Seven WSU Writing Center consultants land top senior awards plus a poetry prize as spring semester 2016 comes to a close

PULLMAN, Wash.—Five peer consultants in the Writing Center at Washington State University have been honored by their major departments in the College of Arts and Sciences with “outstanding senior” awards, another received the Ruth Slonim Poetry Prize, and a seventh was named a university-wide top senior. Floricel Gonzalez is the consultant who received a WSU […]

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WSU Writing Program ranked among top in the U.S. again

PULLMAN, Wash. — The Writing Program at Washington State University is once again ranked among the best “writing in the disciplines” programs in the nation, according to the U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges 2016” released today. Having been on the ranking’s prestigious list of “Academic Programs to Look For” for more than […]

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WSU Writing Program hosts French university president, linguist Carl Jubran for Nov. 10 lecture, workshop

PULLMAN, Wash.—Linguist Carl Jubran, president of the Institut Americain Universitaire in Aix en Provence, France, will present “Understanding How the ‘Language of Power’ Shapes Identities” at 4 p.m. Tues., Nov. 10 in Butch’s Den of the Washington State University Compton Union Building (CUB, L-60). Hosted by the WSU Writing Program, the event is free and […]

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WSU Writing Program welcomes Latina author Cecilia Rodríguez-Milanés and filmmaker Alexandra Hidalgo for Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 presentations

PULLMAN, Wash. — “Immigrants Transforming American Identities” is the theme of afternoon presentations by author and poet Cecilia Rodríguez Milanés and documentary filmmaker Alexandra Hidalgo Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, hosted by The Writing Program at Washington State University.

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Survivor, Author Discusses Campus Sexual Assault and Recovery Feb. 3 at WSU

PULLMAN, Wash.—In her latest book, “College Girl: A Memoir,” university professor Laura Gray-Rosendale describes the brutal rape and beating she endured as a Syracuse University junior in 1988 and the massive confusion and challenges she overcame in the months and years since. She will present “College Girl: Telling Our Transgressive Survivor Stories” at 3 p.m. […]

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Regents Professor Victor Villanueva Named New Director of WSU’s Acclaimed Writing Program

Pullman, Wash. – Washington State University announces that Victor Villanueva, Regents Professor and faculty member in the Department of English, is the new director of The Writing Program. The Writing Program is part of the Office of Undergraduate Education. In fall, the program made its tenth appearance in the U.S. News and World Report’s “America’s […]

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WSU Writing Program Appears Tenth Time on U.S. News & World Report Rankings as One of Best in the Nation

PULLMAN, Wash.—Washington State University has been recognized for the tenth time for having one of the top writing programs in the nation, according to the 2014 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges” released Tuesday.WSU is one of 19 institutions hailed in the “Writing in the Disciplines” category in “Academic Programs to […]

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WSU Writing Program Welcomes Michigan State Expert William Hart-Davidson for May 8 Lecture, Workshop

PULLMAN, Wash.—William Hart-Davidson, Michigan State University professor, will present “Many-to-Many: Networks, Peer Learning, & the Long Arc of Learning to Write,” at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 8 in room 518 of the Smith Center for Undergraduate Education (CUE) at Washington State University. The public is welcome to the free lecture, hosted by the nationally acclaimed […]

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WSU Faculty to Explore Multimodal Assignments, Assessments in Spring 2013 Series

PULLMAN, Wash.—Teaching with effective communications tools, and ascertaining what students have learned, is the focus of a unique eight-part spring seminar series created for faculty members at Washington State University. It begins Jan. 16, 2013 and concludes with a guest expert workshop and lecture May 8. The series is titled “Composing the New Classroom: The […]

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