The College Writing Program (CWP) is currently accepting faculty nominations for Writing Associates for fall 2024. Last day to submit your nomination is Feb 25.
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The College Writing Program is currently accepting requests for writing associates (WAs) for spring courses. If you would like to have a WA affiliated with your course next semester, please fill out our online request form at cwp.lafayette.edu/for-faculty/request-a-writing-associate/ or scan the QR code.
Due to current budget constraints, we may not be able to meet every request. Deadline for requests is 12/3/21.
If you’re not sure whether a WA is right for you course, Tim Laquintano and I will be happy to talk further with you. If you have any other questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me at ext. 5243 or by email (falbob@lafayette.edu).
The FYS Program seeks proposals for new courses to be taught in fall 2021. Interested faculty, please contact me asap and no later than Feb 1, 2021 for more information and to discuss course ideas and proposal drafts.
Could your writing assignments use some updating? There are two events happening next week that can help you!
My Favorite Writing Assignment is back! On Wednesday, March 21, 12-1, join Han Luo (Foreign Languages and Literatures), Khadijah Mitchell (Biology), and Jorge Torres (Music) for a discussion of their favorite assignments for teaching writing and critical thinking. Gendebien Rm. Light lunch provided. Open to all faculty.
And on Thursday March 22, don’t miss the second installment of CWP’s four-part workshop series on designing a writing-intensive class. Thursday’s topic is assignment design. You might consider attending if you are thinking about teaching a writing-intensive course in the future, or if you are interested in adapting a current course into a W course. In addition to “Assignment Design,” upcoming topics include “Feedback” and “Assessment.” Email Tim Laquintano (laquintt@lafayette.edu) if you are interested.
Thanks to my colleague Patricia Donahue for sharing a link to this article published last October in The Guardian about current Humanities research. Here’s an excerpt:
… humanities research teaches us about the world beyond the classroom, and beyond a job. Humanities scholars explore ethical issues, and discover how the past informs the present and the future. Researchers delve into the discourses that construct gender, race, and class. We learn to decode the images that surround us; to understand and use the language necessary to navigate a complex and rapidly shifting world.
- CWP is holding a few WAs in reserve for faculty who missed the spring deadline to request WA help for a fall course. Anyone interested kindly email me asap.
- I am available and happy to meet with faculty over the summer to discuss writing plans for fall courses.
- FYS faculty, please remember to add the St. Martin’s HB to your required reading list. You need not order copies. The bookstore will have enough for all FYS sections.
ENG 250. Writing Genres: The Essay 2.0
An exploration of the essay genre in the digital age. What is an essay? How has it been defined at different historical moments? What possibilities and opportunities for essay writing are emerging in the digital environments currently available to us as 21st-century writers? We’ll read a range of essays from early to contemporary examples of the genre. Writing projects will include a podcast and a digital essay on topics chosen by students, as well as shorter assignments responding to the reading and our class discussion.
Brought to you by students in The Dog Course (VAST 248). Annual doggy social for campus canines and their humans on Tuesday, May 7, 11-1 PM on the Quad.
- 11-11:30 Free dog biscuits!
- 11:30-12:30 Play games & win prizes!
- 12:30-1 Meet the dogs!
To schedule an appointment, visit: