Writing and Communication Center Works with Students During FCESCJ’s Summer Institute

Faculty Coordinators, graduate assistant coordinators, and professional consultants from NSU’s Write from the Start Writing and Communication Center (WCC) provided writing support for students attending the 2019 Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice (FCESCJ) Summer Institute, July 12-14, 2019. Faculty Coordinators Kelly Concannon and Janine Morris, from the Department of Writing and Communication (DWC) in the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences facilitated workshops for approximately 35 students each on writing literature reviews and time management and organizational tips to maximize writing.

On Saturday, July 13, Morris and WCC graduate assistant coordinators, Veronica Diaz and Noemi Nunez (graduate students in DWC’s Composition, Rhetoric, and Digital Media Master’s Program) hosted a writing bootcamp for Track 1 doctoral students. FCESCJ Summer Institute faculty were also present to support writers throughout the afternoon as they completed an assignment due the following day. The NSU Writing and Communication Center was used for the bootcamp and approximately thirty students spread out across the space to get their writing done.

Meanwhile, Concannon, Eric Mason (WCC faculty coordinator and DWC Assistant Professor), and Jose Macia (WCC Professional Consultant and DWC Adjunct Professor) held one-on-one consultations Saturday July 13 and Sunday July 14 with Institute students. “It was such a great opportunity to work with writers from across the university on different stages of their writing process from invention to locating outside research material pertinent to their work,” Concannon noted.

In total there were 350 students who attended the weekend-long Institute. NSU’s WCC offers writing and communication assistance to all NSU students.