At the invitation of Vice Provost Mary Todd and the faculty development committee, I had the privilege of spending time with the faculty of Ohio Dominican to talk with them about best principles and practices for Writing Across the Curriculum. (more…)

This week…

We’ll be making presentations to several classes. Molly already made a presentation on writing strategies to undergraduates in a Comparitive Studies 367 class. Shannon will be making an appearance soon at a Greek 367 class, and I’ll be discussing theses and research strategies for longer research papers for two political science classes tomorrow. We’re also making some final preparations for three workshops next week. (more…)

This week…

We’re hitting the ground running for Spring Quarter–I’ll be making presentations to a few political science classes next week, and then give a brief paper at Otterbein’s Scholarship on Teaching and Learning Conference. The week after that, we have three workshops in a row: a workshop on responding to student writing for GTAs in the Theatre Department, a workshop for FTAD, and then our workshop for IGTAs teaching writing. (more…)

This week…

We hosted a group of 7 faculty from Soka University in Japan, giving them a presentation about what we do here in WAC. They came with great questions about developing programs and generally about how instructors in various disciplines can incorporate writing into their courses. They very graciously gave us several gifts, including a collection of University Addresses by their founder, Daisaku Ikeda, A New Humanism. I’ve taken a look at some of the essays–I’d like to write about a few at some point in honor of their visit, perhaps next week. (more…)

This week…

I’d like to begin with a fantastic quote I found on CUNY’s WAC page:

“WAC’s promise: to teach our students what they can do with words–and to teach them, as well, what words can do.” (Judith Summerfield, University Dean of Undergraduate Education, CUNY) (more…)