Spring Quarter 2023 Contents: End of the Year Letter Highlighting our Faculty: Accomplishments Summer Dreaming Loves of our Lives End of the Year Letter Dear Writing Program Faculty and Staff, The PDC wanted to take the time to thank you all for a great year and for your participation in our professional-development and community-building events. … [Read more…]
Assistive Technologies & Chat GPT In response to the ongoing debates about ChatGPT and higher education, we’ve put together this short bibliography, as well as links to additional resources, for Writing Program faculty. The goal of this list of articles and resources is not to weigh in on the debates, or to be completist. This … [Read more…]
Please see the attached flyer for Zoom link and details for our annual Rothman Award in First-Year Writing Ceremony, this Friday, March 3, 12:00 – 1:30p. Thank you! Rothman Award Ceremony – Winners and Zoom link
SAVE THE DATE! WHEN: Thursday Mar 16, 2023, 11:40-1:15 via Zoom WHAT: “Open Pedagogy Workshop” All Writing Program faculty are invited to participate in this pedagogy workshop–which is designed in conjunction with the PDC’s Teaching Circle–regardless of whether or not you’ve participated in the Fall ‘22 and/or Winter ‘23 rounds of the Teaching Circle. We … [Read more…]
Introducing: Joseph Navarro and Fiona Weigant Here’s an introduction to the two newest members of the Writing Program, who have been with us since the start of the 2022-03 academic year. Joseph Navarro – Lecturer I am excited to return to UCSC and continue my service to this community. I view teaching writing and literacy … [Read more…]
As we head into the end of Fall term, we’ve put together a collection of resources from our Fall faculty meetings, including how to connect with Slug Support, Writing Program tutoring, and more. At the Writing Program’s Nov. 8th faculty meeting, the Slug Support team answered faculty questions and presented ways we can leverage their … [Read more…]
This year we’ll be holding the Don Rothman Awards Ceremony for Excellence in First-Year Writing during the Winter quarter. We read dozens of amazing submissions this year, a testament to the excellent work of students and faculty in WP courses. We’ll share more details soon about the ceremony itself, but for now, we’re excited to … [Read more…]