Hi everyone,
My appreciation goes out to all of you who attended and made this such a special event. If you haven't already done so, please take a moment to provide feedback so we can make the next conference even better.

Want to see conference pics? Go to:

http://picasaweb.google.com/harrington.writingcenter.pnwca

(Brandon Osborn, photographer)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/djwudi/sets/72157604785356775/

(Micheal Hanscomb, NCSS, photographer)

See you all next year at Central Washington University.

Best,
Ann Harrington
2008 Site Chair

Please help improve future conferences by providing us with feedback on this year's conference.

Dear PNWCA 08 Guests,

Greetings from the Writing Center at Everett Community College, host to the 5th Annual PNWCA Regional Conference, “Are We Having Fun, Yet?” We can’t believe that all our planning and anticipation is almost over. We are looking forward to welcoming all of you next Friday and Saturday, April 25 and 26th.

The program for the conference is attached and can be found at the bottom of this post.

Here are a few program details:

Attached here is the Call For Proposals for the April conference. The CFP deadline is Feb. 29.
Please e-mail me if you have trouble opening this.
Thank you,
-Teresa Joy Kramer

Conference registration is now open! Please join Keynote Speaker Shanti Bruce, colleagues, tutors, and students at Everett Community College. Together let's discover the "fun" in our work. Please click on the attachment for a brochure copy and registration information. Early registration closes April 11, 2008.

Questions? Please contact Site Chair Ann Harrington at or 425-388-9309.

Call for papers are still being accepted. Contact Theresa Kramer at or 509-963-1299 for more information.

We are happy to report that Shanti Bruce has enthusiastically agreed to be our Keynote Speaker.

Our conference theme is “Are We Having Fun Yet? Cultivating Daily Joy in our Writing Centers”

We invite you to submit proposals for interactive sessions that explore and invent ways to keep our work fun. Feel free to consider our purpose -- on each campus and as a discipline -- our support for ourselves and the writers we work with, and the daily choices that empower ourselves and all writers on campus to take risks and experience joy.

February 29 is the deadline to submit your one-page abstract and the PNWCA Session Proposal Form via e-mail to Program Chair Teresa Joy Kramer, 509.963.1299,

We've got a date! Watch this site for more information coming soon. For additional information please contact:

Ann Harrington
Everett Community College
2000 Tower St.
Box 96
Everett, WA 98201

aharrington@everettcc.edu
(425) 388-9309

You may know that several Washington state community colleges created an online writing lab (OWL) to pilot last spring, and that the site is now being hosted by WAOL for continued use by the pilot project colleges. Check it out at: http://owl.waol.org

The writing center people involved (Grace Rhodes, Ann Harrington, Sally Nick and Linda Foss)all reported positive experiences with the project and a desire to continue building the site with additional member colleges coming on board. We are currently seeking phase II funding from the state's Distance Learning Council.

This past week in Spokane at the regional TYCA conference at Spokane Community College, Dodie Forrest of Yakima and Janet Lucas of Peninsula, both active writing center folks, were given this year's Lisa Ede Awards for Outstanding Teaching. Speech! Speech!

Here's a blurb about the award:

Please help improve future conferences by providing us with feedback on this year's conference.