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.

WAC Clearinghouse/AWAC Joint Statement on Support for Ukraine

The WAC Clearinghouse and the Association for Writing Across the Curriculum have issued a joint  statement on support for Ukraine.

New Book Focuses on User Experience as Innovative Academic Practice

User Experience as Innovative Academic Practice provides case studies from various points of instruction and curricular design to illustrate how a user experience (UX) methodology provides invaluable insight into understanding and including student-users.

Community is the Way Examines Social Justice and Community Partnerships

New, open-access field guide, Community is the Way: Engaged Writing and Designing for Transformative Change, offers a vision for enacting social justice with community partners.

Celebrating 25 Phenomenal Years of WAC Clearinghouse

March 14 is the 25th anniversary of the founding of the WAC Clearinghouse.

WAC at St. Phillips Southport This Week

Sixth-grade students write about the Eucharist in their reports.

Exemplary WAC Program Award Nominations Sought

Nominate your program for the Exemplary WAC Program Awards. Nominations are due by April 15, 2022.

Writing about Ancient Egypt

Byfleet Primary students are writing across the curriculum while studying ancient Egypt.

Submit Your Activities & Assignments to the Archive @ Writing Spaces

Writing Studies, the open textbook series for undergraduate composition, seeks proposals for activities and assignments to add to the text’s archive.

Elementary Students Focus on WAC in Science

Elementary students complete quick writes and then a think-pair-share activity.

Long Branch Elementary Students Write about Weather

Long Branch Elementary students are writing across the curriculum as they learn about weather.

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