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    Do essays make you feel uptight?
    Do you have trouble when you write?
    Perhaps you don’t know how to start
    or end or write the middle part?

    We can chase your fears away,
    and show you what you want to say.

    Do thesis statements make you wince?
    Does evidence not quite convince?
    Is organization but a dream?
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Conferences & Institutes

Call for Proposals to Host Future IWCA Conferences

Call for Proposals to Host International Writing Centers Association Conference (download the complete call for proposals at http://writingcenters.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/host_iwca_cfp.pdf) Recruiting hosts for these ...

CFP: NEWCA 2009 Conference, “NEWCA @ 25: Revisit, Reflect, Renew” (Deadline for Proposals: December 31, 2008)

NEWCA @ 25: Revisit, Reflect, Renew University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT Saturday, April 4, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm and Sunday, April ...

CFP: NoCal WCA 2009 Conference ( “Awakening the Writer Within:Connecting Brains, Bodies and Environments”; Deadline for Proposals Jan. 2, 2009)

Conference Date: Saturday, February 28, 2009~ 8am-8pm Conference Theme: Awakening the Writer Within:Connecting Brains, Bodies and Environments Contact Person: Kimberly Smith, Writing ...

CFP: European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing Conference (Proposal Deadline Jan. 31, 2009)

EATAW 2009 Conference: CALL for PROPOSALS and Online Submission System The European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing (EATAW) is ...

CFP: MWCA 2009 Conference in the Black Hills of South Dakota (Deadline for Proposals: March 20, 2009)

25th Annual Conference October 22-24, 2009 Rapid City, SD For its 25th annual conference, the Midwest Writing Centers Association is heading west. The ...

News and Announcements

Call for Nominations: IWCA Officers

Call for nominations: IWCA Executive Board Officers
We are seeking candidates for three open positions:
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
These terms start at NCTE in fall of 2009 and are two year terms.  The VP is a six year commitment; VP becomes president in fall of 2011 and then past president in fall of 2013.
Duties of each office are described [...]

Letters from the President

Letter from Norman, January 2008

A new year:  I didn’t think I did too much holiday feasting, but that belt sure is tightening!
Most of us move toward middle age by letting our belt slip to a next opening…we pretend not to notice how we are no longer letting that buckle slip into the most used and worn in comfortable slot…now [...]

Publications

Praxis Fall 2008 Launched!

The editors of Praxis are very pleased to announce the publication of the fall, 2008 issue, “Technology in Today’s Writing Center.” You can read the new issue at http://projects.uwc.utexas.edu/praxis/.

Awards

Congratulations to Beth Godbee, Recipient of the First Annual Ben Rafoth Graduate Research Award

Beth Godbee, PhD student at the University of Wisconsin Madison, has been chosen as the first recipient of the Ben Rafoth Graduate Research Award. The $1000 grant will support Beth’s travel to this year’s IWCA/NCPTW conference in Las Vegas, where she will present (along with Christine Cozzens, Tanya Cochran, and Lessa Spitzer) her presentation entitled [...]