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“The Thing That You Would Like to Tell”: ESL at the Writing Studio
Apr. 25, 2014—by Kathleen Deguzman English Writing Fellow for Spring 2014, Vanderbilt Writing Studio According to enrollment information for the 2013 – 2014 academic year, international students constitute just over 9% of the Vanderbilt population.[1] At the Writing Studio, we often work with these students when they seek help on written assignments. In fact, 11% of...
2014 Morgan Award winners!
Apr. 24, 2014—Congratulations to the winners of the 2014 Henrietta Hickman Morgan Memorial Award for First-Year Writers! Thanks, too, to all who submitted their work for consideration. This year the Morgan Award committee reviewed over 100 submissions and over 650 pages of writing by Vanderbilt’s first-year students. Learn more about the annual Morgan Award competition here.
On Writing – "Dissertations: Afterlives and Reincarnations”
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Dinner and a Draft with Christopher P. Loss (Leadership, Policy, & Organizations)
Mar. 7, 2014—March 20, 2014 6:00-7:30 pm The Writing Studio (117 Alumni Hall) Get a great dinner. Get a new perspective on writing. Get to know a professor in a fun, informal setting. Those are three reasons you should attend “Dinner and a Draft,” coming up on Thursday, March 20, in the Writing Studio (117 Alumni Hall)....
Dinner and a Draft with Gregory Melchor-Barz
Jan. 30, 2014—Get a great dinner. Get a new perspective on writing. Get to know a professor in a fun, informal setting. Those are three reasons you should attend “Dinner and a Draft,” coming up on Thursday, February 6, from 6:00-7:30, at the Dean of the Ingram Commons Residence! Our guest of honor will be Professor Gregory...
Undergraduate Writing Symposium Nominations
Dec. 20, 2013—Please have nominations in by January 17th, 2014. To nominate a student, please fill out the nomination form on the Undergraduate Writing Symposium Nomination page.
The Blank Screen and the Blinking Cursor: The Design of Writing
Dec. 6, 2013— by Andy Hines English Writing Fellow for Fall 2013, Vanderbilt Writing Studio Invoking the blank screen and the blinking cursor might as well be the writer’s equivalent of Kurtz’s whisper in Joseph Conrad’s “The Heart of Darkness”: “The horror! The horror!” Why? They are the new site of the beginning of a draft,...
Dinner and a Draft with Kane Jennings
Oct. 28, 2013—Dinner and a Draft, with Kane Jennings (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering) November 12, 2013 6:00-7:30 pm, The Writing Studio (117 Alumni Hall) Get a great dinner. Get a new perspective on writing in the STEM fields. Get to know a professor from the School of Engineering in a fun, informal setting. Join us for...
On Writing: Discussion on Writing First Books
Sep. 24, 2013—Monday, October 21 4:15 pm Alumni Hall 100 Join Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies and author of The Business of Identity: Jews, Muslims, and Economic Life in Medieval Egypt, Phil Ackerman-Lieberman, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies and author of Washed in Blood: Male Sacrifice, Trauma, and the Cinema, Claire King, and Assistant Professor of Anthropology...
Dinner and a Draft with Dennis C. Dickerson
Sep. 11, 2013—Dinner and a Draft, with Dennis C. Dickerson October 3, 2013 6:00-7:30 pm, Dean of the Commons Residence You have to eat. And you have to write. We think that makes “Dinner and a Draft” a match made in heaven. Join the Writing Studio for a feast hosted by Frank and Jane Wcislo at the...