Only One Week to Convention
Program Schedule of Concurrent Sessions - 3/8/10 (Draft 4)
Program Index of Presenters - 3/8/10
Frequently Asked Questions: presenting papers and more
Tips for Presenting a Paper
Time Limitations
Please practice your conference presentation to ensure that you stay within the 8-15 minute time frame. Due to the record number of submissions, the presentation time within concurrent sessions will be tight.
Presentation Copies
Don’t forget that presenters need to bring copies of their own papers to read in St. Louis.
Just Added—Resume Workshop: Sigma Tau Delta's Alumni Epsilon Chapter and Student Leadership Committee invite students to attend a workshop on creating a resume and curriculum vitae (CV). If you have a current resume and/or CV please bring them to the workshop. Otherwise, just come and work one-on-one with an alumnus or graduate student member to create them. Saturday, March 20 at 2:00 p.m., Mills 8.
Registration
Everyone attending the convention, including presenters, guests, and panelists, must register for the convention. Advance registration ended March 7.
Attendees who have not registered in advance must register on-site at the registration desk. The onsite registration fee is $95 for all participants. See convention registration for details. Registration desk hours are:
| Wednesday | March 17 | 3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. |
| Thursday | March 18 | 7:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. |
| Friday | March 19 | 7:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. |
| Saturday | March 20 | 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. |
Important Hotel Update
February 16, 2010 - The Hyatt Regency St. Louis at The Arch is sold out on Thursday, March 18. There are a few single rooms left for the nights of March 19, March 20, and March 21 at a special group rate of $119 per night (excluding taxes).
Sigma Tau Delta has arranged for additional hotel rooms at the Crowne Plaza St. Louis-Downtown, located directly across the street from the convention hotel. The Sigma Tau Delta convention rate is $115 per night (excluding taxes).
View Hotel Information for registration details.
From the Convention Chair
Welcome to the 2010 Sigma Tau Delta Convention, Storytellers! No matter how different our backgrounds, a universal connection that we have with one another is story, and the 2010 Convention will be a great place for each of us to spin a yarn. Call it alchemy or enchantment or magic…whatever you want to label it, there is no denying the power of a good story. Stories give us a connection with our lineage, a sense of place, a sense of self. In a world where hate and divisiveness have too often taken center stage, we need more sharing and more listening. We need more stories.
I recently was asked, “Who will be the storytellers at your convention?” My response was, “Who won’t be a storyteller?” Sigma Tau Delta conventions have always been a place where a collaborative story can take place. It has been, and will continue to be, a community experience in which all participants have opportunities to share their voices in papers, panels, and yes, even the bad poetry contest. Join me in St. Louis, the Gateway City. Listen to celebrated authors, have a bit of fun, and most importantly, tell your story.
Carrie Fitzpatrick, 2010 Convention Chair