P ROGRAM IN W RITING AND C OMMUNICATION Tracy Volz, Director FALL 2013

Composition exam results  1044 matriculants  1040 completed exam  94% Passed – 978 students  6% Not satisfactory – 62 students  66 students assigned to FWIS 100: Fundamentals of Academic Communication

Allocation of students in First-Year Writing-Intensive Seminars (FWIS) Students

Fall 2013 courses  2 sections of FWIS 100  39 sections of FWIS D1: Humanities 33 D2: Social Sciences4 D3: Science and Engineering2 FWIS Distribution Credit Fall 2013

Fall FWISs: 11 academic depts + PWC French Philosophy Earth Science Architecture Religious Studies History English Biochemistry & Cell Biology Classics Visual and Dramatic Arts PWC Sport Mgmt Psychology

35 FWIS instructors in Fall 2013 T/TT faculty 12 NTT faculty/staff 9 PWC fellows 5 Full-time PWC lecturers 4 Graduate instructors 4 CWOVC staff 1

1550 visits to CWOVC in Year of study# of visits Freshmen731 Sophomores158 Juniors213 Seniors156 Graduate students262 Unknown30 Total1550

More visits to CWOVC in Fall 2013 Visits

More visits to CWOVC in Fall 2013 Visits

Resources for graduate students  UNIV 601/2  Oral and Written Comm. for Intl Graduate Students  Dissertation Boot Camps  Workshops  Academic conversation for international students  Grammar in writing  Slide design  Coaching for elevator pitch competitions

Next steps  Recruit faculty for FWIS  Pilot communication-in-the-disciplines projects  Create sequenced curriculum for ESL students  Develop assessment plan and analyze data