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.
- November 25, 2019
- Save-the-Date: 2020 WAC Summer Institute
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The 2020 WAC Summer Institute will take place May 31 - June 3, 2020 (prior to the IWAC Conference), at Colorado State University.
Details about the 2020 WACSI can be found in this Save-the-Date and on the WACSI website.
- November 13, 2019
- LHE Faculty Focus on Writing Across The Curriculum
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Teachers learn to use Writing Across the Curriculum for learning.
- October 11, 2019
- Writing and History in the Classroom
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A class examines the disaster in Pompeii in Roman times by writing newspaper reports.
- September 20, 2019
- HBCU Journal Call for Undergraduate Research Across the Disciplines
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Edward Waters College’s Undergraduate Journal on Research Across The Disciplines would like to invite submissions for publication on research across the disciplines from undergraduate students. This journal, housed at Edward Waters College of Jacksonville, FL, was created to advance and support undergraduate research and scholarship at HBCUs.
- September 19, 2019
- Writing about Science in Virginia
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Small groups participate in writing across the curriculum as part of their exploration of science.
- September 3, 2019
- IWAC 2020 Now Accepting Proposals
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The IWAC 2020 Conference is now accepting proposals for sessions, workshops, and individual presentations.
- August 29, 2019
- WAC Clearinghouse Seeks Associate Publishers and Director of Marketing
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The WAC Clearinghouse seeks four new members of its editorial staff. These senior positions will play key leadership roles in the growth of the Clearinghouse and will serve, in addition, on the Clearinghouse editorial board.
- July 26, 2019
- Contingency, Exploitation, and Solidarity Wins CWPA Best Book Award
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The Best Book Award from the Council of Writing Program Administrators was presented today to Contingency, Exploitation, and Solidarity: Labor and Action in English Composition (2017), edited by Seth Kahn, William B. Lalicker, and Amy Lynch-Biniek
- July 1, 2019
- ATD Associate Editor Search Begins
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Across the Disciplines (ATD) invites applications for the position of Associate Editor. The journal seeks an individual with a demonstrated interest in WAC, WID, interdisciplinary communication, and other topics relevant to the mission of ATD. Review of applications begins on July 15, 2019.
- June 12, 2019
- Hadleigh Junior Class 10 Assembly Features WAC
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Singing, dancing, acting, history, and science—And writing across the curriculum!