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

2. 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

3. Allocation of students in First-Year Writing-Intensive Seminars (FWIS) 537 507 Students

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 1550 visits to CWOVC in 2012-13 Year of study# of visits Freshmen731 Sophomores158 Juniors213 Seniors156 Graduate students262 Unknown30 Total1550

8. More visits to CWOVC in Fall 2013 Visits

9. More visits to CWOVC in Fall 2013 Visits

10. 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

11. Next steps  Recruit faculty for FWIS 2014-2015  Pilot communication-in-the-disciplines projects  Create sequenced curriculum for ESL students  Develop assessment plan and analyze data