literature courses, this approach incorporates use of Web technology with student learning, research, and analysis. Students help to create a web site that then showcases the authors and works studied and offers all students an important informational resource. Presenter: Gary Hurley, Cape Fear Community College CEI Session IIB (Florida): "Because My Teacher Told Me So, That's Why." Abstract: This session will demonstrate a simple exercise to introduce ENG 113 students to some of the classic contexts for literary criticism and to explain why there can be several, often conflicting, yet equally valid, views. Presenter: Thomas LaBelle, Central Carolina Community College CEI Session IIC (Nighthawk II): "Creating and Implementing an Online Learning Lab." Abstract: This presentation will explain the following: how to provide additional support for online classes; how to extend current lab and tutorial services to students; how to give students real-time assistance in a distance education setting; how to track distance education student hours for FTE funding; and how to create these kinds of support programs for little or no additional funding from the school. Presenters: Robin Morris, Ali Parker, and Subi Rajendra, Cape Fear Community College
2:30-3:30 p.m.	CEI Session IIIA (Beauregard): "Real People, Real Writing." Abstract: This presentation will provide practical examples of collaborative activities for ENG 111 using real-world writing. Assignments are designed to integrate higher-order abilities (analysis, synthesis, and evaluation) and multiple assessment strategies. Presenter: Tami Sloane Thrasher, Piedmont Community College CEI Session IIIB (Florida): "Five Critical Approaches to Interpreting a Text." Abstract: This presentation examines various critical approaches to examining a work of literature. Conference participants receive examples of works and accompanying questions that represent a particular critical approach. Presenter: Debra Key, Surry Community College CEI Session IIIC (Nighthawk II): "Literature and Media." Abstract: This session will explore forms of media and their use in the study of literature. Participants will form focus groups to share their ideas in incorporating media into the literature classroom. Presenters: Carrie Brandon and Christy Schaak, Prentice Hall
3:30 p.m.	Free time.
Tuesday, October 30
8:00-9:00 a.m.	Breakfast: Breakfast Buffet
9:00-10:30 a.m.	CEI Session IVA (Beauregard): "Many Are the Ways to Santiago." Abstract: This session will offer a way to introduce discussions and analysis of spirituality, formal religion, personal reflection and growth into the literature classroom. Presenter: Ted Zrudlo, Cape Fear Community College CEI Session IVB (Florida): "I Like Calling North Carolina Home." Abstract: This presentation will offer a proposed syllabus for ENG 233 (Major American Writers) with a focus on North Carolina writers. A variety of specific assignments will be covered, with an emphasis placed on a character scrapbook project. Presenter: Crystal Brantley, Vance-Granville Community College CEI Session IVC (Nighthawk II): "Jumping In: Reading, Writing, and Thinking in English 095." Abstract: This session will share CFCC's concept of ENG 095 and present three instructors' individual approaches to it. Each instructor will provide her outline for the course, as well as specific lesson plans and activities. Presenters: Jenna Call, Samantha Fey, and Jill Lahnstein, Cape Fear Community College
10:30-10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45-11:45 a.m.	CEI Session VA (Beauregard): "Using Cooperative Learning in Online Classes." Abstract: This session will introduce a number of assignments and activities that use both cooperative elements and Blackboard technology to keep the ENG 112 online course interactive. A discussion of the effects of this uncommon approach will ensue. Presenter: Constance Cerniglia, Guilford Community College CEI Session VB (Florida): " 'I Write the Way I Make a Pot': The Case Study in English 111." Abstract: This presentation will offer a fun and creative way to analyze students' writing habits. The last major assignment is a case study, a writing collage, that involves students looking at themselves as writers. Components of the case study include written analogies, comments on favorite writing environment and on procrastination, and an analysis of how the writer's attitude toward the writing process has changed. Presenter: Sharon Mills, Carteret Community College CEI Session VC (Nighthawk II): "Using PowerPoint Presentations in English 114." Abstract: This session will focus on the incorporation of PowerPoint for paper presentations in the ENG 114 classroom. Presenter: Hope Cusick, Coastal Carolina Community College
12:00-1:30 p.m.	Hotel Luncheon and CEI business meeting. The luncheon will conclude with door prizes.

Program Chair:	Liz Meador 919-735-5152/311 Wayne Community College
Local Arrangements Chair:	Cheryl Saba 910-251-5931 Cape Fear Community College