Writing Scholars Program Fall 2013

Writing Scholars Program: About Open to anyone taking a Blugold Seminar (WRIT 114, WRIT 116, WRIT 118, WRIT 120) Lasts one semester Includes regular networking and social events with faculty and Center for Writing Excellence Writing Assistants

Writing Scholars Program: Goals Help UWEC students develop as writers Support strong students as they begin to work with academic writing Recognize the hard work students do as they polish and develop their writing skills Give writers tangible evidence of their hard work Certificate to include in portfolios Information for resumes and CVs

Writing Scholars Program: Requirements To participate: Work regularly with Center for Writing Excellence Writing Assistants over the semester (4-6 visits) Work with your Blugold Seminar instructor to develop your writing skills Prepare a short end-of-semester reflection about your work in the CWE

Writing Scholars Program: Benefits Guidance as you work with unfamiliar writing assignments Support for experimentation with multimedia projects Encouragement as you grow as a writer Help understanding complex writing tasks Assistance with arcane citation tasks Streamlined process if you would like to join the CWE staff Certification of the work you have done to develop your writing abilities

Writing Scholars Program: Benefits “Learning to write is not a uniformly warm fuzzy experience, but it can lead to some of the best encounters you will have in school—with [Writing Assistants] who are there just to help.” —Ben Rafoth

Meet the Writing Assistants Abby: Special Ed./Early Childhood Alexandria: English/Comprehensive Teaching

Meet the Writing Assistants Alie: English Ed./Spanish Ed. Amanda: English Ed./Special Ed./Business Administration

Meet the Writing Assistants Anthony: English/French Ed. Ashley: Spanish/Latin American Studies

Meet the Writing Assistants Bailey: Spanish/English Linguistics Becca: Creative Writing/German

Meet the Writing Assistants Becca: Undeclared Bo: English Ed.

Meet the Writing Assistants Breana: Organizational Communication/Creative Writing Brenna: Undeclared

Meet the Writing Assistants Briana: Creative Writing/French Brittney: Business/Health Care Administration

Meet the Writing Assistants Caitlin: Organizational Communication/Spanish Caitlin: English Literature

Meet the Writing Assistants Catherine: Comm. Studies/Art Hx./Law Cheyanne: Public Relations

Meet the Writing Assistants Chris: English Ed. Clare: Pre-Nursing/Spanish Health Prof.

Meet the Writing Assistants Cole: Nursing/Kinesiology Collin: Philosophy/Communication

Meet the Writing Assistants Derek: Mathematics/Spanish Elisabeth: Undeclared

Meet the Writing Assistants Emily: English Ed. Erika: Creative Writing/Spanish

Meet the Writing Assistants Erin: Creative Writing/Organizational Communiation Grace: English Comprehensive Teaching

Meet the Writing Assistants Hannah: English Ed./TESOL Hannah: Spanish/Chemistry Teaching

Meet the Writing Assistants Jessalee: English/Spanish Josh: Creative Writing/Anthropology

Meet the Writing Assistants Kati: Social Work/Spanish Katie: Undeclared/Spanish

Meet the Writing Assistants Kelsey: English Ed./Learning Dis. Lindsay: Dance/Kinesiology/Human Performance

Meet the Writing Assistants Lisa: Education—Spanish & English Maddie: Organizational Communication

Meet the Writing Assistants Marc: Biology/Medicine, Pre Prof. Matthew: Business/Marketing

Meet the Writing Assistants Matthew: IS/Business Analysis Nancy: Scientific and Technical Writing

Meet the Writing Assistants Nathaniel: Philosophy/English Literature Nicole: Biology/Veterinary Med.

Meet the Writing Assistants Olivia: Public Relations Rachel: Physics/English/Spanish

Meet the Writing Assistants Reese: Psychology/Biology Ryan: English Literature

Meet the Writing Assistants Sam: English Literature Sarah: Creative Writing

Meet the Writing Assistants Sarah: Spanish/Latin American Studies—TEFOL Sean: Spanish/English Linguistics

Meet the Writing Assistants Tess: English Ed./TESOL Tyler: Creative Writing

Meet the Graduate Assistant Directors Mitch: English Nick: History

Meet the Graduate Assistant Directors Andrew: English Jamie: English