  Providence Campus Holds 11th Annual Cassola Conference: PROVIDENCE, R.I. — March 4, 2008 — Educators throughout New England are invited to attend the 11th Annual Johnson & Wales University Cassola Conference on teaching communication in the classroom and community. The conference, sponsored by the English Department in the John Hazen White School of Arts & Sciences, will be held on Friday, April 4, 2008 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Harborside Academic Center on the university's Harborside Campus. The keynote speaker begins at 8:30 a.m. Helen Glover will be the keynote speaker, sharing what she discovered about the role of communication in her experiences as a Navy instructor, a contestant on the reality television show "Survivor," and currently as a talk show host on WHJJ radio. This year's conference, "Telling the Whole Story: Communication in the Classroom and Community," addresses a broad range of oral communications issues. Participants will examine their own efforts to tell the whole story in today's classrooms and communities, and how they face challenges ranging from course curricula to information literacy to their attempts to understand competing narratives about global issues such as climate change, national security and international conflict. Workshops will include a variety of topics such as:
The conference, named after the late JWU professor Ilene Cassola, is open to the public. Registration deadline is March 30. Any registrations received after March 30 will incur a $10 late fee. Fees are $50 for full-time faculty/employees, $40 for part-time faculty/employees and $30 for students and retirees. For more information, and a registration form, please visit the Cassola Conference website or e-mail Eileen Medeiros. Johnson & Wales University, founded in 1914, is a nonprofit, private institution. A recognized leader in career education, we offer accredited degrees in business, hospitality, culinary arts, technology and education. With a diverse student body of more than 16,000 graduate and undergraduate students, representing all 50 states and 89 countries, JWU prepares students for personal and professional success by integrating rigorous academics and professional skills, community leadership opportunities and our unique career education model. The university is committed to urban revitalization and thoughtful historic renovation. Through active civic participation and by offering unique learning opportunities, JWU improves the quality of life in its campus communities in Providence, R.I., North Miami, Fla., Denver, Colo., and Charlotte, N.C. For more information visit www.jwu.edu.
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