Karen Morowski, Cristina Pabon, and Lisa Lotito are excited to announce the launch of the Spring 2010 issue of the Dangling Modifier (http://php.scripts.psu.edu/dept/ulc/Dangling_Modifier/index.php), NCPTW’s newsletter by and for peer tutors. Dangling Modifier is also accepting submissions for the fall, when August Dombrow and Christy Ducharme take over as editors and Liz Beresford assumes the role [...]

Camp Completion!  Get your dissertation (or thesis) going! Sponsored by the OU Writing Center Who? If your plan of study/dissertation or thesis proposal has been approved by your advisor/committee, you can attend.   We especially hope to work with students who are seeking additional mentoring and feedback.  This intensive camp will help you address issues of [...]

An announcement from the St. Cloud State Write Place: “The Writing Center Directory is a collaboration between the International Writing Centers Association (IWCA) and the Write Place of St. Cloud State University (SCSU). This directory currently strives to index the known college and university writing centers of the United States and Canada and desires to [...]

At CCCC 2010 session E.41 “Surveying Best Practices in Online Writing Instruction: Results from the CCCC Committee’s National Survey,” Beth Hewett, Christa Ehmann Powers, Sushil Oswal, Deborah Minter, Susan Miller-Cochran, and Karla Lyles reported preliminary results of a survey of teaching practices used in online writing courses. The presenters reported that they had received very [...]

From Mike Palmquist: I’m writing to share the news that the new Writing@CSU site has been released. The site (http://writing.colostate.edu) features more than 35,000 pages of resources supporting writers and writing teachers and provides access to the Writing Studio, an open-access instructional writing environment that includes writing tools, research tools, and a course management system [...]

The Writing Centers Research Project, which contains a print archive of writing center related materials, an online archive of the Writing Center Journal, an oral history archive, and national survey data on writing center operations and staff, is now located at the University of Arkansas Little Rock. The WCRP’s new website is http://casebuilder.rhet.ualr.edu/wcrp/ . Writing [...]

The SWCA would like to announce that it has brought in the new year with a new webpage: http://www.iwca-swca.org . Please check out the site and the links to the SWCA’s four mini-regional conferences this winter/spring: 1) Alabama-Mississippi; 2) the Carolinas; 3) Georgia; and 4) Florida.   These mini-regionals are open to everyone, so your [...]

Congratulations to the following newly elected SWCA Executive Board members: President, Kevin Dvorak, Ph.D., St. Thomas University Vice President, Laura Bokus, Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute Secretary, Steve Price, Ph.D., Mississippi College At-Large Representatives (two-year terms): Kimberly Abels, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Russell Carpenter, Ph.D., Eastern Kentucky University At-Large Representatives [...]

The Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is delighted to share three new podcasts from our research and professional series, featuring Lori Salem (director of the writing center and assistant vice provost at Temple University) and Harry Denny (director of the writing centers at St. John’s University).  These discussions were taped at the 2009 [...]

We’re excited to introduce interactive writing maps (blogs, really) that we have created to celebrate The National Day on Writing! These maps auto-refresh every 45 seconds, so you can leave the page open on a projector or other display device to watch writing in “real-time” around the nation and the world. The maps will be [...]

National Day on Writing Galleries Bowling Green State University’s Writing Center elicits writing about the importance of respect and positive human relations: http://galleryofwriting.org/galleries/55188 Merrimack College (North Andover, MA): http://galleryofwriting.org/galleries/300346 Sam Houston State University invites you to share your reflections of everyday writing at http://galleryofwriting.org/galleries/386468 Texas A&M Writing Center NDoW Gallery: http://galleryofwriting.org/galleries/317279 Texas A&M Commerce will [...]

The Web Editor of Writingcenters.org invites IWCA members and visitors to the site to take a very brief survey (shouldn’t take more than three minutes) about the organization and content on the site. Responses will help the Web Editor decide on new content and changes that will improve navigation of the site. Follow this link [...]

A new online resource for middle and high school writing centers, and the people who love them, has been created: a Ning!  The address is: http://writingcenters.ning.com/ What is a Ning? A Ning is a social network, an online place for people to have discussions, write blogs, upload photos and video, and make new connections, but [...]

The IWCA Board recently voted for the 2009-2011 Executive Officers. Running for Vice President were Valerie Balester (Texas A&M University; profile at http://writingcenter.tamu.edu/content/view/127/215/), Steve Sherwood (Texas Christian University; profile at http://www.wrt.tcu.edu/profiles.html#sherwood), and Nathalie Singh-Corcoran (West Virginia University; profile at http://english.wvu.edu/faculty_and_staff/faculty/singh_corcoran_nathalie ). Running unopposed for Secretary was Kerri Jordan (Mississippi College; profile at http://www.mc.edu/campus/users/jordan01/). Incumbent Treasurer [...]

International Writing Centers Week is an opportunity for people who work in writing centers to celebrate writing and become more aware of the important role of their individual campus/community writing centers. The “inaugural” celebration began in 2006 and is celebrated in writing centers around the world. Writingcenters.org wants to hear from IWCA members about their [...]

The deadline for nominations for IWCA’s Best Article and Best Book awards is fast approaching. Below are the criteria for these awards: The publication addresses one or more issues of long-term interest to writing center administrators, theorists, and/or practitioners. The publication discusses theories, practices, or policies that contribute to a richer understanding of writing center [...]

Call for nominations: IWCA Executive Board Officers We are seeking candidates for three open positions: Vice President Secretary Treasurer These terms start at NCTE in fall of 2009 and are two year terms.  The VP is a six year commitment; VP becomes president in fall of 2011 and then past president in fall of 2013. [...]

The Southeastern Writing Center Association is now accepting applications for two At-Large Representative positions. Both positions are for two-year terms, from February 2009 through February 2011. Anyone who is currently a member of SWCA and directs a writing center within our region is eligible to apply. Those elected as At-Large Representatives will be expected to [...]

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 [...]

A note from PeerCentered creator Clint Gardner: Today I had the opportunity to chat with Claire Hughes, Coordinator of the Weber State University Writing Center and President of the Rocky Mountain Writing Centers Association about the upcoming NCPTW/IWCA joint Conference in Las Vegas and I recorded it for the opening episode of season 3 of [...]