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Archive for October 20th, 2011

APA Workshops for Faculty

On October 25, 2011, the CTL will host two workshops on APA for faculty. While this is not necessarily a teaching APA workshop, we will cover some issues that may […]

Academic-industry parnterships makes us better at what we do

During the first week of October, I presented at and attended the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC) in Harrisonburg, VA.  Besides being blown away by the […]

APA Workshops for Students & Faculty

Greetings readers! In August, at the request of a number of KU faculty, Diane Martinez and I developed and presented a couple of workshops on particular aspects of APA. Those […]

“Tutor experience” research opportunity

Two graduate students and tutors at the Writing Center at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Lindsay Sabatino and Jessica Showalter, have an exciting research project they will be presenting at the […]

Conference Opportunities Galore!

When the student is ready, the master appears.  ~Buddhist Proverb Hello, readers! I know that September is a busy, back-to-school month for many of us. However, nothing motivates and inspires […]

Writing Center Promotion as a Component of WAC Outreach!

Hi, all! For the next two weeks, I will be sharing some awesome information every Tuesday and Thursday on the following topics: Inventive writing center promos & how we can […]

Writing Across the Curriculum Podcast: Interview of Kevin Kelly

Click the link to listen to the WAC Podcast Series: Interview of Kevin Kelly by Kurtis Clements Kurtis Clements had a moment to sit down with author and Kaplan University […]

Professional development course on WAC coming soon!

One of the goals of a true writing across the curriculum program is to incorporate meaningful writing into all courses.  Meaningful writing means that students use writing to learn as […]

What is meaningful, practical writing?

One of the goals of writing across the curriculum is to make writing more meaningful to students in all classes.  It is not a matter of quantity or frequency, but […]

There’s more to the South than yummy grits…

Last week, I attended the Conference on College Composition and Communication in beautiful downtown Atlanta, Georgia.  Aside from the pleasure of having grits at every meal (buttery grits, cheesy grits, […]