News, Events, and Calls

We publish news from the WAC and writing communities. Visit to catch up on upcoming conferences, see calls for proposals, notices of newly published books and other scholarly projects, stories of WAC programs and practitioners in the news.

Birkwood Primary Students Write in Art

Year 5 Students at Birkwood Primary focus on artist Peter Thorpe in their WAC projects.

WAC PD for Marlin Middle School Teachers

Marlin Middle School teachers (Central Texas) participate in WAC professional development.

NYC Writing Project Support for WAC

The New York City Writing Project supports WAC with recent workshop.

WAC in Hampton City Schools

Students write across the curriculum while studying Virginia state maps.

Adapting VALUEs: Tracing the Life of a Rubric through Institutional Ethnography

New open-access book by Jennifer Grouling traces the use of the American Association of Colleges and Universities’ VALUE rubric for written communication at two small universities.

Alabama Middle School Focuses on RACES Writing Strategy

Students at Lott Middle School, in Citronelle, AL, are using the RACES writing strategy to write responses to readings across the curriculum.

IWAC 2023 Submissions Close September 15

There’s still time to propose a session to the International Writing Across the Curriculum (IWAC) 2023 conference. Scholarship applications are also being accepted.

Writing in Science & History

Students at West Ewell are writing across the science and history curriculum.

Graduate Assistant Survey on Writing Program Labor

Graduate assistants do important work and take on a large share of undergraduate teaching, yet this labor is often overlooked and undervalued. Please consider completing a doctoral research questionnaire on graduate student labor concerns.

5th Graders CelebrateáAAPI Heritage Month

5th Graders Celebrate AAPI Heritage Month with WAC at Demarest Elementary.

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