HWS Writing Colleagues Program

🌟Writing Colleagues of the past, present, and future!🌟Join us for our FIRST ever WC Celebration! We will hear from our guest of honor Aja Y. Martinez, while also officially welcoming the ‘23-‘24 WC cohort into the program! There will be refreshments, insightful points, and lots of celebrating! 💚📝❣️We hope to see you there!

Will you be in Smith anytime soon? If so, check out the new WC Bulletin board! 📌📄📋 On it, you can learn more about the WC path, grab a FAQ sheet, or try to find yourself on the mosaic! Pictured with the new board is WC Frances Wilson ‘24 and WC Kennedy Jones ‘24! 👏

Last night, current Writing Colleagues came together for the first Professional Development meeting of the Spring ‘24 semester! The program was honored to engage with Prof. Audrey Roberson’s rich knowledge and insightful connections between Global Englishes and the WC practice, the theme for this semester! The questions posed from Audrey will continue to be weaved throughout the entire semester. The Writing Colleague program would like to extend its deepest thanks to Prof. Audrey Roberson for joining us! 🗺️📝🗣️

🚨Attention all Writing Colleagues!🚨Do you want to put your Writing Colleague skills on your résumé but you’re not sure how? Please join us for this free WC résumé workshop! RSVP to Amy Green ([email protected]) by Friday, February 2nd! 📝🧑‍💻

At the start of the month, WCP Alumna, Stephanie Nieves ‘15, visited campus as one of the Founder’s Day speakers! Stephanie then led an interactive conversation over breakfast with members of the WCP where she shared her experiences being a Writing Colleague, with a focus on community building, and explained how she built a career with writing after HWS! Finally, Stephanie met with future WC Addie Brinkler ‘26, after Addie was the winner of the mentorship raffle at Founder’s Day! The Writing Colleague Program would like to thank Stephanie for visiting and for her dedication to building connections with WC students!

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Join the WCP for a light breakfast with HWS alumna, Stephanie Nieves ‘15! Be sure to RSVP to Amy Green ([email protected]) by Friday, October 27th!

It is time to nominate the next cohort of Writing Colleagues! 🗳️Please email nominations (from any class year) to [email protected] by Monday the 16th! Students, faculty and staff can make these nominations! Please DM us with any questions.

October Professional Development this week was a success! 📝 Active Writing Colleagues worked together to do mock meetings using specific tactics, exploring their effectiveness. This work all tied back to the Writing Colleague Program Fall 2023 theme: “Feminist Pedagogies and Tutoring Practices!”

TUESDAY TIPS: Each Tuesday we will be posting a tip about the writing process! Take a look at these suggestions for a successful Writing Colleague meeting! 📝🧑‍💻🖊️

Happy Week Five! The Writing Colleagues Program is wishing all students a wonderful semester. Check out this post to learn more about who Writing Colleagues are! 📝✍️🧑‍💻

What an amazing trip to CCCC 2023 in Chicago where current and former WCs and program faculty got to talk about how awesome all of you Writing Colleagues are!! .konstantinou