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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Greetings Kenneth Burke scholars!</span><o:p><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">I hope this finds you all well. As you might probably know,
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"><b style="line-height: normal;"><i style="line-height: normal;">2021 Eastern Communication Association Conference</i></b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> will take place as
a virtual event between </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"><b style="line-height: normal;"><i style="line-height: normal;">Wednesday, March 24 and Sunday, March 28, 2021</i></b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">
with the fitting theme, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"><b style="line-height: normal;"><i style="line-height: normal;">Resilience</i></b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">.</span><o:p><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">The </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"><b style="line-height: normal;"><i style="line-height: normal;">Kenneth Burke Interest Group business meeting</i></b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">
will be held on</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"><b style="line-height: normal;"><i style="line-height: normal;"> Friday March 26 at 4:30 PM</i></b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">. I would like to encourage
everyone to join and contribute taking part in the leadership of the interest group. It is very important for the interest group to maintain a good standing at ECA. Also, please encourage your graduate students to attend and participate.</span><o:p><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">2021 ECA conference program and registration information is available here:
</span><a href="https://ecasite.org/aws/ECA/pt/sp/convention_home"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">https://ecasite.org/aws/ECA/pt/sp/convention_home</span></a><o:p><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">In addition, Kenneth Burke Interest Group will have the following event on
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"><b style="line-height: normal;"><i style="line-height: normal;">Saturday March 27 between 3:15 PM to 4:30 PM:</i></b></span><b><i><o:p><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></o:p></i></b></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"><b style="line-height: normal;"><i style="line-height: normal;">Resilient Teaching: Integrating Kenneth Burke into the Classroom</i></b></span><b><i><o:p><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></o:p></i></b></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"><i style="line-height: normal;">Sponsor</i></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">: Kenneth Burke Society</span><o:p><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"><i style="line-height: normal;">Chair</i></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">: Matthew P. Mancino, Indiana University South Bend</span><o:p><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"><i style="line-height: normal;">Presenters</i></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">:</span><o:p><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Bryan Crable, Villanova University</span><o:p><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Cem Zeytinoglu, East Stroudsburg University</span><o:p><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Richard H. Thames, Duquesne University</span><o:p><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Elvera Berry, Roberts Wesleyan College</span><o:p><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">This panel celebrates the resiliency of Kenneth Burke's rhetorical theory. Panelists announce the possibilities of Burke's work in the twenty-first century and review strategies for integrating Burke into
undergraduate and graduate courses. We hope that you can join us.</span><o:p><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions of concerns.</span><o:p><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Stay healthy!</span><o:p><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">CZ</span><o:p><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></o:p></p>
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