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PROGRAM IN
WRITING AND
COMMUNICATION
Tracy Volz, DirectorFALL 2013
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Composition exam results
1044 matriculants 1040 completed exam
94% Passed – 978 students 6% Not satisfactory – 62 students
66 students assigned to FWIS 100: Fundamentals of Academic Communication
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Allocation of students in First-Year Writing-Intensive Seminars (FWIS)
537507
Students
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Fall 2013 courses
2 sections of FWIS 100 39 sections of FWIS
D1: Humanities 33D2: Social Sciences 4D3: Science and Engineering
2
FWIS Distribution Credit Fall 2013
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Fall FWISs: 11 academic depts + PWC
FrenchPhilosophy
Earth Science
Architecture
Religious Studies
History
English
Biochemistry & Cell Biology
Classics
Visual and
Dramatic Arts
PWCSport Mgmt
Psychology
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35 FWIS instructors in Fall 2013
T/TT faculty 12NTT faculty/staff 9PWC fellows 5 Full-time PWC lecturers 4Graduate instructors 4CWOVC staff 1
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1550 visits to CWOVC in 2012-13
Year of study # of visits
Freshmen 731
Sophomores 158
Juniors 213
Seniors 156
Graduate students
262
Unknown 30
Total 1550
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More visits to CWOVC in Fall 2013Visits
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More visits to CWOVC in Fall 2013Visits
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Resources for graduate students
UNIV 601/2 Oral and Written Comm. for Intl Graduate
Students Dissertation Boot Camps Workshops
Academic conversation for international students
Grammar in writing Slide design
Coaching for elevator pitch competitions
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Next steps
Recruit faculty for FWIS 2014-2015 Pilot communication-in-the-disciplines
projects Create sequenced curriculum for ESL
students Develop assessment plan and analyze
data