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Introducing AskWAC@Hofstra.edu

Posted on December 17, 2013 by danielcole614

Faculty with questions about any facet of using writing to teach can now send queries to AskWAC@Hofstra.edu Potential topics include: Responding/Commenting on Student Work Handling Suspected Plagiarism Designing Assignments In-class Writing Exercises and more. Our answers will draw upon best … Continue reading →

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The Writing Center Is Available to Help Your Students With Writing Throughout the Disciplines

Posted on November 5, 2013 by danielcole614

The following is authored by theCo-Directors of Hofstra’s Writing Center, Dr. Lisa Dresner and Dr. Daisy Miller. (engdsm_at_hofstra.edu and englmd_at_hofstra.edu) Hofstra’s Writing Center is available to help your students with all kinds of writing projects across various academic disciplines, both … Continue reading →

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Considering Your Capstone

Posted on October 29, 2013 by danielcole614

Want to read better capstone essays at the end of the term? If you archive work from previous terms, you might take a look and see if there are pitfalls you can help your current students avoid. Listed below are … Continue reading →

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Reflecting on the Ways of Writing at Hofstra

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Ethna D. Lay

WAC gives as good as it gets. In January 2013, WSC faculty shared a writing-across-the-curriculum retreat with interested Hofstra faculty and administrators representing the three divisions of HCLAS – social sciences, humanities, and natural sciences. It was a fruitful exchange … Continue reading →

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WAC Workshop Common Hour April 17

Posted on April 11, 2013 by danielcole614

A new Writing Across the Curriculum Workshop – Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Teaching Grammar But Were Afraid to As April 17th – Common Hour Brower Hall – 201 Are you frustrated by grammatical errors in your students’ … Continue reading →

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More Why WAC

Posted on April 11, 2013 by danielcole614

More Why WAC Nice essay from IHE on the need for and value of WAC. For the nitty gritty, skip down to the bullet points.  

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WAC Retreat: Jan 7 and 8

Posted on December 20, 2012 by writingclassfall2012

The inaugural WAC Retreat will take place January 7-8, 2013. We’ll meet from 10am-3pm in Hofstra’s Writing Center: Mason 102.   To register, or for more information, contact Hofstra’s Director of WAC, Dan Cole: daniel.cole@hofstra.edu Click here for the workshop agenda. Resources: … Continue reading →

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Why WAC?

Posted on October 17, 2012 by danielcole614

An article in this week’s Chronicle of Higher Education provides a nice snapshot of Writing Across the Curriculum–what it is and why it works. As a bonus, it also tells why students are like particles in the Higgs boson field. … Continue reading →

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Our Students Can’t Write! . . . Right?

Posted on October 12, 2012 by danielcole614

You’ve heard it—or maybe even said it—many times.  It’s probably one of the most commonly uttered truisms not just on our campus, but also on others nationwide. Indeed, even before the recently published and widely debated Academically Adrift, a 1975 … Continue reading →

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Writing across the curriculum (WAC) ….. at Hofstra

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Ethna D. Lay

  Welcome, welcome!  This blog will link the writing-focused instructors of Hofstra University to the materials and faculty that will help make the journey for us (and for our students!) more successful.   During the fall and spring semester, theWriting Studies … Continue reading →

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