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Quinnipiac University Writing Across the Curriculum Program

QUWAC is both a cross disciplinary writing program and a set of tools for improving teaching and learning by using brief writing exercises both in and out of class.

Spring 2009 Seminars

"Critical Thinking and Writing"

24 September 2009

12:30-2:00pm in SC207

"Making Your Comments on Student Papers Count"
1 April 2009
1:00 - 3:00pm in BC129

“Increasing Student Writing Without Dramatically Increasing Grading: WAC Tools that Work”
21 April 2009
6:00-8:00 pm in Mancheski

Past seminars

The Idiot’s Guide to Assigning and Grading Student Writing in the QU Seminars

24 October 2008

Just What Does a Freshman Know after the First Year at Quinnipiac?

18 Sept. 2008

Summer Workshop

12-14 Aug 2008

Making Grading Easier: Crafting a Quality Prompt

14 Feb 2008

Evaluating and Grading Writing

18 Oct 2007

17 Sept 2007

Resources

WAC Home Page

WAC resources elsewhere

Quinnipiac hosted its second writing and critical thinking conference "Writing Across a Critical Thinking Continuum" on Nov. 21-22,2008. More details...