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IWCA@CCCC Registration Closed

Feb 17th, 2009 | By Site Administrator | Category: Archives

The IWCA Collaborative at this year’s CCCC is full and no new registrants are being accepted.
Visit http://writingcenters.org/2009/02/cccc-2009-iwca-writing-center-collaborative/

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Southeastern Writing Center Association Awards: Call for Nominations

Sep 4th, 2008 | By Site Administrator | Category: News and Announcements

The Southeastern Writing Center Association is accepting nominations for the 2009 Achievement Award and Tutor Award. These awards are presented annually to outstanding members of the SWCA community, and each winner will receive a plaque and $250 at the SWCA conference in Greensboro, NC, February 26-28, 2009. Nominees must be currently working in [...]



Position Announcement: Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus

Sep 2nd, 2008 | By Site Administrator | Category: Positions

Long Island U ˆ Brooklyn
English, 1 University Plaza, Brooklyn NY 11201
Assistant Professor of English,
Composition and Rhetoric, with WC/WPA experience
The English Department at the Brooklyn campus of Long Island University anticipates, pending budget approval, a September 2009 opening for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Composition and Rhetoric, with experience in Writing Center or Writing Program [...]



Position Announcement: Writing Center Director at UNC Chapel Hill

Aug 7th, 2008 | By Site Administrator | Category: Positions

The Writing Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites applications for the position of director. This is a full-time, non-tenure track position in an innovative, busy center that offers both
onsite and online service (http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb

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Results of IWCA Board Elections

Jul 21st, 2008 | By Site Administrator | Category: News and Announcements

Michele Eodice, President of IWCA, announces the results of the Executive Board elections. The number of IWCA members running for an at-large position was quite large. It’s great to see so many members excited about taking on leadership roles in IWCA. As a reminder, members who wish to be involved in IWCA governance should contact [...]



Position Announcement: Moore College of Art & Design, Educational Support Writing Coordinator.

Jul 21st, 2008 | By Site Administrator | Category: Positions

This is a non-exempt position, below is a summary of duties and requirements.
Summary of primary duties and responsibilities:
Provide writing assistance and tutoring to all BFA, Post Baccalaureate and graduate students. Maintain students’ academic writing progress records, provide workshop instruction throughout the year, and support the First Year Writing Program. Provide support for all graduate students [...]



Position Announcement: Universität Göttingen Stiftung Öffentlichen Rechts

Jul 21st, 2008 | By Site Administrator | Category: Positions

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- Aufbau und Betreuung [...]



Announcing the IWCA Summer Institue Webcast on July 23, 10:30 am – Noon (Central)

Jul 21st, 2008 | By Site Administrator | Category: Archives

From the IWCA Summer Institute organizers:
Those of us organizing the 2008 IWCA Summer Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are eager to share a small part of this year’s institute with the wider writing center community. We’re delighted to announce that we’ll be webcasting one of the plenary sessions, so you can sample the Summer [...]



Book Review: Out of the Margins, Into the Middle?

Jun 18th, 2008 | By Site Administrator | Category: Featured Reading

Book Review
by
MaryAnn Crawford, Ellen Schendel, Barbara Toth
MaryAnn Crawford is the Director of the Writing Center/Basic Writing and University Writing Program and a Professor of English at Central Michigan University
Ellen Schendel is an Associate Professor in the Writing Department, and the Director of the Fred Meijer Center for Writing and Michigan Authors at Grand Valley [...]



Praxis

Jul 26th, 2005 | By Site Administrator | Category: Archives

Praxis: A Writing Center Journal is an online publication that represents the
collaboration of writing center consultants and directors across the United States. The editors of Praxis are pleased to announce the launch of a new issue, which focuses on technology in the writing center. The editors invite you to explore the new issue [...]



2005 SEWCA Awards

Jul 26th, 2005 | By Site Administrator | Category: Archives

The Southeastern Writing Center Association (SWCA) is pleased to announce the co-recipients of the 2005 Outstanding Peer Tutor Award, recently presented at the SWCA Annual Conference held in Charleston, SC. The Awards Committee decided that there was a tie between Beth Godbee of Georgia State University and Marie Morgann of the College of Charleston [...]



