The Writing Program’s Spring 2025 FYW Faculty Workshop took place on Monday January 27. You can view the presentation document here to see the agenda and more detail on the administrative updates. First hour: Administrative Updates Fall 2024 Assessment Report Continue reading
In Fall 2023, the Writing Program met with Writing Center consultants to discuss common challenges FYW students encounter when they try to write at the college level. Workshop materials are available here: Presentation: FYW Challenges and Tips Handout: Hands-on Activities Continue reading
In Fall 2024, the Writing Program met with the Writing Center consultants to discuss strategies for working with First Year Writing Students. The materials for the FYW Writing Center workshop for 2024 are linked here: Presentation: First Year Writing: Meeting Continue reading
The meeting opened with a round of introductions. We are all returning faculty this Fall, and we welcomed back Halina Duraj from English! Writing Program Announcements Union updates Deniz Perin-Coombs informed folks about the collective bargaining process and encouraged folks Continue reading
Introductions and EA Announcements We welcomed Carlton Floyd, Chair of the English Department, who spoke briefly about the Writing Program and his plans to grow and support the work we do. Carla Petticrew, Executive Assistant to the English department, reminded Continue reading
The Fall 2023 First Year Writing Workshop returned to its pre-COVID format, with part of the workshop having program announcements and group discussion, and part of the workshop being WP faculty-led presentations. Here’s a recap. Welcome New Members The Writing Continue reading
During the Writing Program’s Fall 2022 workshop, Writing Program Director Megan Little shared the First-Year Writing Learning Outcomes, as well as policy language regarding masking and attendance. These policies are backed by the English Department and can be found here. Continue reading
The Writing Program’s Spring 2023 workshop hosted guest speaker Debbie Finocchio, the Assistant Core Director, who shared a useful handout of resources for FYW 150 instructors. The link to that resource is here. A second guest speaker, Deniz Perez-Combs, shared information Continue reading
