Campus Writing Program Annual Report 2018-2019
The Campus Writing Program is celebrating another great year of you, our WI faculty, who taught 350 WI courses to nearly 12,000 students in 2018-2019. What does "Writing Intensive" mean? This was the question that launched year's work of the Campus Writing Board and the Campus Writing Program. This year we wanted to step back…
2018-2019 Writing Intensive Teaching Award Winners
Congratulations to the 2018-2019 Writing Intensive Teaching Excellence Award Winners! Win Horner Award for Innovative Writing Intensive Teaching Deanna Sharpe, Personal Financial Planning Writing Intensive Excellence Award Hye Jeong Choi, Health Sciences David Criger, Peace Studies Ben Herman, Science Education Jamille Palacios, Applied Social Sciences Teaching Assistant WI Excellence Award Betsy Smith and…
Campus Writing Program Annual Report 2017-2018
The Campus Writing Program is celebrating another great year of you, our WI faculty, who taught 380 WI courses in 2017-2018. Check out the year by the numbers (below) and read the full annual report here: As one WI faculty member said in the spring 2018 evaluation, “Teaching with writing is a more personal, coaching…
MU Writing Intensive Instructor Wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Congratulations to Dr. Smith from the Campus Writing Program. For more information: https://missouri.edu/news/nobel-prize-smith.php
Winholtz wins Win Horner Award
Being able to explain your work is a critical skill for any engineer, and Andy Winholtz’s efforts to instill it in Mizzou engineers recently earned him the Win Horner Award for Writing Intensive Teaching.
From Colombia to Columbia
Lina Trigos-Carrillo moved from the country of Colombia to the town of Columbia, Missouri, to continue her studies in language, education and writing. Now, seven years later, she prepares to return to Colombia having accomplished more than she could have expected.
Writing Center Launches NEW Online Writery
The Writing Center has launched a NEW Online Writery named, TONY, for spring 2018. On the new site you will find a one-stop shop for all things Writing Center related. Students can submit drafts, schedule and cancel appointments, and review all prior tutoring interactions with the Writing Center. From Aaron Harms, Director of the Writing…
Writing Accolades
Since 2008, the CWP has provided students the chance to have their work published in Artifacts, a refereed journal of undergraduate writing at Mizzou.
Win Horner Award Presented to English Professor
Gabriel Fried’s The Literature of Baseball course investigates why baseball, and its association with American optimism, is often used by literary writers in complex, and often ironic, ways.
Funding for WI Courses
Historically, The Campus Writing Program (CWP) has sought to fund all WI courses according to a 1:20 faculty-to-student ratio ($110 for every student beyond enrollment of 20 and up to 300 students). This funding has exceeded CWP’s allocation each year and thus created a deficit.