The Chicagoland Organization of Writing, Literacy, and Learning Centers (COWLLC) proudly announces a regional conference for directors and faculty. The theme for this year’s conference is Undergoing, Understanding Change. To read more about this conference, download the CFP at http://writingcenters.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/COWLLC_Conference2010.pdf

Theme “Back to the Tutor” Location Wingate University Wingate, North Carolina Date February 5-6, 2010 Chair Laura Bokus, Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute, SWCA Vice President 2010-2012 Host Kevin Winchester, Wingate University More information at the conference website: http://backtothetutor-carolinas.blogspot.com/

THE 2010 CHICAGOLAND WRITING CENTER CONFERENCE A Celebration of Writing Centers: Where Activism, Community, and Diversity Meet February 6, 2010, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. DePaul University Schmidt Academic Center, 2320 N. Kenmore Avenue, Lincoln Park, Chicago, IL Registration: Free For more information, visit DePaul’s website at http://condor.depaul.edu/~writing/html/news/index.html

IWCA SIG: open meeting Saturday November 21 Session: SIG.06 – 5:45 pm to 7:00 pm 11/21/2009 Format: Special Interest Group Room: Marriott Rivercenter Topic: Professional Development Level(s): General (proposals of interest at all instructional levels) Title: Using Writing Centers to Advance Literacy (Sponsoring Group: International Writing Centers Association) Special Interest Group meeting for those interested [...]

North Carolina Symposium on Teaching Writing “Perceptions and (mis)Representations: Writing in Secondary and Post-Secondary Classrooms” October 16-17, 2009 North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC The North Carolina Symposium on Teaching Writing is interested in facilitating discussions focusing on student writing in high school, community college, and university environments. While the examination of issues regarding any [...]

Northern California Writing Centers Association Conference 2010 Saturday, February 6, 2010 Mercy High School Burlingame, CA 94010 Co-hosted by Mercy High School and the University of San Francisco Join our conference Ning: http://norcalwca.ning.com/ Conference Theme: The Sustainable Writing Center Keynote Speaker: Dr. Ben Rafoth, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Author of A Tutor’s Guide: Helping Writers [...]

Registration is now open for the 2009 MWCA conference to be held October 22-24 at the Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn in Rapid City, SD. The conference website is at http://pages.usiouxfalls.edu/mwca/mwca09/index.htm . Early bird registration is September 15. The conference offers pre-conference workshops, two post-conference outings (Rushmore & Crazy Horse or a walking tour of historic [...]

NCPTW at Mount Holyoke College Go to host Website for details: http://www.mtholyoke.edu/wcl/21984.shtml The National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing Hosted by the Speaking, Arguing, and Writing Program of the Weissman Center for Leadership Mount Holyoke College November 6-8, 2009 Leadership and Peer Tutoring: Hope, Vision, Collaboration, Action What exactly is leadership and what does [...]

This is an announcement and invitation to participate in the International Conference on Language Policy, Planning and Support in Higher Education – Challenges of Multilingualism, November 17-20, 2009. As the title suggests, three main themes will be dealt with: Language policies for a multicultural, multilingual higher education setting Language planning in higher education Language support [...]

2010 SWCA Georgia Statewide Conference February 12-13, 2010 Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA Conference Website: http://www.backtothetutor-georgia.blogspot.com/ Keynote Speaker Forthcoming Conference Co-Chairs Beth Burmester, Ph.D., Georgia State University, SWCA President Christine Cozzens, Ph.D., Agnes Scott College, Southern Discourse Editor Proposal Deadline Friday, January 15, 2010 Theme “Back to the Tutor” The SWCA is sponsoring mini-regional conferences [...]

Congratulations to Shanti Bruce and Kevin Dvorak as well as Elizabeth Boquet and Neal Lerner, along with all the nominees for the 2008 awards. Their contributions to writing center research and scholarship are invaluable to the profession. The 2008 Outstanding Scholarship Committee–Wayne Robertson (chair), Michelle Deal, and Eliana Schonberg–is pleased to announce the 2008 Best [...]

Classification: Temporary Full-Time Instructor, beginning August 10, 2009.  The successful candidate will be eligible to compete for the permanent position (August 2010). Duties include supervising the Writing Center (developing policies and procedures, hiring and training tutors, publicizing the Center), teaching two English courses each semester, and serving on the Freshman English Committee.  Requires demonstrated excellence [...]

“Converging at the Vanishing Point” The 2010 East Central Writing Centers Association Conference is coming to Mid-Michigan! The conference will be hosted by Lansing Community College and Michigan State University from April 8th to 10th, 2010. Please direct any questions you may have to ecwca2010questions@gmail.com. Conference URL: http://writing.msu.edu/ecwca . Writing centers are at an interesting [...]

On February 17, 2009, the first Colloquium on Writing Centers in Japan was held at the University of Tokyo (Komaba Campus) with coordinators from six writing centers presenting and over 30 participants. It was the first time for so many Japanese writing center administrators and people interested in creating writing centers in Japan to gather. [...]

Mid-Atlantic Writing Centers Conference 2010 This 2010 MAWCA conference will be hosted by the University of Delaware Writing Center on April 9th – 10th in scenic and historic Newark, Delaware. Our theme of “Individuals Shaping Writing Centers – Writing Centers Shaping Individuals” is sure to make for a creative and illuminating conference experience. We are [...]

Bring it! Activating the Writing Center for Tutors The 3rd Annual Northeast Ohio Writing Centers Association Conference 9:00-4:30 PM October 10, 2009 The College of Wooster Writing centers are communities made up of staff, students, and faculty. Each plays a role in what that writing center is and becomes, almost every day. And, it is [...]

NEWCA’s 2010 conference will be held at Boston University on April 10 and 11. As the saying goes, “Image is Everything.”  The conference theme, Images, explores the rhetoric of the visual world and provides us with intriguing metaphors, lenses and frameworks to explore writing center lore and research. We encourage investigation of how writing centers’ [...]

St. Louis Community College at Meramec: College Writing Center Supervisor Closing Date: July 6, 2009 36-week, continuing position $28,739 Requires a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, (specify total credit hours earned), and over three years relevant full-time experience; prefer degree in English or related field and teaching experience. A successful candidate must be able to provide [...]

South Central Writing Center Association Call for Conference Proposals Spring 2010:  April 22-24 Writing as Labyrinth: All Paths Lead to the Center Labyrinths create a heightened awareness of the human condition and aid psychological and spiritual growth. To build a labyrinth is to create a sacred space, and to walk a labyrinth is to imbue [...]

Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville TN VISITING COMPOSITION INSTRUCTOR / ASSISTANT PROFESSOR: Department of English and Communications Full-time, nine-month, non-tenure-track, one-year renewable (up to three years) appointment to begin August 1, 2009. One or more positions available. QUALIFICATIONS: MA in English (or Master’s degree in related field with 18 semester graduate hours in English) with graduate [...]