Mid-Atlantic Writing Centers Association
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News and Updates
Jordan delivered the speech on April 6, 2013 at California University of Pennsylvania. In her address, Jordan challenges writing center community members to inhabit a mindset of inquiry, saying we would transform our discipline if we asked one another questions such as, "What evidence do you have that what you think is true?" To read Jordan's speech, click here.
The MAWCA Writers' Retreat at Pendle Hill is coming up, May 19-24. Participants can find more information about the retreat, including a schedule, here.
On Friday, October 11, 2013, the Northern Virginia Writing Project will be hosting its third annual secondary school writing center conference, "Transformation from the Center," at George Mason University. Proposals are due June 8. For more information and the call for proposals, click here. Contact MAWCA Board member Jenny Goransson (jggoransson@fcps.edu) if you have questions.
MAWCA Executive Board spring elections are completed. A list of the 2013-14 board can be found here.
Do you have any news from your writing center that you would like to share with others? Let us know! Send news and updates to John Nordlof (jnordlof@eastern.edu) and we'll include them on our blog.
Kerri Jordan giving the keynote address at the 2013 MAWCA conference, California University of Pennsylvania. To view more pictures from the conference, click here. To read a text of the keynote, click here.
The 2013 MAWCA keynote address, "Putting Down our (Blue and) Rose-Colored
Glasses: Building Inquiry-Based 3-D for Writing Centers," by Kerri Jordan, is now available here.
