{"id":172,"date":"2010-02-03T22:26:17","date_gmt":"2010-02-04T03:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writing.wisc.edu\/blog\/?p=172"},"modified":"2010-02-04T12:34:36","modified_gmt":"2010-02-04T17:34:36","slug":"the-uw-madison-writing-center-turns-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dept.writing.wisc.edu\/blog\/the-uw-madison-writing-center-turns-40\/","title":{"rendered":"The UW-Madison Writing Center Turns 40"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Last October the Writing Center held an open house to celebrate the Center\u2019s 40<sup>th<\/sup> birthday.<span> <\/span>Well over 100 students and colleagues came from across campus to\u2014<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span> <\/span>chat with our staff<\/li>\n<li><span> <\/span>peruse posters about our programs<\/li>\n<li><span> <\/span>sample our podcasts and our online consultations and videos of in-person consultations<\/li>\n<li>nibble on birthday cake from Lane&#8217;s Bakery<\/li>\n<li>and hear short presentations reflecting on the Writing Center\u2019s history and its impact across campus and beyond<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-195 alignnone\" title=\"resized-11\" src=\"http:\/\/writing.wisc.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/resized-11-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"resized-11\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-196\" title=\"resized-4\" src=\"http:\/\/writing.wisc.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/resized-4-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"resized-4\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-197\" title=\"resized-15\" src=\"http:\/\/writing.wisc.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/resized-15-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"resized-15\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><img 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\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The presentations featured undergraduate and graduate student-writers, who are at the heart of all that we do (Mitchelle Lyle from Industrial Engineering and Manisha Shelat from Journalism and Mass Communications); an undergraduate Writing Fellow from our staff (Anna Moreland); graduate teaching assistants from our staff (Danielle Warthen and Rik Hunter); career staff from the Writing Center (Melissa Tedrowe, Emily Hall, Nancy Linh Karls, and Brad Hughes); faculty from across campus with whom the Writing Center collaborates (Prof. Kathy Cramer Walsh from Political Science and Prof. Phil Kim from the School of Business); the chair of the English Department (Prof. Tom Schaub); and the Dean of the College of Letters and Science (Dean Gary Sandefur).<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Check out some of the great posters that Terry Maggio and colleagues created for our open house&#8211;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/writing.wisc.edu\/wc40th\/uwmadison_wc40th_alumni_comments.pdf\">Reflections on the UW-Madison Writing Center from Tutor Alumni and Writing Center Friends<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/writing.wisc.edu\/wc40th\/uwmadison_wc40th_writingfellows.pdf\">The UW-Madison Undergraduate Writing Fellows Program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/writing.wisc.edu\/wc40th\/uwmadison_wc40th_workshops.pdf\">Our Writing Center Workshops<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/writing.wisc.edu\/wc40th\/uwmadison_wc40th_communitywriting.pdf\">Our Community Writing Assistance Program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/writing.wisc.edu\/wc40th\/uwmadison_wc40th_owc.pdf\">Our Online Writing Center<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/writing.wisc.edu\/wc40th\/uwmadison_wc40th_contributionstoprofession.pdf\">Our Center&#8217;s Contributions to the Writing Center Profession<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/writing.wisc.edu\/wc40th\/uwmadison_wc40th_madisonwccolloquium.pdf\">The Madison Area Writing Center Colloquium<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To the tens of thousands of wonderful undergraduate and graduate students who\u2019ve come to the Writing Center to discuss their work in progress; to the over 500 graduate teaching assistants and undergraduate writing fellows who\u2019ve filled our programs with passion and dedication and intelligence and fun; to the academic and classified staff and the faculty who\u2019ve led and supported the Writing Center; to the over 100 colleagues from around the United States and from Egypt, Japan, South Africa, Sweden, the UK, Namibia,\u00a0 Qatar, Malaysia, and from other countries who&#8217;ve been part of IWCA Summer Institutes here in 2003 and 2008; and to the faculty and campus leaders and alumni and community partners and donors who\u2019ve supported and collaborated with the Writing Center for over 40 years\u2014thank you!<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">If you have the time, please leave us a comment&#8211;we&#8217;d love to have your voice be part of our blog.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span> <\/span>Thanks so much for visiting.\u00a0 More later . . .<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">brad hughes<br \/>\ndirector, writing center<br \/>\ndirector, writing across the curriculum<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last October the Writing Center held an open house to celebrate the Center\u2019s 40th birthday. 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