Dear colleagues We are happy to invite you to the eduhub webinar: “Writing Centers to enhance Learning and Instruction in Swiss Teacher Education”, presented by Gisela Bürki (PH Bern) and Gerd Bräuer (ZHAW/PH Freiburg, Germany) on Thursday, June 30, from 11 AM – 12 NOON Central European Summer Time (CEST). PLEASE ALSO SIGN UP IF [...]
The 2011 Summer Institute for writing center professionals will take place in Lone Wolf, Oklahoma July 24-29. For complete details, see the IWCA SI website at http://writingcenters.org/links/iwca-summer-institute-2/ . To go directly to the registration page at http://ltw.ou.edu/si2011/ .
This year, to celebrate its 100th anniversary, NCTE is embracing the theme “Reading the Past, Writing the Future.” IWCA would like to take this opportunity to gather its members for a one-day workshop, hosted by COWLLC, on November 17, 2011, where we will consider “Revising the Present.” To inspire participants in re-visionary thinking, we will [...]
MCC-Longview will host a Writing Across the Curriculum Institute for Community Colleges, June 22-24, 2011, on the Longview campus in Lee’s Summit, a suburb in the Kansas City metro area. The institute offers a focused and interactive opportunity for WAC directors, discipline faculty, and college administrators to learn practical strategies for starting and sustaining a [...]
Florida International University – Biscayne Bay Kovens Conference Center November 4-6, 2011 Proposal Deadline: April 25, 2011 Conference Website: http://ncptw.net/2011-conference.html Keynote Speaker: Brian Fallon, Fashion Institute of Technology, 2010 Maxwell Award Winner Theme: Tutors, Tutoring, and the Teaching of Tutors The 2011 NCPTW convention invites writing center tutors and directors to come to Miami, FL, [...]
Thanks to Deb Bertsch for compiling a list of some of the writing-centered presentations at this week’s CCCC.
Preliminary Schedule Now Available! See below. Registration Visit http://ltw.ou.edu/cccc11/ to register for the Collaborative. Location and Date/Time April 6, 2011 – Omni/CNN Center, Atlanta, GA Overview The all-day IWCA Collaborative @ CCCC is an independent, annual IWCA event and will not appear on the CCCC program. The Collaborative @ CCCC focuses on providing an interactive, [...]
You are invited to attend the second gathering of the IWCA Regional Leaders Network, Wednesday, April 6, 2011 at the IWCA Collaborative@CCCCs in Atlanta. We hope leaders from each writing center region will join together at this important event to share ideas for creating localized professional development opportunities and for fostering growth among regional writing [...]
The East Central Writing Centers Association invites inquiries and applications to host its spring 2012 conference. Any college or university within the ECWCA region (Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and nearby areas) is eligible to host. The ECWCA Board also gladly accepts applications from multiple institutions that wish to co-host the conference. Hosting [...]
Chicagoland Organization of Writing, Literacy, and Learning Centers (COWLLC) The Chicagoland Organization of Writing, Literacy, and Learning Centers (COWLLC) is proud to announce its 2011 Tutor Conference! Conference Overview NOTE: We are extending our deadline for proposals for the March 4th Tutor Conference! Please have proposals submitted by January 10, 2011. We hope that will [...]
The Chicagoland Organization of Writing, Literacy, and Learning Centers (COWLLC) is proud to announce its 2011 Tutor Conference! Conference Overview NOTE: We are extending our deadline for proposals for the March 4th Tutor Conference! Please have proposals submitted by January 10, 2011. We hope that will give you enough time to work with your tutors. [...]
Search closed. The University of New Hampshire at Manchester is seeking candidates for the position of Director of the Center for Academic Enrichment (CAE), a comprehensive learning center providing reading, writing, mathematics, study skills, tutoring, and academic support programming. (View information about the CAE at: http://unhm.unh.edu/current-students/academic-support-services/center-for-academic-enrichment/index.php ) The Center for Academic Enrichment is affiliated with [...]
International Writing Centers Association joined conference with National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing The full program is ready to download here (file size: 10 megabytes). November 4-6, 2010 Baltimore, Maryland At the Sheraton Baltimore City Center Hotel Welcome to IWCA-NCPTW 2010 The International Writing Centers Association and the National Conference on Peer Tutoring in [...]
The IWCA-NCPTW 2010 Conference in Baltimore will feature a Friday and a Saturday Scholar-to-Scholar session. Often referred to in other disciplines as a “poster session,” this format offers researchers an opportunity to present their research directly, one to one or one to group as audience members walk around the room, browsing and stopping when a [...]
EATAW is pleased to announce the Call for Narratives for the Keynote Panel of Peer-tutors for its 6th biennial conference in June 2011. One of the Keynote addresses at EATAW 2011 will be delivered by a Keynote Panel of Peer-tutor. The Keynote Panel of Peer-tutors will bring together a selection of peer-tutors from across Europe [...]
Our WC community now has an IWCA WC Assessment SIG, and our first efforts involve surveying the WC community about interests with assessment, needed knowledge/strategies, and concerns. Please take 10-20 minutes to answer our 8-question survey (9 questions if you volunteer to help facilitate the IWCA meeting), available at the link below http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HH2Y9D7 Kim Ballard [...]
Deadline extended to Friday, October 1. In the spirit of collaboration and to provide meaningful support to ongoing writing center research, the IWCA will host its inaugural Research Network Forum at this year’s IWCA-NCPTW Conference in Baltimore (November 4-6, 2010). The newly-formed RNF will feature researchers presenting works-in-progress (essay-length drafts, research plans, grant proposals, and [...]
The National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing is accepting travel-grant applications from undergraduate and graduate peer tutors who are presenting at the upcoming IWCA/NCPTW conference in Baltimore, Maryland, on November 4-6, 2010. Travel-grant applications must be received by September 20, 2010. Individual peer tutors who have been accepted for a conference presentation, panel, or [...]
Institute at a Glance Arrive on Sunday July 25 (or earlier) for Writing Centers 101 workshop: 3:00-5:00 pm Reception & Welcome dinner: 6:00- 9:00 Monday, July 26: Breakfast included; morning plenary sessions; lunch included; afternoon sessions; end by 4:30 Tuesday, July 27: Breakfast included; morning plenary sessions; lunch included; afternoon sessions; end by 4:30 Wednesday, [...]
Michelle LaFrance and Melissa Nicholas are conducting a study on faculty and staff perspectives on work in the writing center. They have created a survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RBW8BHP, and are asking for your participation. It should take 10-30 minutes to complete the survey, depending upon the length of your answers. They are hoping to disseminate this widely, [...]
