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Redefining Rigor: Strategies for Deepening Student Engagement in Writing

February 25, 2025 1:30 - 2:00 p.m. Virtual workshop Facilitators: Julie Birt and Christy Goldsmith In this virtual workshop, we will help you navigate the challenges of maintaining (or even increasing) the rigor of your class while also accounting for students’ interests and challenges, especially in the post-covid and GenAI era. By reconsidering the role…

Efficient Methods for Grading & Feedback (to save time and agony!)

Tuesday, February 4th    11:30 am - Noon In this 30-minute virtual workshop, Dr. Christy Goldsmith, Associate Director of the Campus Writing Program, will walk us through quick feedback strategies designed to check for learning and help apprentice students into disciplinary writing tasks. Click here to register! After registering, you will receive a calendar invitation with…

Virtual Writing Intensive Faculty Workshop

The Campus Writing Program is pleased to offer the WI Faculty Workshop virtually on January 14, 2025 from 9 am to 12 pm. Register Here! Are you interested in teaching with writing without drowning in the challenges of grading and extra work? This virtual workshop will include interactive sessions on the following topics, and more!-…

Workshop on Peer Review

Join Dr. Christy Goldsmith, Associate Director of the Campus Writing Program, for a brief yet impactful workshop on Practical Strategies for Peer Review in the WI Classroom on Tuesday, October 29, from 11:00-11:30 a.m. via Zoom. In this session, Dr. Goldsmith will share essential techniques for providing effective feedback without overwhelming writers. Please sign up here. After…

Writing Matters: Motivating Students in an AI-Enhanced World

September 11, 2024 1:00-1:30 p.m. via Zoom Join the Campus Writing Program's Assistant Director, Dr. Julie Birt for a virtual workshop focused on students' writing in WI courses in this age of Artificial Intelligence.   In this short workshop, we will explore evidence-based ways for you to motivate your writing intensive students. Motivated students rarely struggle…

Grad Students’ Learn & Write Series

The Campus Writing Program is excited to join with the Writing Center and Mizzou Libraries to offer a Learn & Write series for graduate students this fall. Each session will run from 9 am to noon. We will begin with a brief program specific to graduate and academic writing, and then we will invite participants to write in the…

AI in WI Workshops

Dr. Christy Goldsmith, CWP's Associate Director, is offering one more AI in WI workshop this fall. Click the date below to find out more and to register! AI in WI #3: Teaching Writing with ChatGPT October 15, 2024

This book was completed during a CWP Summer Writing Retreat! 

Congratulations to Dr. Claire Horisk, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Writing Intensive instructor, who just published Dangerous Jokes: How Racism and Sexism Weaponize Humor with Oxford University Press. In 2019, when she was developing the ideas she explores more deeply in her new book, Dr. Horisk serendipitously met Dr. Christy Goldsmith, Campus Writing Program Associate Director, at…

Join us for the National Day on Writing on October 18!

Come by Lowry Mall between 10 am and 2 pm to celebrate writing in all its forms. Write a poem, tweet #WhyIWrite, or tell a #MizzouMade story and grab a snack and cup of coffee. Sponsored by the Composition Program, the Writing Center, and the Campus Writing Program. Join us to #WriteSomething!

Writing Intensive Award Winners!

Congratulations to all of our 2023-2024 Writing Intensive award winners. We had so many wonderful submissions for these awards this year. It was a pleasure to read about the innovative and incredible teaching of WI courses being done. Click this block to read more about each of our winners! Win Horner Award for Innovative Writing…