WRD would like to introduce the new MA students and share a little about them.
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Introducing the 2020-21 Graduate Assistants
With the start of a new year, we also have new additions to the WRD graduate assistantship. Learn about them and their responsibilities here in this introduction.
Continue readingWRD Graduate Assistant Spotlight 2020
As they graduate and go on to pursue their professional and academic goals, we interviewed GAs and writing staff members Maddy Crozier and Megan Palmer as they embrace new horizons. Read about their experiences and future plans!
Continue readingStudent Work Spotlight: The Essay
Throughout this quarter, students have read, discussed and critiqued a wide variety of essays in WRD 241/515. Read a selection of their work here.
Continue readingStudent Spotlight: Kate Fabsik
We caught up with Kate Fabsik this quarter to discuss her experience so far in WRD and to talk about her history and interest with linguistics and language. Here’s what we got to talk about.
Continue readingCall for Nominations: LAS Graduate Student Spotlights
The College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences is now accepting nominations to feature graduate students and their work on a new “Student Spotlight” page. Read the full call for nominations and apply by May 15!
Continue readingMAWRD Student Spotlight: Karla Avila
MAWRD student Karla Avila will graduate in June 2020, carrying forward a passion for teaching writing and professional writing that she gained over the last two years. Karla recently spoke with us to share her experiences with the program and the TESOL Certificate.
Continue readingInternships Spotlight: Karla Avila & Megan Palmer
In Autumn Quarter, MAWRD students Karla Avila and Megan Palmer participated in internships and earned course credit through WRD 590. Check out a recap of what they learned and accomplished during their internships.
Continue readingMA WRD Portfolios – Platform Review
With students beginning work on portfolios in all three categories, we asked the 2020 cohort of MA in WRD students about their experiences creating midterm and mid-program portfolios, where they gave advice and insight into different platforms’ affordances and constraints.
Continue readingMAWRD Students Spotlight: Brady Gunnink & Caroline Gonzalez
English writing teachers returning to higher education to receive their master’s degree are a common student in MAWRD program, two of which are current students Brady Gunnink and Caroline Gonzalez.
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