Re: New thread

["Writing Consulting: Faculty Resources" <writingc@falcon.cc.ukans.edu>]

At last year's MWCA conference, we asked those attending a session that
Sandra Zerger and I presented to give their input as writing-center
specialists on our effort to establish a writing center at our school
which has had a WAC service for over a decade.  The input of the group was
so valuable--we were just funded after ten years of effort, thanks in no
small part to the insight of these folks--that I thought others would find
the suggestions useful to consider as they develop or reorganize centers.
Although I think the suggestions need the context of the article, I'll be
glad to chat with anyone putting together a proposal now.  Feel free to
contact me off-list.

Pat McQueeney
Writing Consulting: Faculty Resources
University of Kansas

On Tue, 8 Jul 1997, Muriel Harris wrote:

> 
> Sonja, Pat McQueeney's list of good readings was a bit modest since
> she didn't mention her own article (an excellent one!) that will
> appear, I hope, by October in the Writing Lab Newsletter. She offers
> some compelling reasons for why a WAC program needs a writing center,
> and the focus of the article is how to frame a proposal for a writing
> center. Pat, care to offer any more details (or should we keep 'em all
> in suspense until October)?  ;-)
> 
> Mickey (who gets to be first reader of all the great articles sent to
> the newsletter)
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> > 
> > On Mon, 7 Jul 1997, Sonja Bagby wrote:
> > 
> > > Hello, everyone:
> > > I am researching the writing center's place in WAC. Can some of you lead me
> > > to books, articles, journals, etc. to assist me in my research?
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > Sonja Bagby
> > > 
> > > Sonja S. Bagby
> > > Writing Center Coordinator
> > > Department of English
> > > State University of West Georgia
> > > Carrollton, GA 30118
> > > sbagby@westga.edu
> > > 770-830-2258
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > Landmark Essays on Writing Centers has two articles.  Writing
> > Across the Curriculum:  A Guide to Developing Programs (McLeod and
> > Soven) contains "The Writing Center and Tutoring in WAC Programs"
> > by Muriel Harris.  The current LLAD has articles about various WAC
> > programs, some of which include writing center connections.
> > 
> > Another article that I think raises very important issues is by Michael
> > Pemberton in Writing Center Journal (unfortunately, I don't have the
> > cite--maybe someone can help).  This one is worth a look because he gets
> > at the generic versus discipline-specific approaches. At the last MWCA
> > conference, the suggestion was made that WAC folks deal with writing to
> > learn only, which simply is not the case just as it's not the case that
> > all WAC programs operate from a writing-intensive model. Pemberton gets at
> > the multiple motives for dealing with writing in a useful way.
> > 
> > NWCA has a session on Wr. Ctr to WAC and WAC to Wr. Ctr. Our office will
> > provide one of three presentations in this session.  Because we want to
> > discuss the relationships, we've elected to keep our presentation very
> > short and to put our full paper on our web site instead (in early
> > September). We're interested in the discussion of the relationship between
> > the two because we're a well established WAC service which has operated
> > without a WI model and without a writing center for 12 years.  We have
> > argued for the need for a writing center in order to promote faculty's
> > incorporation of WAC.  Now the challenge will be how to develop a writing
> > center and make it independent of us without neglecting our own work.
> > 
> > Given the diversity in WAC (many of us work in the disciplines and
> > outside the writing-intensive model), you might find the program from the
> > last WAC conference helpful.  The abstracts could be a gold-mine of
> > contacts for you.  Maybe someone can help with the best person to contact
> > for that (Citadel, Clemson, and Charleston were co-sponsors). I also
> > recommend Barbara Walvoord's "The Future of WAC" in CE a year ago as a
> > thoughtful article on what further alliances might be.
> > 
> > 
> > Pat McQueeney
> > Writing Consulting:  Faculty Resources
> > KU's Writing Across the Curriculum Service
> > (913) 864-4232
> > http://falcon.cc.ukans.edu/~writingc/index.html
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Mickey Harris
> harrism@omni.cc.purdue.edu
> 

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