News, Events, and Calls
- Traci Gardner, News Editor
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. If you have WAC news you want to share, please send a note to WACClearinghouseNews@gmail.com.
- September 7, 2022
- Adapting VALUEs: Tracing the Life of a Rubric through Institutional Ethnography
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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.
- September 5, 2022
- Alabama Middle School Focuses on RACES Writing Strategy
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Students at Lott Middle School, in Citronelle, AL, are using the RACES writing strategy to write responses to readings across the curriculum.
- September 2, 2022
- IWAC 2023 Submissions Close September 15
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There’s still time to propose a session to the International Writing Across the Curriculum (IWAC) 2023 conference. Scholarship applications are also being accepted.
- September 1, 2022
- Writing in Science & History
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Students at West Ewell are writing across the science and history curriculum.
- July 19, 2022
- Graduate Assistant Survey on Writing Program Labor
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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.
- May 31, 2022
- 5th Graders Celebrate AAPI Heritage Month
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5th Graders Celebrate AAPI Heritage Month with WAC at Demarest Elementary.
- May 26, 2022
- WAC Makes "Good Writers"
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One teacher’s use of nonlinear design and digital writing increases students’ confidence.
- May 25, 2022
- Children's Independent Writing Across the Curriculum
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Children’s Independent Writing Across the Curriculum is the focus at the UK’s Jerry Clay Academy.
- May 24, 2022
- Writing Tutors Working Across the Curriculum
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Read about the WAC work of Writing Center Tutors, from the Connecting Writing Centers Across Borders (CWCAB) blog.
- May 20, 2022
- WAC and Ethics Good for Business
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Three professors from Stevens Institute of Technology examine how writing and ethics in the classroom help in the workplace.