{"id":62,"date":"2010-04-14T09:50:53","date_gmt":"2010-04-14T14:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bsuenglish.wordpress.com\/?p=34"},"modified":"2019-04-11T15:49:10","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T19:49:10","slug":"writing-center-tutors-take-on-ecwca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/blog\/2010\/04\/14\/writing-center-tutors-take-on-ecwca\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing Center Tutors Take on ECWCA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogrhetoric.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/img_0224.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_0224\" src=\"http:\/\/blogrhetoric.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/img_0224.jpg?w=150\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blogrhetoric.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/img_0226.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_0226\" src=\"http:\/\/blogrhetoric.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/img_0226.jpg?w=150\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blogrhetoric.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/img_0230.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_0230\" src=\"http:\/\/blogrhetoric.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/img_0230.jpg?w=150\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ball State University was well-represented at the 2010\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/writing.msu.edu\/ecwca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">East Central Writing Center Association Conference<\/a> in East Lansing, Michigan this April. Three undergraduate students (Tyler Gobble, Phil Call, and Neal Coleman) and two English graduate students (Emily Standridge and Dani Weber) who all work at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bsu.edu\/writingcenter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Writing Center<\/a> presented papers at the conference.<\/p>\n<p>In a panel presentation &#8220;Exploring the Writing Center\u2019s Convergence with Social Capital,&#8221; Phil, Dani, and Emily explored the ways that social capital plays a role in writing center work. Tyler suggested in his presentation, &#8220;Creative Writers in the Writing Center,&#8221; that writing centers might pursue different paths to appeal more to creative writers. Neal presented on the effect, or lack of effect, that traditional advertising has on writing center services.<\/p>\n<p>Ball State alum, Nikki Caswell (MA, Rhetoric and Composition) co-led a successful workshop on assessment at the conference.\u00a0Writing Center Director\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/jackiegrutschmckinney.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jackie Grutsch McKinney<\/a>, also in attendance, was elected to Vice President of the organization.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ball State University was well-represented at the 2010\u00a0East Central Writing Center Association Conference in East Lansing, Michigan this April. Three undergraduate students (Tyler Gobble, Phil Call, and Neal Coleman) and two English graduate students (Emily Standridge and Dani Weber) who all work at the\u00a0Writing Center presented papers at the conference. 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