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Howe Center News
Announcing the Winners of the Spring 2025 HWC Writing Contest
We are thrilled to announce the winners of the Spring 2025 Howe Writing Center Writing Contest! This semester’s contest invited Miami writers to produce a poem that explores both the exterior...
At the 2025 Miami Women’s Leadership Symposium, Howe Center Director Elizabeth Wardle and Miami alumna Ruth Milligan shared the story behind Writing Rediscovered and The Motivated Speaker, tw...
CCA Faculty Unite in Cross-Disciplinary Sensemaking Series to Envision Future of Arts Education
This spring, faculty across Miami University’s College of Creative Arts (CCA) participated in a multi-week “Sensemaking” series to collaboratively rethink the CCA student experien...
Elizabeth Wardle named University Distinguished Professor
'Wardle’s teaching transcends traditional boundaries, influencing not only her direct students but also countless educators, administrators, and institutions nationwide'
Dominik Konkolewicz and Elizabeth Wardle named University Distinguished Professors
Dedicated teacher-scholars and leaders in their fields, Dominik Konkolewicz and Elizabeth Wardle are honored for their contribution to the life and mission of Miami University
This spring, the Howe Center for Writing Excellence Local Advisory Board honored two faculty teams from the College of Creative Arts with the Howe Award for Excellence in Disciplinary Writing Instr...
Designing Better Assignments: Faculty & Writing Consultants Collaborate in Workshop Series
In February Howe Writing Across the Curriculum partnered with Howe Writing Center consultants to present a workshop series on Assignment Design, focusing on clarity, audience, and accessibility. Le...
Howe Writing Center Consultants Address AI Challenges and Opportunities in recent Praxis publication
Generative AI tools like ChatGPT are reshaping how students approach writing, but they also present challenges for writing centers. At Miami University’s Howe Writing Center, undergraduate co...
Congratulations to the Fall 2024 Faculty Writing Fellows Cohort
The Howe Center for Writing Excellence and Howe Writing Across the Curriculum (HWAC) program welcome Miami faculty members as new Faculty Writing Fellows alumni.
Announcing the Winners of the Fall 2024 HWC Writing Contests
This fall the Howe Writing Center held two overlapping creative writing contests. The first invited writers to submit a travel narrative about an intercultural experience, while the second sought f...
In October, the Howe Center for Writing Excellence hosted workshops on multimodal writing and grantwriting, equipping educators with strategies to enhance student engagement and pursue funding. Ren...
Presentation During Ohio Archives Month Unveils Creation of Howe Archive
The Miami University Libraries unveiled the creation of the Howe Center for Writing Excellence Archival and Digital Collection. This invaluable archive has been digitized and will be made available...
Howe Center for Writing Excellence Hosts National Advisory Board Meeting
The Howe Center for Writing Excellence recently held our annual national advisory board meeting.
In July 2024, the Howe Center for Writing Excellence hosted a groundbreaking pilot of a sensemaking method developed by Elizabeth Wardle that seeks to imagine faculty as the best resource to solve ...
Howe Writing Center consultant Kendyl Gurren publishes essay in national writing journal
Howe Writing Center undergraduate consultant Kendyl Gurren opens up about her personal narrative and experience of vulnerability as a writer in a recent issue of Queen City Writers, an academic jou...
New Miami podcast explores the art of writing in a digital age
Episodes will serve as a living archive for the Howe Center for Writing Excellence
HWC and HWAC Collaboration Featured in Publication
HWC director Lizzie Hutton and HWAC assistant director Mandy Olejnik, along with former HWC consultant Miranda Kunkel, have published a new collaboration titled "Navigating Contradictions whil...
Spring 2024 Faculty Writing Fellows
The Howe Center for Writing Excellence and Howe Writing Across the Curriculum (HWAC) program are thrilled to welcome 13 new Miami faculty members as Faculty Writing Fellows Program alumni.
HCWE Hosts Successful April Workshops on Teaching and AI Tools
In April, the Howe Center for Writing Excellence (HCWE) organized three workshops, including a two-part series on teaching Syntheses/Literature Reviews and a special workshop on AI tools for Farmer...
