Writing Studio News & Notes – Faculty Edition

Thank You to all Faculty Nominators!

In January, we asked for you to nominate students for this spring’s Undergraduate Writing Symposium and our 2025-2026 Undergraduate Writing Consultant positions, and you certainly delivered!

As our valentine to you, we want to thank you for helping us honor and celebrate undergraduate writers and writing through the symposium and connect with students with the skill and drive to keep the Writing Studio going strong as we build our 2025-2026 writing consultant staff.

In this month’s newsletter:

• Instructor Resources for Spring 2025
• Call for Graduate Writing Consultant applications for 2025-2026
  • Why Become a Writing Consultant?
  • How To Apply (and More Information)
• Save the Date for the Undergraduate Writing Symposium

Read on for details! And thank you again for your ongoing partnership and support. 

Instructor Resources for Spring 2025

As the spring semester continues, keep the Writing Studio’s resources for you and your students in mind!

• Request a Brief In-Class Introduction to the Writing Studio
• Request an In-Class Writing Workshop
• Email us to schedule a Writing Pedagogy Consultation

Visit the Writing Studio’s Faculty page for additional information and resources available for instructors.

Call for Graduate Writing Consultant Applications for 2025-2026

At the Writing Studio we are seeking enthusiastic graduate and professional student writers—from all departments and diverse backgrounds—to join our staff of Graduate Writing Consultants in 2025-2026.

• Apply by Monday, March 17, for priority consideration.
• Applications will continue to be accepted following March 17 until all 2025-2026 openings are filled.
• Submit an intent to apply to let us know your application is forthcoming!

Why Become a Graduate Writing Consultant?

Graduate Writing Consultant Position: Key Info

• Starting AY25-26 Pay: $15.50 per hour
• Time Commitment: 5-15 hours per week (set by the consultant each semester)
• Start Date: August 11, 2025
• Paid time includes training and ongoing professional development activities. See our website for important information on mandatory August training.
• Application deadline: For priority consideration apply by Monday, March 17.*
  • *Need more time? You can now submit an intent to apply via an option we’ve added to our online application form.
  • *After March 17, applications will continue to be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis until all 2025-2026 openings are filled.

As part of the Writing Studio, Graduate Writing Consultants offer one-on-one writing consultations and have opportunities to facilitate in-class workshops and contribute to various projects such as the development of educational resources.

Given the centrality of writing to life of the university, the Graduate Writing Consultant role is a wonderful chance for graduate and professional students to contribute to a community of support at the university, while growing as educators, scholars, and researchers.

In service of our mission to support writing across the whole Vanderbilt community, we encourage applications from students from all backgrounds and from all departments and programs across the University. We welcome applications from students who are multilingual or who have experience supporting language learning. We appreciate and encourage applications from those who anticipate receiving Federal Work Study, which can be applied to this position.

How To Apply (and More Information)

View full details about the position and the application on our Graduate Writing Consultant Positions page.

Apply soon to ensure consideration. We will continue to accept applications until all remaining 2025-2026 openings are filled.

Consider Submitting an “Intent to Apply”

• Take a moment to indicate your intent to apply via an option we’ve added to our online application form prior to having all of your application materials ready.
• We appreciate knowing your application materials will be forthcoming!

Undergraduate Writing Symposium

Save the Date

Theme: Writing Transitions, Writing Milestones

When: Friday, March 28, 3:00-6:15 PM

The Writing Studio invites any and all interested faculty to join us for the 17th Annual Undergraduate Writing Symposium. The Undergraduate Writing Symposium celebrates the transformative power of immersing ourselves in writing, critical inquiry, research, and creative expression.

Just like a good transition guides us to meaningful connections, this year’s symposium theme, “Writing Transitions, Writing Milestones,” makes space for participants to reflect on the writing experiences that have captured and clarified their progress as writers, thinkers, and scholars. As we put students’ writing milestones in the spotlight, we also mark the Writing Studio’s own 20th anniversary during the 2025 calendar year.

Event panels will put outstanding first-year writers in conversation with upper-division undergrads engaged in honors theses, independent studies, and other advanced writing projects.

Stop by for a single panel or stay for the whole event! Full event schedule will be available as the event approaches on the UWS homepage.

Generously cosponsored by the A&S Core Office, the Martha Rivers Ingram Commons, and the Vanderbilt University Libraries.

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Questions?

Contact us at writing.studio@vanderbilt.edu.