Programs and Areas
First Year Writing Program
Announcements
New First Year Writing Curriculum Unveiled(08-20-2007)
Freshmen entering OSU this autumn will be experiencing a new and exciting way of learning how to write for college, according to Professor Scott Lloyd DeWitt, new Director of the First Year Writing Program. On August 15th Professor DeWitt met with faculty, Graduate Teaching Associates, librarians, advisors and administrators from across the campus to give an overview of the newly-revised First Year Writing Program. While the new curriculum will focus on academic research and will include the traditional academic research paper, it will integrate that work with computer technology and will also have students communicating their research findings in non-academic formats.read more here
Awards for Teachers and Students(01-02-2007)
For teachers
The NEW Rhetorical Visions Teaching Award: The First Year Writing Program has established a new annual Teaching Award, with the support of royalties from the program's custom reader Rhetorical Visions. This $200 award is designated for a graduate teaching assistant in the first year of teaching English 110. The award will be given to an outstanding GTA as determined by the FYWP staff and faculty. The director, associate director, and writing program administrators will take into account a GTA's formal teaching observation report, discursive and electronic evaluations, and participation in pedagogical forums and other activities sponsored by the FYWP. There is NO nomination process for this award as all the information necessary for making the selection will already be available to the program.The Vera Carter Cooley Award for Excellence in Teaching First-Year Writing: This award of $200 is for excellence in teaching any version of First-Year Writing, including courses taught through the Writing Workshop. The application package--including cover letter, teaching philosophy, set of evaluations with reflective summary, official observation report, and examples of original classroom materials--will be due in early spring. Watch the FYWP web site for future details.