The Writer's Progress 2024: This Is Howe We Do It
On May 10th, the Howe Center for Writing Excellence (HCWE) hosted its annual event "The Writer's Progress," bringing Miami writers together to celebrate, connect, and reflect.
This is Howe We Do It Podcast Launch Announcement
The Howe Center for Writing Excellence (HCWE) is excited to announce the launch of its new podcast series, “This is Howe We Do it.”
Announcing the Winners of the Spring 2024 HWC Writing Contest
We are thrilled to announce the winners of the Spring 2024 Howe Writing Center Writing Contest! This semester’s contest invited Miami writers to produce a poem or poem sequence inspired by a ...
Dr. Anne Whitesell recognized as the winner of the 2024 Roger and Joyce Howe Award
Dr. Anne Whitesell was recognized as the winner of the 2024 Roger and Joyce Howe Award for Excellence in Disciplinary Writing Instruction at the University Awards ceremony on March 20.
Eight Howe Consultants Present Original Research at Wright State
Early this March, the Howe Writing Center sent eight writing consultants to present original research at the annual East Central Writing Center Association Conference, held this year at Wright Stat...
Howe Center’s Sensemaking for Student Success program receives Lumina grant
Eight Ohio-based teams will benefit from innovative Fellows Program method
Authors, Accolades, and Achievements
Navigating Change: A Recap of the 2024 All-Fellows Change Retreat
For three days in January, anyone walking through the Armstrong Student Center would have seen (and heard) 50 Miami faculty enthusiastically engaging with colleagues from many divisions they had ne...
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Beyond High Street: Roger Howe
Talking with Roger Howe, Farmer School alum and philanthropist
Congratulations to the Fall 2023 Faculty Writing Fellows Cohort
Howe Writing Across the Curriculum (HWAC) is excited to welcome 10 new Miami faculty as Faculty Writing Fellows Program alumni.
Make Your Voice Heard: A New Workshop Series on Writing to Our Publics
One of the Howe Center for Writing Excellence’s goals is to support writing in all of its forms, including genres beyond the walls of higher education. In a brand-new workshop series, Howe Wr...
Announcing the Winners of the Fall 2023 HWC Writing Contest
Every fall semester, the Howe Writing Center holds a writing contest. This year, the contest theme was “Environmental Justice: Stories Drawn from Art,” which asked students to write fla...
New HWAC Certificate Series Explores How Faculty Can Support Graduate Writers
This fall semester, Howe Writing Across the Curriculum hosted a new certificate series titled “Supporting Graduate Learning through Writing.” The program, facilitated by Assistant Direc...
“My Identity as a Writer”: Insights from First-Gen HWC Consultants
This November, the Howe Writing Center is joining the annual celebration of First-Generation Students at Miami University.
During his regular visits to Miami, Roger Howe likes to ask the staff how they are sharing the news about writing “beyond the wall” of academia. On September 21, HCWE Director Elizabeth...
Visit the Howe Center for Business Writing's New Location in FSB 2045
With a team of writing consultants specially trained to help writers improve the content, design, and delivery of their writing, the HCBW supports Farmer writers as they develop the skills to commu...
HWC Announces Fall 2023 Writing Contest: “Environmental Justice: Stories Drawn from Art”
Every year, the Howe Writing Center’s Creative Writing Special Interest Group holds a writing contest based on a specific prompt, often in line with the campus climate or events occurring aro...
HCWE Staff Welcome Donors and National Advisory Board for 2023 Meeting
Every fall, the Howe Center for Writing Excellence welcomes donors Roger and Joyce Howe, as well as members of the HCWE’s National Advisory Board (NAB), to Miami’s campus to discuss and...
The Howe Center for Writing Excellence is excited to announce that nominations are now open for the 2024 Roger & Joyce Howe Award for Excellence in Disciplinary Writing Instruction.
Sharing Howe Innovations Beyond Miami
The innovations happening in the Howe Center are being shared and taken up by others across the U.S. The International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference (IWAC) held at Clemson University in...
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