Call for Proposals: 2006 CCCC Writing Center Pre-Conference Workshop

Jul 26th, 2005 | By Site Administrator | Category: Archives

The Writing Center: Building Communities, Forming Coalitions, Advocating Change
Akua Duku Anokye encourages 2006 CCCC participants to “[consider] the center spaces we have built in the past and the coalitions we need to build for the future of our communities and culture.� Answering Anokye’s call and honoring Chicago’s history of social activism and labor reform, we [...]



WCWCA Awards

Jul 26th, 2005 | By Site Administrator | Category: Archives

The East Central Writing Centers Association (ECWCA) announced March 30 its annual awards. Selected for oustanding tutor was Korinne Milks for Central Michigan University. The outstanding learder award went to Meghan Monroe also of Central Michigan University and to Scott Peters of Purdue University. The outstanding tutor award is given for innovative [...]



Writing Center Summer Institute

Jul 22nd, 2005 | By Site Administrator | Category: Archives

The 2005 Writing Center Summer Institute is underway at the University of Kansas. Writing center professionals from around the world have gathered to learn about and discuss essential writing center issues. The folks at Writng Center Journal (link) and PeerCenter (link) are blogging the experience.



SWCA 2006 Call For Proposals

Jul 22nd, 2005 | By Site Administrator | Category: Archives

The Southeastern Writing Center Association is pleased to announce an early call for proposals for its 2006 annual conference, February 16-18: “Let’s Research: Gathering Evidence to Support Writing Center Work.� Co-hosted by the University of North Carolina and Duke University, the conference venue is at the historic Carolina Inn in Chapel Hill. Neal Lerner, co-editor [...]



IWCA Board Meeting Minutes

Jul 22nd, 2005 | By Site Administrator | Category: Archives

IWCA Board Meeting, CCCC, San Francisco
Thursday, March 17, 2005
Approved Minutes
Attending (according to sign-in roster):
Board Members Present: Jon Olson, President (PA State U); Jill Pennington, Secretary (Lansing Comm. Coll.); Ben Rafoth, Treasurer (Ind. U of PA); Paula Gillespie, Past President (Marquette U); Pamela Childers, At-Large Representative (The McCallie School); William Macauley, Jr., At-Large Representative (Mt. Union [...]



Inman receives award

Feb 24th, 2005 | By Site Administrator | Category: Archives

IWCA Vice President James Inman has received the Southeastern Writing Centers Association (SWCA) Achievement Award at the SWCA Regional Conference recently held in Charleston, SC. James has been recognized for his service to the organization and the writing center community. Besides a plaque and cash award, James also will present a speech at next year’s [...]



Summer Institute for Writing Center Directors and Professionals

Jan 28th, 2005 | By Site Administrator | Category: Archives

New to directing a writing center?
Starting up a new center?
Looking for new directions for your writing center?
Planning a writing center career?
Interested in learning and sharing with writing-center colleagues?
Ready for more sustained writing-center discussions than conferences offer?
In Summer 2005 at the University of Kansas The Summer Institute for Writing Center Directors and Professionals will hold an [...]



Remembering Candace Spigelman

Jan 10th, 2005 | By Site Administrator | Category: Archives

by Jon Olson, IWCA President
Mid-morning on Saturday, 18 December 2004, many of us were shocked and saddened when we downloaded our email and read this on the wcenter online discussion list:
Candace Spigelman—who taught at PSU Berks and whose work focused on collaborative groups, intellectual property, and more recently, on the making of knowledge in [...]



Mid-Atlantic Writing Center Association Conference

Oct 28th, 2004 | By Site Administrator | Category: Archives

APRIL 9TH 2005
Frederick Community College
Space, Place, Vision:
Celebrating Writing Center Journeys
PROPOSALS DUE FEBRUARY 7TH
Tutors, teachers, and researchers in the teaching of composition in writing centers are invited to submit proposals that are inspired by the conference theme or that address any writing center subject.
Presentation Formats
• Presentations (20 minutes, sessions should be interactive)
• Workshops (60 minutes)
• Roundtable or [...]