Please review the proposed revision of the IWCA constitution and record your comments below. The Constitution Committee will review all comments when the comment period has closed. Follow this link to download a side-by-side comparison of the two documents at  http://writingcenters.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Constitution4_13.pdf . Follow this link to download a typical set of bylaws (not open for comment): http://writingcenters.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Bylaws_Sample_4_13.pdf [...]

Are you a tutor/consultant presenting at the East Central Writing Centers Association Conference at Clarion University in Clarion, PA, April 12-13? If no tutors from your institution have presented at the conference in the last three years, you can apply for one of ten travel grants to help defray conference costs. Send the following information [...]

All writing center administrators (directors, assistant directors, managers, technology coordinators, etc) who have been writing center administrators for less than 3 years are invited to participate in a brief survey on the models of staff management used by writing center administrators and the preparation they received in the area of staff management. Your assistance in [...]

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: ECWCA OUTSTANDING TUTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD ECWCA TUTOR LEADERSHIP AWARD Deadline:  March 18, 2013 Each year the East Central Writing Center Association (ECWCA) acknowledges the outstanding service provided by tutor/consultants throughout the region. Designed to celebrate the contributions of undergraduate-student, graduate-student, and staff writing center tutors, these awards serve not only [...]

The National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) is pleased to announce the Fifth Symposium on Writing Centers in Asia to be held on April 20, 2013. Background: In February 2009, the University of Tokyo held the first Symposium on Writing Centers in Japan. Since then, the writing centers symposium has become an annual event, [...]

The registration link for the Iowa Writing Center Consortium 2013 conference (to be held on April 5th, at Upper Iowa University in Fayette, Iowa) is now active: www.uiu.edu/IWCC Links on the left-hand side of the page include directions to Upper Iowa University, accommodations and amenities available in Fayette, as well as a registration link.

National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing http://brandtom.wix.com/ncptw-2013 November 1-3, 2013 Tampa, Florida Submission deadline: April 15, 2013. The theme of this year’s  conference is The Year of The Writer, and attendees are invited to submit proposals based on tutee identity, reflecting on their own experiences as tutees and their encounters with other tutees.  Attendees [...]

International Writing Centers Association Collaborative @ CCCC Preliminary Program Now Available Writing Center Work–All of It March 13, 2013 – University of Nevada, Las Vegas In anticipation of common questions about the Collaborative, we’ve provided some helpful information. What is the IWCA Collaborative @ CCCC? The Collaborative @ CCCC is an independent, annual IWCA event [...]

If you are planning to attend the 2013 Mid-Atlantic Writing Centers Conference and/or recently received an acceptance to present, please read on… Because of the success of past conferences and because of the generosity of Twenty Six LLC (the publisher of WCOnline) MAWCA is able to offer 1) scholarships for travel (all who wish to [...]

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 [...]

By January 25, please nominate articles for the 2013 IWCA Outstanding Article Award. The award will be given at the IWCA Collaborative @ Cs in Las Vegas, on March 13, 2013.  Please note the policies, criteria, and nominating process below. The following policies should be noted: *Nominated publications must be dated within the calendar year [...]

Registration is now closed. The International Writing Centers Association (an NCTE Assembly) annual Summer Institute is ideal for current or would-be writing center directors and assistants, writing program administrators, tutors, writing teachers, curriculum developers, graduate students, new PhD’s, and academic leaders – both in the U.S. and abroad. Institute leaders offer presentations and roundtable discussions [...]

The biannual deadline to propose an IWCA Research Grant or Graduate Research Grant is January 1st. The IWCA offers these grants to encourage scholars to apply and advance existing theories and methods or create new knowledge.   The Research Grant supports quantitative, qualitative, theoretical, and applied projects associated with writing center research and application. The [...]

If you’re making plans to attend the the 2013 Southeastern Writing Center Association (SWCA) Conference in Fort Lauderdale, FL this February 21-23, consider applying for one of the following competitive scholarships for individuals within the SWCA region. GARY A. OLSON Scholarship (for professionals) Awards: Two $500 scholarships – one with special consideration given for first-time [...]

SWCA is now accepting proposals to host the 2014 conference. If you’ve attended SWCA conferences in the past, you know how valuable these experiences are to all involved in our writing center community. Hosting a conference is also wonderful visibility for your campus and provides opportunities for your faculty, staff, and students to get involved. [...]

March 13, 2013 – University of Nevada, Las Vegas Writing Center Work—All of It Conversations in the writing center—during peer tutoring sessions, staff meetings, informal occasions, WCenter threads—present open, dialogic opportunities for what participants can accomplish together, how they exercise their identities, and where they choose to engage in risky thinking and risky speech. Likewise, [...]

If you are interested in hosting the National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing in 2013, please contact Harvey Kail Harvey_Kail@umit.maine.edu, preferably by Nov. 1, 2012. The NCPTW board will meet in Chicago Nov. 2-4, 2012, at the “Understanding Tutor Identity” conference to discuss plans for next year. Update: Proposals are still being accepted for [...]

The International Writing Centers Association is proud to announce the recipients of the Outstanding Book Award for 2011: Karen Rowan (Cal State San Bernidino) and Laura Greenfield (Women’s Voices Worldwide, Inc) for their edited collection, Writing Centers and the New Racism: A Call for Sustainable Dialogue and Change. (2011). Logan, UT: Utah State University Press. [...]

The Southeastern Writing Center Association is pleased to announce that we are accepting nominations for the following annual awards. Awards will be presented at the 2013 SWCA conference to be held at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale-Davie, FL, February 21-23. For more information, please visit the conference site: http://www.iwca-swca.org/Conferences.html. SWCA Achievement Award The SWCA [...]

The International Writing Centers Association (IWCA) invites applications for editorial leadership (i.e., co-editors, editorial teams, single editors) of The Writing Center Journal (WCJ). Candidates will be screened according to the following criteria: Broad understanding of writing center scholarship and of rhetoric and composition studies; Experience with writing center administration and board service with regional writing [...]