The SWCA Christine Cozzens Research Grant and Initiative Committee would like to announce the co-winners of the spring 2013 CCRGI Award:

Gwendolyn N. Hale, Ph.D. and Mr. Ethan Bottone, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA, for their project, “Virginia is for Writers,” which is designed to begin multiple high school-university writing center collaborations throughout the state.

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Dwedor Morais Ford, Ph.D., Elizabeth Priest, Pamela Simmons, Angela Steinberg, and Tanya Walker, Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem, NC, for their project, “Creating Space: Building, Renewing, and Sustaining Writing Centers at HBCUs in North Carolina,” which will bring together leaders from NC HBCU writing centers for a one-day workshop designed to promote collaboration and to facilitate original research projects.

Please join me in congratulating these award winners on their excellent projects!

Best,
Kevin Dvorak
Chair, SWCA CCRGI Committee