Dear Colleagues,
If you’re curious about or affiliated with independent writing programs/independent writing centers, we’d like to meet you!
For those heading to Baltimore for CCCC 2025, please mark your calendars for the following Independent Writing Departments and Programs Affiliate (IWDPA) events:
IWDPA Standing Group-Sponsored Panel—All are Welcome.
(Re)Generative Moments with Writing Minors and Writing-Related Minors
- Thursday, 4/10, 12:15-1:30 p.m.
- Meeting Room 334, Baltimore Convention Center
Drawing on four diverse institutional contexts, this panel explores the successes and challenges involved with designing, maintaining, and collaborating around writing and writing-related minors.
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- Rebecca Babcock, University of Texas Permian Basin
- Laurie Britt-Smith, College of Holy Cross
- Denise Comer, Duke University
- Alice Myatt, University of Mississippi
IWDPA Business Meeting—All are Welcome.
Want to learn more about or get involved with IWDPA? Make connections? Share an idea/potential initiative?
If you’re curious about or affiliated with an independent writing program/independent writing center, we’d like to meet you!
Join us to connect—we’ll also be brainstorming ideas for the IWDPA call for proposals for the CCCC 2026 Standing Group-Sponsored Panel.
- Friday, 4/11, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
- Meeting Room 314, Baltimore Convention Center
Informal IWDPA Happy Hour—All are Welcome.
Drinks and Hors D’oeuvres Provided
Drop by any time—we’ll have a table tent with IWDPA written on it so folks know where to gather.
- Thursday, 4/10, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
- Pratt Street Ale House
206 W. Pratt St., Baltimore, MD 21201
(Located across the street from the Baltimore Convention Center.)
Hope you can join!
Best,
Denise Comer
IWDPA President, 2024-26
The Independent Writing Departments and Programs Affiliate (IWDPA) is a CCCC Standing Group.
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