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Reimagining Relationships Between High School And College In The Wonderful World Of Writing Centers, Tammy Conard-Salvo, Richard Severe, Bridget Carey, Collin Baker Oct 2014

Reimagining Relationships Between High School And College In The Wonderful World Of Writing Centers, Tammy Conard-Salvo, Richard Severe, Bridget Carey, Collin Baker

Purdue Writing Lab/Purdue OWL Presentations

This panel presentation given at the 2014 International Writing Centers Assocation (IWCA) conference shows two ways that high school and college writing centers can intersect. The first presentation describes a partnership between a college and high school to form a “sister writing center.” The second presentation addresses shifting tutor identities when high school tutors go onto college. Both presentations identify direct and indirect relationships between high school and college writing centers, and attendees will be invited to share ideas about collaborating with high schools.


Closing The Communication Gap: How A Writing Center And Pw Program Can Respond To Stem Demands, Tammy Conard-Salvo Sep 2014

Closing The Communication Gap: How A Writing Center And Pw Program Can Respond To Stem Demands, Tammy Conard-Salvo

Purdue Writing Lab/Purdue OWL Presentations

This presentation was part of a panel at the Council of Programs in Scientific and Technical Communication (CPTSC) 2014 Conference that narrated perspectives from the Writing Lab and the Professional Writing Program in describing cross-programmatic collaboration and STEM outreach initiatives. This specific paper describes the writing center administrator's viewpoint and specific Writing Lab initiatives that support STEM writing on campus.


Soaring Into The Future: The Purdue Owl And Supporting The Next Generation Of Writers, Tammy Conard-Salvo, Caitlan Spronk, Joshua Paiz Mar 2014

Soaring Into The Future: The Purdue Owl And Supporting The Next Generation Of Writers, Tammy Conard-Salvo, Caitlan Spronk, Joshua Paiz

Purdue Writing Lab/Purdue OWL Presentations

Twenty years ago, the Purdue OWL was born as a website. Over these past twenty years, the Purdue OWL has become a popular, open-access writing resource utilized by tutors and writers all over the globe. This panel at the 2014 East Central Writing Centers Association (2014) conference discusses how the Purdue OWL has worked to stay relevant to its users throughout the past two decades. Panelists also discuss directions for the future. Attendees are invited to share their stories about the Purdue OWL and OWLs in general and how they support the next generation of writers


The Stories We Tell: Narratives, Institutional Discourse, And The Public Documents Of Writing Centers Part Iii, Tammy Conard-Salvo Mar 2014

The Stories We Tell: Narratives, Institutional Discourse, And The Public Documents Of Writing Centers Part Iii, Tammy Conard-Salvo

Purdue Writing Lab/Purdue OWL Presentations

This presentation from the 2014 Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) explores how writing center administrators can create research spaces that not only further the work of writing centers but that also can be used to tell institutional and global stories of scholarship and outreach. The presentation describes how one writing center began a research repository to showcase its research to a global audience and to prevent scholarship that might have otherwise gone unpublished from being lost. Promoting research and research spaces—especially research that does not easily fall within the scope of traditional writing center work—may be one answer …