Re: TQM-like stuff for WC

[Joan Mullin <jmullin@UOFT02.UTOLEDO.EDU>]

Sean,

Not only is this a great idea--it works! (we do it as much as out budget allows)

And you are right: writing centers need to be exposed to other groups on
campus as well as the reverse.

thanks,

joan

>     Such a concept has interested me greatly over the last three years 
>because I am not only a tutor but also a management major. Therefore, I would 
>like to propose that we incorporate workshops in which outside faculty 
>members could be involved in the center. A proper start would be to request 
>that each business professor assigns a paper that would entail one 
>group visit to the writing center. This class meeting would 
>be a type of workshop in which the tutor assigned to this area of study would
>assist them with any questions,ideas, or perspectives. The workshop would 
> be quite beneficial if the individual tutor carried some kind of 
>knowledge about the topic of discussion through either recent experience or 
>perhaps reading the material the students are involved in . This in itself 
>would entail a visit by the specified tutor with the professor assigning the 
>report and certainly some extra preparation outside of the center. Not only 
>would this expose the center to more individuals on campus, but it would also 
>stress the importance of writing whether a person is involved with mass 
>communications or even a field in finance. thanks,Sean Milligan F.M.U.
>
>

joan

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