CWP accepts faculty nominations of students for WA positons year round.  We like to remind faculty at this time of year in particular when the abilities of  individual students are fresh in your minds.  Email candidate names to Bianca Falbo.  More information about the application process is available here.

Faculty may pick up desk copies of the St. Martin’s Handbook (6th ed) from the English Department office (P 316).  The 6th edition has recently been updated to reflect changes in MLA Style.  The two versions of the handbook (with updates and without) are otherwise the same.

More info about the updates is available here.  A list of the specific changes in MLA style is available here.

Drop-in hours conclude today (Th 9/10).  We will be open again for regular hours (Su-Th 6-9 pm) in the second week of the spring semester.

The College Writing Program is currently accepting applications from faculty for spring 2010.  If you would like to request a Writing Associate for your course/s next semester, please contact Bianca Falbo by Friday, December 11.

Please note:  If you are teaching a VAST course, a WA will automatically be assigned to your class.  You need not contact us or fill out an application form.

Faculty teaching newly developed FYS courses are invited to a workshop on how to generate discussion through student writing.   The workshop will be held on Wednesday, November 4, noon-1, in Scott Hall 104. Lunch will be provided courtesy of the Provost’s Office.  If you’re not currently teaching a newly developed FYS but would like to attend the workshop, please contact Bianca Falbo.

Making the Transition to College Writing

Watt Writing Room (aka the WA room), Pardee 319

Noon-1, Wednesday, October 28

First-Year students are cordially invited to join members of CWP for an informal discussion/workshop on writing for college.  We’d like to hear from you about your writing experiences thus far:  what expectations did you have for writing in college?  In what ways have your expectations been met?  In what ways have they been challenged?  What do you know now as a writer that you wish you’d known (or learned) in high school?

RSVP by October 26 to Bianca Falbo, CWP Director:  falbob@lafayette.edu.

We have room for about 20 students in the WA room, so RSVPs will be accepted in the order in which they’re received.

Lunch will be provided.

FOR NEW FYS FACULTY:  Assignment Design (Wednesday Oct 21, noon-1, Scott Hall v104)

Faculty teaching newly developed FYS courses are invited to a workshop on designing and sequencing assignments.  Lunch will be provided courtesy of the Provost’s Office.  If you’re not currently teaching a newly developed FYS but would like to attend the workshop, please contact Bianca Falbo.

FOR NEW VAST FACULTY:  Teaching with Writing (Friday Oct 23, noon-1, Pardee 319)

Join CWP staff for an informal, introductory discussion about teaching with writing .  We will be happy to answer your questions about syllabus and assignment design, working with WAs, responding to student writing, etc.  Lunch will be provided courtesy of the Provost’s Office.  Kindly confirm your participation by Oct 20.

A workshop for new FYS faculty at which we’ll continue our discussion of responding to student writing.  We invite you to bring copies of student papers (please remove the author’s name).  Lunch provided courtesy of the Provost’s Office.  If you’re not currently teaching a newly developed FYS but would like to attend the workshop, please contact Bianca Falbo.

The next workshop on teaching with writing for new FYS faculty is scheduled for Wednesday, September 23, noon- 1, in Scott Hall 104.  Lunch will be provided.  If you are not developing a new FYS but would like to attend, please contact Bianca Falbo.

Workshop topic:  Responding to Student Writing

The next workshop on teaching with writing for new FYS faculty is scheduled for Monday, September 7, noon- 1 in Scott Hall 104.  Lunch will be provided.  Please contact Bianca if you would like to attend.

Monday’s topic:  What Makes Writing Good?