Archive for March, 2010
The Future of Writing Centers
Each semester, instructors at the UW-Madison Writing Center sign up to participate in one of several “ongoing education” meetings on a topic they find interesting or pertinent to their professional development. As an extension of Katie’s ongoing education last semester on the history of writing centers, Melissa and I recently co-facilitated [...]
“Grammar and its (Dis)Contents”
On February 12, the Writing Fellows Program hosted its annual Joint Writing Center/Writing Fellows Staff Meeting. The meeting focused on grammar and how Writing Center instructors and Writing Fellows can and should address students’ concerns about grammar in their sessions. This year, our staff of 50 undergraduate Writing Fellows, close to 50 graduate WC instructors, [...]
