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.
Webster Grove HS Pairs Printmaking & Artist Statements
Webster Grove High School Pairs Printmaking and Artist Statements in a writing across the curriculum project.
2020 Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication Conference Call for Proposals
The 2019 Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC) conference will be held from October 10-12 at West Chester University in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Proposals are due by 5:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, May 6, 2019.
Call for Proposals for the 4th Biennial Rhetoric of Health Medicine Symposium
Proposals for the Rhetoric of Health and Medicine (RHM) Symposium, to be held September 5-6, 2019 in Orlando, Florida, are due April 10. Potential categories, submission criteria, and instructions are available on the RHM website.
Call for #4C20 Workshop Presenters: WAC and Health Care
We are looking for proposals for this workshop and hopefully a future collection of essays on WAC and Health Care programs for CCCC 2020, Milwaukee. If accepted the workshop will be requested in a Wednesday afternoon slot before the conference.
Fifty Years of WAC: Where have we been? Where are we going?
The presentation "Fifty Years of WAC: Where have we been? Where are we going?" was presented at the 2019 Conference on College Composition and Communication in Pittsburgh.
Analyzing Sources in the WAC Classroom
Students analyze quotations to increase understanding, as shown in the related image.
Network Sense Selected for 2019 CCCC Research Impact Award
Network Sense: Methods for Visualizing a Discipline, by Derek N. Mueller, has been selected as winner of the 2019 Research Impact Award by the Conference on College Composition and Communication. The award is presented annually to "the empirical research publication in the previous two years that most advances the mission of the organization or the needs of the profession." Mueller’s book appears in the #writing series, edited by Cheryl E. Ball. Mueller’s book is the first to be published in the series.
Kindergartners Writing Across the Curriculum
These kindergartners are writing across the curriculum to share their love of @FirstInMath
WAC-GO Webinar Scheduled for April 12
WAC-GO, the WAC Graduate Organization, will host a webinar on “Entering the Community: Building a Professional Identity in WAC.” The webinar is scheduled for Friday, April 12 at 2:30 PM CST.
WAC-GO CCCC 2019 Guide
The WAC-GO Executive Board has compiled a CCCC 2019 reference guide listing sessions more geared toward graduate students or WAC/WID-related research.
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