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Writing Centers Around the World
Three Cs of a Writing Center: Creativity, Collaboration, and Competence
By: Svetlana Suchkova My way to academic writing in English started with the letter “C” – challenge. When I was an early-career researcher, I got a rejection for my first publication in English. It helped me realize that writing conventions in English differ much from those in my mother tongue, Russian. The failure encouraged me to explore the area of academic writing in English and influenced my further career. I have published several textbooks on academic writing, and now I am directing a faculty–focused writing center at one of the leading Russian universities, Higher School
Centro de Escritura y Oratoria, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez: The Challenge of Training Tutors in a Project under Development
The Centro de Escritura y Oratoria (Center for Writing and Public Speaking, CEO) at the Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez in Chile is an excellent reflection of the pillar that characterizes this university: general education in transversal competencies as the basis for any professional specialization. Note: This piece is available in both English and Spanish.
Baltimore City College High School Writing Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
When I founded the writing center ten years ago, I did not have any writing center experience, but what I did have was a strong and urgent desire to create an inclusive, welcoming space for students, one where they could take control of their own learning. I knew that our kids needed it, and I knew that they would thrive in leadership positions if given the opportunity.
A Moving Train: The Writing and Argumentation Center of UAM Cuajimalpa
One of them was precisely to start collaborating virtually, at the end of 2020, in Centro de Escritura y Argumentación (CEA) of UAM Cuajimalpa, the first writing center in a public university in Mexico. At CEA, founded in 2014 by Gilmar Ayala Meneses, I was able to reconnect with teaching and tutorial work, and I was able to reaffirm my interest in Writing Across the Curriculum. When, at the beginning of 2022, Gilmar invited me to take the administration, I did not hesitate to say yes!
The English Writing Corner at the University of Dhaka in Bangladesh
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Molly McHarg, Prokriti Das Srishti, and Sadia Sarker Aony on their new writing center at the University of Dhaka! In this writing center spotlight, our new colleagues inquire about writing center administration questions and share their plans to serve a linguistically and culturally diverse community of writers. Please leave comments to encourage and welcome them to our blog community. Thank you so much for sharing your work, Prokriti, Sadia, and Dr. McHarg!
The University of Ghana-Carnegie Writing Centre
The University of Ghana-Carnegie Writing Centre began operation in 2012 and was formally opened in October 2013 by the then Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana (UG), Prof. Ernest Aryeetey. Over its decade-old existence, the UG-Carnegie Writing Centre has served the entire University of Ghana community, including undergraduate and post-graduate students, academic faculty and other staff, as well as to individuals, institutions such as the University for Development Studies, and corporate bodies in the country such as Tullow Oil and the Northern Electricity Company (NEDCO).
