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Deadline EXTENDED: 2025 Undergraduate Writing Symposium Submissions
Jan. 16, 2025—Update: The new deadline for Undergraduate Writing Symposium submissions is Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, at 11:59pm. The Vanderbilt Writing Studio invites you to submit your work to be considered for inclusion in the 17th annual Undergraduate Writing Symposium on March 28, 2025. We are seeking submissions in two categories: First-Year Essays: Call for Submissions and...
Severe Weather Update: Writing Studio Closed Friday, January 10
Jan. 9, 2025—In response to the inclement winter weather expected on Friday, January 10, the university has declared an administrative leave day and the cancelled all in-person classes. In response, the Writing Studio will be closed and all appointments cancelled on Friday, January 10. Thank you for understanding. We encourage everyone to stay safe and warm, and we...
Work at the Studio! Now accepting Undergraduate Writing Consultant Applications for 2025-2026 (deadline EXTENDED to Sunday, January 26, 2025)
Dec. 16, 2024—UPDATE: Application Deadline Extended to Sunday, January 26, at 11:59 PM. The Writing Studio is recruiting for the 2025-2026 academic year, beginning with our Undergraduate Writing Consultant positions. Read on for Our call for Undergrad Writing Consultant applications details about two January information sessions information for faculty interested in nominating their students for these positions...
Faculty: Nominate your students! Two Opportunities, Nominations due in January
Dec. 13, 2024—Faculty, the Writing Studio is always here for you and your students, but now it’s the time of the academic year when the Writing Studio needs your help: It’s nomination season! Between now and January we are calling for faculty to Nominate student writing for this spring’s annual Undergraduate Writing Symposium by Friday, January 10, 2025....
“Scaffolding Writing Across the Semester” workshop rescheduled for Thurs., December 12, 10:30 a.m.
Dec. 9, 2024—Scaffolding Writing Across the Semester workshop RESCHEDULED: This workshop will now take place on Thursday 12 December | 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. This workshop will be the final installment in the Writing Studio’s Fall 2024 Teaching Writing Workshop Series. Workshop Description: Participants will learn how to use backward design to scaffold writing projects and assignments throughout the semester. In...
Mid-year Graduate Writing Consultant recruitment: Apply now to start in January 2025
Dec. 2, 2024—Call for Graduate Writing Consultant Applications – Expedited Recruitment for January 2025 Start The Writing Studio is now carrying out an expedited process to recruit graduate and professional students to join our staff of Graduate Writing Consultants beginning in January 2025. For our limited number of mid-year openings, we are prioritizing applicants with relevant teaching...
Two new handouts on the Writing Studio’s handouts page: “Topic Sentence” and “Structure of an Analytical Paragraph”
Oct. 15, 2024—We’re excited to share news of several recent updates and additions to the Writing Studio’s Handouts page. What’s New?: Writing Studio Handouts page Two New Handouts: “Topic Sentences” and “Structure of an Analytical Paragraph” First, we have added two new handouts created by Paige Elliott (’24), as her Immersion project during her time as an...
Join us for our Open House today (W 8/21) 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Aug. 21, 2024—Join us today for the Writing Studio and Tutoring Services’ Open House from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. here at our main location in the Curb Center Building (1801 Edgehill Ave., Suite 112), part of the Fall 2024 CommonVU Orientation Schedule. Drop by, grab a sweet treat, and get to know our writing consultants and STEM...
2024 Morgan Award Winners Announced
Jun. 25, 2024—The Writing Studio celebrates undergraduate writing and all that undergraduate writers are capable of, and we congratulate the winners of the 2024 Henrietta Hickman Morgan Memorial Award for First-Year Writers! Winners of the 2024 Henrietta Hickman Morgan Memorial Award for First-Year Writers 1st Place Ayse Keles “Exposing the System: Hans Haacke’s Cancelled Exhibition at the...
Wed. 4/10 – Undergraduate Creative Writing Symposium and Arts Showcase – Full event schedule and presenter program now available online
Mar. 26, 2024—We are excited to announce that the full event schedule and presenter program is now available online for the Writing Studio’s quickly approaching 3rd Annual Undergraduate Creative Writing Symposium and Arts Showcase on Wednesday, April 10, co-hosted by the Writing Studio and Office of Experiential Learning and Immersion Vanderbilt. 2024 UCWS Schedule at a Glance When: Wednesday,...