Welcome!
The position of UCI Campus Writing Coordinator was established in 2001 to support undergraduate writing across the campus. We focus on communication (writing and speaking) beyond the first year, offering consultations, workshops, and resources to faculty, lecturers, and TAs in every discipline. Our goal is to foster a culture of writing by forging connections between first-year composition and upper-division writing courses, between teachers and students as they work with writing in disciplinary contexts, and among faculty across the campus interested in improving student writing. We also work with departments and schools to develop coordinated writing plans. Our over-arching mission is to foster a robust and vibrant culture of writing at UCI, and to that end we sponsor a variety of activities, such as mini-conferences and guest speakers.
Finally, this year, the CWC, in conjunction with departments and programs across UCI, will be involved in a comprehensive assessment of both lower- and upper-division writing courses and programs. We look forward to learning more about and improving the quality of writing instruction at UCI!
We invite your participation in our various projects. Please contact us to request a consultation or to respond to anything on this site.
WRITING AWARDS!!! Are you proud of the writing you have done in upper-division courses? Then apply for one of our awards: Best Upper-Division Writing in the Humanities & Arts, Best in the Social Sciences, and Best in Science and Technology. We also have awards for Best Multimedia Text and Best Writing Portfolio. Download the AWARDS DESCRIPTION and the AWARDS SUBMISSION FORM.
News & Events
NEW!!! The Writing Center will offer an online "Grammar Hour" Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:00 am; students should send any and all grammar questions and we'll answer as many as possible. Please direct your grammr questions and requests for assistance to Susan Schober at sschober@uci.edu.
Apply to be a PEER TUTOR! Read the job description and then download a job application. Contact Ms. Sue Cross for details at secross@uci.edu.
Brenda Borron (Irvine Valley College) and UCI's CWC, Jonathan Alexander, discuss "The Art of Secondary and Post-secondary Articulation: Aligning Expectations by Creating Community" in IJournal.
SPRING 2012 CWC EVENTS AND WORKSHOPS
- ICS 139W TA Writing Workshop: Friday, April 6 (9:30-10:30 in DBH 4013 1010)
- Queer Aesthetics Panel: Thursday, April 19 (3:00-5:00 in HG 1010) with Jennifer Doyle (UC Riverside), Heather N. Lukes (Occidental College), Karen Tongson (USC)
- TA Writing Workshop on "Responding to Student Writing": Thursday, April 26 (3:00-4:30 in KH 126)
- 7th Distinguished Writing Lecture: Tuesday, May 1 (3:00-4:30 with reception following in HG 1030) with Professor Michelle Latiolais (Department of English)
- Social Sciences Statement of Purpose Lecture: Thursday, May 3 (5:00-8:00, location to TBA)
- Southern California Rhetoric and Composition Research Symposium: Friday, May 4 (9:00-7:00, location TBA) sponsored by the English Department's Endowed Chair in Rhetoric and Communication
- Jonathan Lethem Lecture: Wednesday, May 9 (3:00-6:00 in HIB 135) co-sponsored with the ICWT
- 19th Annual Writing Awards: Thursday, May 10 (4:00-6:00 at the University Club, Library Room) co-sponsored by the English Department, Composition Office, and CWC Office
- UCI & Community College/High School Articulation Conference: Friday, May 11, 3:30-7:30 at IVC Performing Arts Center)
- UCHRI "Composition" Symposium: Monday, May 21 (by invitation only)
- Second Writing Pedagogy Institute 2.0: Teaching with Technology: Wednesday-Friday, May 30-June 1 (9:00-4:00 on 5/30 & 5/31 and 9:00-12:00 on 6/1 in HG 1010 & HG 1030)
- Tutor End-of-the-Year Appreciation: Tuesday, June 5 (11:30-1:30, location TBA)
