CCC Writing Program Certificate of Excellence
December 2004
For Immediate Release
Local Writing Program Wins Fall 2004 CCCC Writing Program Certificate of Excellence
The Advanced Writing Program at Clemson University, South Carolina, is one of eleven winners of the Conference on College Composition and Communication's (CCCC's) Writing Program Certificate of Excellence for Fall 2004. Established in 2004, this CCCC award is presented to 20 writing programs each year. The recipients of these awards will be honored for their achievement at the CCCC Conference on March 18, 2005.
The Clemson Advanced Writing Program was cited for its excellent work, successfully demonstrating that their program meets the following criteria: it imaginatively addresses the needs and opportunities of its students, instructors, and locale; offers exemplary ongoing professional development for faculty of all ranks, including adjunct/contingent faculty; treats contingent faculty respectfully, humanely, and professionally; uses current best practices in the field; uses effective, ongoing assessment and placement procedures; models diversity and/or serves diverse communities; has appropriate class size; and has an administrator (chair, director, coordinator, etc.) with academic credentials in writing. In particular, the Clemson program was noted for its exciting and imaginative program addressing the needs of its students through a guest speaker program and a client-based program, and its strong assessment and faculty development components.
In addition to the Advanced Writing Program at Clemson University, ten other writing programs are being honored this fall:
- Center for Academic Writing at Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
- Department of Humanities Writing Program at Michigan Technological University, Houghton
- Writing Lab at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
- Department of Composition and Rhetoric at Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey
- Writing Portfolio Program at Saint Joseph College, West Hartford, Connecticut
- Community Writing Center at Salt Lake Community College, Utah
- Technical and Professional Writing Program at San Francisco State University, California
- Scientific and Technical Communication Program at Michigan Technological University, Houghton
- Campus Writing Program at the University of Missouri, Columbia
- Engineering Communication Program at the University of Washington, Seattle
The Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), with 8,000 individual members worldwide, supports and promotes the teaching and study of college composition and communication. For more information, please visit http://www.ncte.org/cccc.
Contact: Kristen McGowan
Phone: 800-369-6283, ext. 3602
E-mail: kmcgowan@ncte.org