"Your favorite English class on steroids, that's the only way to describe this year's Sigma Tau Delta convention!" Program Schedule*
Program Book
Concurrent session changes after the convention program was printed are not part of this PDF version.
* Program is subject to change.
Wednesday, March 18
3:00-8:00
Registration
(Pavilion Landing)
5:00-6:00
Abecedarians Unite!
(Pavilion IV-V-VI)
6:30-8:00
Opening Events, with Gary Soto
(Pavilion IV-V-VI)
8:00-9:00
Gary Soto, Book Signing
(Pavilion Court)
8:30-9:30
The Rectangle Reading
(Pavilion IV-V)
9:30-10:30
Open Mic, with emcee Gary Dop
(Pavilion IV-V)
Thursday, March 19
7:00-6:00
Registration
(Pavilion Landing)
8:30-10:45
Student Leadership Workshops
(Pavilion IV-V-VI)
9:00-9:45
New Sponsor Discussion Group
(Pavilion III)
10:00-10:45
Chapter Sponsor Workshop
(Pavilion III)
Alumni Networking/Meet & Greet
(Sage)
11:00-12:00
Professional/Career Development Workshops
Borderlands and Enchantments: A Creative Writing Workshop
(Pavilion VI)
Harnessing The Imagination: A Creative Writing Workshop
(Pavilion I-II)
English Majors ARE Job-Ready! The Job Skills You Have That Employers Are Desperate to Hire
(Pavilion IV-V)
So . . . you want to go to graduate school: A Workshop on the Process and its Perils
(Sage)
12:00-9:00
Outstanding Chapter Displays
(2nd Level Atrium)
12:00-1:30
Lunch (on your own)
1:30-2:30
Scholarships and Awards Ceremony
(Pavilion IV-V-VI)
2:45-4:00
Concurrent Session A
(Breakout Rooms)
4:15-5:30
Concurrent Session B
(Breakout Rooms)
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5:15-7:00
Sigma Kappa Delta Meet & Greet
(Hyatt Regency Lobby)
5:40-6:10
Regional Networking
(Pavilion IV-V-VI)
6:10-7:30
Dinner (on your own)
7:30-8:30
Simon Ortiz, Featured Speaker
(Pavilion IV-V-VI)
8:30-9:30
Simon Ortiz, Book Signing
(Pavilion Court)
9:00-10:30
Dry T-Shirt/Bad Poetry Contests, with emcee Micah Hicks
(Pavilion IV-V)
Friday, March 20
7:00-2:00
Registration
(Pavilion Landing)
7:30-2:00
Chapter Merchandise Sales
(Pavilion Court)
8:00-9:15
Concurrent Session C
(Breakout Rooms)
9:00-9:00
Outstanding Chapter Displays
(2nd Level Atrium)
9:30-10:45
Concurrent Session D
(Breakout Rooms)
Authors Panel - "Paths to Publication"
(Pavilion V)
11:00-12:15
General Business Session/Regional Caucuses
(Pavilion IV-V-VI)
11:15-1:00
Sigma Kappa Delta Kraeger Awards Luncheon
(Hyatt Regency Lobby)
12:30-2:00
Lunch (on your own)
Regents and Sponsors Luncheon
(Sendero Ballroom)
2:00-3:15
Concurrent Session E
(Breakout Rooms)
Randy Cross - "From Farm to Fulbright"
(Pavilion III)
3:30-4:45
Concurrent Session F
(Breakout Rooms)
NEHS Panel - Rewards and Issues: Teaching High School English
(Pavilion III)
5:00-6:15
Concurrent Session G
(Breakout Rooms)
6:30-7:30
President’s Reception for Faculty and Alumni
(Sendero Ballroom)
Saturday, March 21
7:30-12:00
Registration
(Pavilion Landing)
7:30-2:00
Chapter Merchandise Sales
(Pavilion Court)
8:00-9:15
Concurrent Session H
(Breakout Rooms)
9:00-12:00
Outstanding Chapter Displays
(2nd Level Atrium)
9:30-10:45
Concurrent Session I
(Breakout Rooms)
Life after Being a Sigma Tau Delta Sponsor
(Sierra Vista)
11:00-12:15
Concurrent Session J
(Breakout Rooms)
12:15-3:15
Lunch (on your own)
Alumni Epsilon Chapter Meeting
(Sage)
12:45-1:30
Sigma Kappa Delta Student Meeting
(Sierra Vista)
12:45-2:00
Sigma Kappa Delta Sponsor Meeting
(Sendero Ballroom)
2:00-3:15
Concurrent Session K
(Breakout Rooms)
3:30-4:45
Leslie Marmon Silko, Featured Speaker
(Pavilion IV-V-VI)
4:45-5:45
Leslie Marmon Silko, Book Signing
(Pavilion Court)
6:00-6:30
Entertainment - Mariachi Nuevo Sonido
(Pavilion Court)
6:30-8:30
Red & Black Gala Dinner and Convention Awards
(Pavilion IV-V-VI)