A message from CWP Director, Dr. Amy Lannin
We are days away from the end of 2020. What a year it has been. When we look for the good parts of this year, one highlight is the commitment shown to support student learning. Teaching with writing is difficult, and we are encouraged to know that many of you were able to effectively move…
Remembering Dr. Michael J. Budds, Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus, Musicology
The Campus Writing Program is saddened to hear of Dr. Michael Budds’ passing on November 19, 2020. Dr. Budds was a long-time WI instructor and supporter. He served multiple terms on the Campus Writing Board, beginning in 2000, and he was awarded the Writing Intensive Excellence Award in 2017. His colleague and fellow WI instructor,…
(Book Review) Reach Everyone, Teach Everyone by Thomas J. Tobin and Kirsten T. Behling
With the recent move to online learning, Tobin and Behling’s Universal Design for Learning (UDL) book is timely advice and evidence-based strategies on how we can all adopt a “plus-one” teaching approach so all students can find success in our courses. To contradict the inaccessible and unmotivating “filing-cabinet approach—just storing materials, handouts, lecture notes and the dreaded narrated PowerPoint slides” (p. 84)—often used…