Artifacts

A Journal of Undergraduate Writing at the University of Missouri

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Editor’s Introduction to Issue 3

By Artifacts • Aug 10th, 2009 • Category: Introduction, Issue 3

 
All Mizzou students have one important thing in common: they are writers. Thanks to the writing intensive courses across the University, students have the opportunity to experience different writing situations in every discipline. Mizzou students learn that different writing contexts demand different sets of strategies. Not only does the content change, but the way research [...]



Editors’ Introduction to Issue 2

By Artifacts • Jan 20th, 2009 • Category: Introduction, Issue 2

The second issue of Artifacts features articles on a range of topics, from an historical narrative of Mizzou’s medical school to a critical analysis of engineering failure during Hurricane Katrina. These texts reflect sophisticated research skills, including archival and discipline-specific research. Every piece in Issue 2 developed from assignments in undergraduate writing classes at The [...]