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/ or click the link at the top of the IWCA homepage (IWCA@CCCC) for more information.
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 a writing [...]
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 [...]
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 The Director of the Writing Center is the principal administrator with responsibility of the overall day-to-day [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
STELLENAUSSCHREIBUNG An der Zentralen Einrichtung für Sprachen und Schlüsselqualifikationen der Universität Göttingen Stiftung Öffentlichen Rechts sind zum nächst möglichen Zeitpunkt zwei Vollzeitstellen(zzt. 38,9 Std. /Woche) einer Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben für das Aufgabengebiet UNIcert Scientific English / English for Academic Purposes befristet für zwei Jahre zu besetzen. Die Entgeltzahlung erfolgt nach der Entgeltgruppe 13 TV-L. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The IWCA Executive Board has made available more reports along with past in-person meeting agendas, minutes, and rosters of the Executive Board in the Discussion Forums (http://writingcenters.org/board) under “Documents of the Executive Board.” Past-President Jon Olson provided the reports from 1999 until 2006. Current President Clint Gardner is committed to getting even more of the [...]
The regional and special reports of the IWCA Executive Board are now available online at http://www.writingcenters.org/board/index.php?t=thread&frm_id=17. Currently reports form 2005 to 2006 are available.
The Southeastern Writing Center Association (SWCA) recently announced the recipients of two major awards at its annual conference in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Dr. Pamela B. Childers, Caldwell Chair of Composition and Director of the Caldwell Writing Center at the McCallie School in Chattanooga, received the SWCA Achievement Award in recognition of her wealth of [...]
International Writing Centers Association and South Central Writing Centers Association April 12-14, 2007 The Magnolia Hotel Houston, TX “A Space for Writing: Writing Centers and Place” Houston occupies a place in the world’s mind as “Space City – a place of infinite possibilities,” inextricably linked to NASA, oil, and cancer research. Little-known to those outside [...]
The IWCA Outstanding Scholarship committees have chosen the winners of the 2005 Outstanding book and article. This year’s awards will be presented at the 2006 CCCC convention in Chicago during the IWCA Executive Board meeting. The Board meeting is scheduled to run directly after the IWCA special interest group. The SIG is scheduled in Burnham [...]
The writing center community around the world is celebrating te inaugural International Writing Centers Week from February 12th to the 18th 2006. Find out how people are celebrating on the IWCA message boards and, if you work in a writing center, post your own photos and experiences.
Please note that the dates for the conference and the submissions deadline are different from those given on the original announcement. The National Conference on Writing Centers as Public Space at the University of Illinois at Chicago Writing Center presents: Negotiated Alliances: When Writing is Public, Urban, and Academic New Date: September 29 – October [...]
Xavier University invites applications for a Visiting Faculty and Associate Director of the Writing Center. The Associate Director is responsible primarily for supervising the student staff, maintaining records, promoting services, and ensuring efficient operations of the Center, and as a full-time instructor, teaches three writing courses per semester, primarily advanced composition for Honors students. This [...]
The 2005 Outstanding Scholarship Awards will be presented at the CCCC IWCA Special Interest Group, March 23, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois. Congratulations to all the nominees! Nominations for Book Award Elmborg, James and Sheril Hook, eds. Centers for Learning: Writing Centers and Libraries in Collaboration. Publications in Librarianship No. 57. Chicago, Ilinois: ALA Press, 2005 [...]
You are invited to nominate a book or article for the 2005 IWCA Outstanding Scholarship Awards for Best Book and Best Article. The book and article must have a publication date of 2005. Deadline: February 1, 2006 Address: Send nominations by e-mail to Clint Gardner gardnecl@slcc.edu. Guidelines: Publications may be nominated by the author(s) or [...]
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor November 10-12, 2006 http://www.lsa.umich.edu/swc/ncptw/ Call For Papers: Gayle Morris Sweetland Writing Center at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, seeks proposals for 75-minute sessions that consider practical, historical and theoretical aspects of the theme of authority in the writing center. We emphasize tutor-led, active presentations providing the opportunity for audience [...]
