Featured Reading
Remembering Hurricane Hugo, College of Charleston Writing Lab by Bonnie Devet and Tutors
The Hurricane and the Writing Lab
by Bonnie Devet and tutors Ericka Burroughs, Lydia Hopson, Donna Kenyon, Trisha Martin, Cheryl Sims, Hope Norment, Liz Young, Prof. Sylvia Gamboa, Prof. Kathy Haney
College of Charleston Writing Lab
In late September, Hurricane Hugo roared through Charleston, South Carolina, ripping off roofs, toppling massive oaks onto …
Recent Updates
Conferences & Institutes
Overview The IWCA Collaborative 2010 program features sessions that are relevant to all writing center professionals and include topics such as: Making ...
Overview Sunday July 25-Friday July 30, 2010 Lone Wolf, Oklahoma Join co-chairs Michele Eodice (University of Oklahoma) and Lori Salem (Temple University), plus ...
IWCA SIG/Open Meeting TSIG.25, March 18, 2010 from 6:30 - 7:30 pm: "The International Writing Centers Association SIG on Multiple Issues ...
The International Writing Centers Association and the National Conference on Peer Tutoring announce their joined conference to be held on ...
Below are links to IWCA affiliated regional conferences for Spring 2010. The conferences are listed in chronological order according to ...
News and Announcements
Writing@CSU ReleasedFrom Mike Palmquist:
I’m writing to share the news that the new Writing@CSU site has been released. The site (http://writing.colostate.edu) features more than 35,000 pages of resources supporting writers and writing teachers and provides access to the Writing Studio, an open-access instructional writing environment that includes writing tools, research tools, and a course management system for [...]
Letters from the President
Happy New Decade from Roberta Kjesrud, your new IWCA President! Michele Eodice, IWCA President 2007-2009, passes the gavels to incoming IWCA President Roberta Kjesrud at NCTE 2009.
In this letter, I plan to
• Introduce IWCA officers and board,
• Summarize Board Biz, and
• Invite your thoughts and ideas.
If you are anything like I was before I got involved in this enterprise, you may be only vaguely aware of IWCA governance. [...]
Publications
CFP: Praxis Spring 2010 Issue (Deadline: January 25, 2010)CFP: Spring 2010 Issue of Praxis: Professionalization and the Writing Center, Part II
Praxis: A Writing Center Journal welcomes submissions on a wide range of topics related to writing centers for its Spring 2010 issue. We also encourage submissions on this issue’s theme: Professionalization and the Writing Center as well as responses to articles in our [...]
Awards
ECWCA Call for Nominations, 2010 Outstanding Service AwardsEach year the East Central Writing Center Association (ECWCA) acknowledges the outstanding service provided by tutor/consultants throughout the region at our annual conference.
Awards Certificates and $200 cash awards will be given in two categories: Outstanding Tutor of the Year and Tutor Leadership. Details about the awards and the nomination process are posted on our website:
http://cms-stark.kent.edu/Academics/Writing/upload/ECWCA_2010_Awards_CALL.pdf
The [...]