Spring 2001

Leslie Davis Burns, Proposer
Goal: Through two retreats, to articulate the writing-across-the-curriculum philosophy of the Apparel Design and Merchandising Management undergraduate programs, to review and revise the specific writing required in 13 courses in those programs, and to coordinate writing assignments throughout the curriculum. Also, to hire one graduate student and two undergraduates to assess the effectiveness of the AIHM Departmental Writing Guide.

Andrea Marks, Proposer
Goal: Through a retreat of the Graphic Design faculty, to plan and implement more writing across the full graphic design curriculum. To create a writing guide (and eventually a writing Web site) for students in the graphic design program.

Indira Rajagopal, Proposer
Goal: To convert BI 315 (Molecular Biology Laboratory) into a WIC course by designing writing assignments consistent with the WIC requirements and preparing and submitting a WIC proposal.

Wayne Robertson, Proposer
Goal: To make a film in which international students speak about how writing is taught in their home countries and describe adjustments they have had to make as writers as OSU. The film will be used to inform Writing Assistants and WIC faculty on how to help international students as writers.

Linda Bruslind, Mary Burke, and Walt Ream, Proposers
Goal: To develop a writing guide for students in Microbiology.

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