Pacific Northwest Writing Centers Association

Pacific Northwest Writing Centers Association Sixth Annual Conference April 17-18, 2009 Ellensburg, Washington What’s Central? Moving Toward the Bull’s-Eye in our Writing Centers Proposal Deadline: February 17, 2009 At Central Washington University, we will gather centrifugally and centripetally—from the center out and the outside in—between mountains and dry plains, dams and wind farms, pine trees and fruit orchards, to examine the collaborative forces that push and pull us.

Attached is the report given by Teresa Kramer to IWCA about our regional association. Please note that you'll need to log in to the site in order to view the attachment. Dennis

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

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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. [b]The program for the conference is attached and can be found at the bottom of this post.[/b] 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 kramert@cwu.edu

[b]Conference registration is now open![/b] 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 pnwca08@everettcc.edu or 425-388-9309. Call for papers are still being accepted. Contact Theresa Kramer at kramert@cwu.edu 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, kramert@cwu.edu

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: [url=http://]http://owl.waol.org[/url] 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.