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October 31, 2019 Alex Treat

MAWRD 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.

October 30, 2019 Maddy Crozier

Highlights from the IWCA-NCPTW Conference

Sixteen DePaul students, administrators, and staff, including three MA in WRD students, recently took their research to an international stage by presenting at the International Writing Centers Association/National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing (IWCA/NCPTW) Joint Conference. Learn more about their presentations here!

October 1, 2019 Alex Treat

MAWRD Student Spotlight: Alex Treat

For this Spotlight, we gave some time to Alex Treat, a new graduate assistant for the MAWRD program. He graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello with a Communication degree emphasizing professional writing, and now is here to continue his education in writing and rhetoric.

September 30, 2019 Maddy Crozier

MAWRD Student Spotlight: Maddy Crozier

Interested in the combined Bachelor’s + Master’s degree in Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse? A second-year MA in WRD student, Maddy Crozier, is sharing her experience as a participant in the combined degree program.

November 12, 2018 Channing Tabb

WRD Internship Scholarship Winners

DePaul University’s Community and Project-Based Learning (CPBL) Internship Scholarships program offers a wonderful opportunity for WRD undergraduate and graduate students to receive funding for interning with a non-profit or non-governmental organization.

October 1, 2018 Channing Tabb

New MA in WRD ePortfolio Requirement

As of the 2018/19 school year, all new students in the WRD MA program will create and submit an eportfolio as part of the degree requirement. This post details the new eportfolio process and offers tips to help students get started. While new MA students are required to submit an eportfolio, current MA students are encouraged to complete the eportfolio also.

September 27, 2018 Alex Gonzalez

News from MA WRD/NMS Students, Alumni, and Faculty

Here’s an update on what some of our MA in NMS and MA in WRD students, graduates, and faculty members have been up to in the last six months!

January 24, 2018 Alex Gonzalez

MA in WRD/NMS Faculty, Student, & Alumni Updates

Here’s an update on what some of our MA in NMS and MA in WRD students, graduates, and faculty members have been up to in the last six months! MA in NMS Students and Alumni Caroline Bank (2012) works in digital marketing and recently began to manage Halo Top Creamery’s digital marketing program in-house. She is focused on international expansion after Halo Top became the best-selling ice cream in America over the summer. Kristi Bruno (2016) received a Forty Under 40 Award from Award Association Forum and USAE. Kristi was recognized for her professional accomplishments, commitment to the industry, leadership skills,

December 6, 2017 Delasha Long

Conference on Community Writing Recap

NOTE: This post is written by GA Delasha Long. This past quarter, I attended and presented at my first academic conference, The Conference on Community Writing (CCW). The CCW is a three-day conference that explores how communities write and how writing can be used for community organizing and change. The 2017 conference was held at the University of Colorado in Boulder, CO. Students, instructors, and community organizers from all over the country participated in panels, talks, workshops, and think tanks. Topics ranged from “The Prison Story Project: On the Row”—which provides writing workshops for inmates and converts their writings into theater scripts

July 12, 2016 depaulwrd

WRD Alumni Spotlight: Molly Rentscher

Molly Rentscher is the latest alumna to be featured in the WRD Spotlight series. She graduated in 2015 with a Master’s in Writing, Rhetoric, & Discourse. Currently, Molly works as a writing center coordinator at Arizona State University. What have you been doing professionally since you earned your degree? I earned my degree in June of 2015, and shortly thereafter, I accepted a full-time position at Arizona State University (ASU) as a writing center coordinator. In my position, I am responsible for managing all aspects of operations for the West campus Writing Center and Graduate Writing Center; this includes hiring,