Student & Alumni News – Page 4

May 19, 2020 Alex Treat

Student 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.

May 12, 2020 Maddy Crozier

Call 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!

April 16, 2020 Maddy Crozier

MAWRD 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.

February 25, 2020 Maddy Crozier

Internships 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.

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February 6, 2020 Megan Palmer

MA 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.

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.