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Members of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s faculty participated in this year’s Council of Writing Program Administrators annual conference held recently in Raleigh.

is a national association of college and university faculty with professional responsibilities for or interests in directing writing programs. Members include directors of first-year writing courses, undergraduate writing concentrations and majors, writing across the university programs, writing centers and other administrators and faculty committed to writing instruction.

was held July 14-17 in Raleigh, with a workshop held July 10-13 and one-day institutes conducted on July 14.

Jessie L. Moore, associate professor of professional writing and rhetoric in English at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ and associate director of the Center for Engaged Learning, served as the 2016 Local Host. Paula Rosinski with ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s Center for Writing Excellence & English and Associate Provost Tim Peeples volunteered as members of the Local Host Committee.

In addition, several ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ faculty presented at the conference. Jennifer Eidum Zinchuk (English) presented in a session on summer preparatory programs. Zinchuk, Paula Patch (English), Janet Warman (English), Jeffrey Coker (Biology and Core Curriculum), and Greg Shemkovitz (English) presented on a recent residential campus initiative. Heather Lindenman (English) presented in a session on revision and reflection. Moore also collaborated on a workshop on affirming LGBTQIA campus members.

The conference drew 410 writing program administrators, faculty and students.