Today we’re celebrating the approval of the new Center for the Teaching and Research on Writing, housed in the English Department, by the University Academic Planning Council (which met for the last time this year in Bascom Hall, picture taken after the meeting). The CTRW will bring all writing programs in the Department of English under one umbrella, creating increased opportunities for intellectual exchange, professional development, and collaboration on larger grants. This was one of the big ticket items I wanted to see through as chair and I am so pleased that things have come together before I’ll step off (in 88 days).
