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...
Headline Highlights: Miami and Miamians in the news in December and January
Our editors' picks for December and January provide a snapshot of recent news media coverage
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...
Congratulations to the Summer 2023 Faculty Writing Fellows Cohort
The Howe Center for Writing Excellence and Howe Writing Across the Curriculum (HWAC) program are thrilled to welcome 9 new Miami faculty members as Faculty Writing Fellows Program alumni.
The Writer’s Progress 2023 Brings Miami Writers Together to Celebrate a Year of Writing Excellence
The HCWE strives to foster a community of writers and writing on Miami’s campus, and to celebrate that culture of writing, we host an annual gathering called “The Writer’s Progres...
Dozens of Voters Turn Out for HCWE Co-Sponsored Save Democracy Event
King Library was abuzz with excitement on May 4th as dozens of faculty, staff, students, and other members of the Oxford community assembled to learn more about recent legislation which affects vot...
HWC Announces Winners for the Spring 2023 Poetry Contest
Each spring semester, the Howe Writing Center hosts a poetry contest In honor of National Poetry Month (April). For 2023, the HWC worked with University Libraries to promote the theme of “Wri...
Congratulations to the Spring 2023 Faculty Writing Fellows Cohort
The Howe Center for Writing Excellence and Howe Writing Across the Curriculum (HWAC) program are thrilled to welcome 10 new Miami faculty members as Faculty Writing Fellows Program alumni.
HWC Consultant Pens and Publishes Articles on Restrictive Ohio Voting Laws
In the wake of new Ohio laws that restrict voting, especially for out of state college students, Howe Writing Center (HWC) writing consultant and intrepid Miami Student reporter Meredith Perk...
HCWE Co-Sponsors Artificial Intelligence Conference for Ohio Educators
New forms of artificial intelligence (AI), such as ChatGPT, have caused quite the stir in education circles in recent months. The advances in large language models have led many educators at all le...
Writers Share Goals and Reflections from HWC Junior Faculty Writing Hours
The Howe Writing Center’s Junior Faculty Writing Hours Challenge provides time, space, support, and structure for junior faculty members to pursue their writing goals. Part of this program in...
Every spring semester, the Howe Writing Center hosts a poetry contest that challenges writers with specific prompts. This spring, the HWC is partnering with University Libraries for the theme of &#...
Headline Highlights: Miami and Miamians in the news in March
Our editors' picks for March give a snapshot of recent news media coverage
HWAC Graduate Assistant Director Receives CCCC Emergent Researcher Award
We at the Howe Center for Writing Excellence are proud to announce that our very own Will Chesher, graduate assistant director with Howe Writing Across the Curriculum, is a recipient of the 2022-20...
HCWE Announces 2023 Howe Award Recipients
Each spring semester, the Howe Center for Writing Excellence presents the Roger and Joyce Howe Award for Excellence in Disciplinary Writing Instruction. This award recognizes individual faculty mem...
National Reading Month: Expand Your Ideas About Reading and Writing
March is National Reading Month, a celebration that encourages reading for all ages and promotes reading as a key feature for learning, social, and professional development.
Excerpts from the Asynchronous Graduate Writing Hours Progress Log
One of the major components of this spring’s Howe Writing with Community Support program is The Progress Log, an asynchronous opportunity for writers to share their progress and build a suppo...
Mesa Community College adapts Miami’s University’s innovative Howe faculty development
Howe Writing Center Announces Additional Writing Hours Programs for Spring 2023
The Howe Writing Center is excited to announce two additional sets of writing hours for specific groups of individuals on Miami’s campus. For creative writers, HWC consultants are hosting a C...
HWC Graduate Assistant Director Emma Boddy Participates in 2023 Three Minute Thesis Competition
If you had to explain your thesis in three minutes or less, could you do it? The Dr. Gerald H. Sanders Three Minute Thesis Competition, hosted by the Miami University Graduate School, asks graduate...
Howe Center for Writing Excellence News Roundup for February and March 2023
February may just be the busiest month yet for the Howe Writing Center. Not only have Graduate Writing Hours begun, guided by new programming introduced to further develop the community and collabo...
The Benefits of a Writing Consultant Classroom Visit
Classes are well underway at Miami University, and before long, students will have to write papers and projects to submit for grading. Faculty can better prepare their students for their written as...
Graduate Writing Hours Return with New Programming for Spring 2023 Term
One of the Howe Center for Writing Excellence’s guiding principles is that writing is social and rhetorical. Writers benefit greatly from collaborating and sharing their work with each other,...
Authors, Accolades, and Achievements
HCWE Announces Several AI Workshops During Spring 2023 Term
The Howe Center for Writing Excellence is happy to announce several resources and workshops that faculty can utilize to learn more about artificial intelligence and the impact it will have on instr...
Have a Writing Goal This Year? These Strategies Will Help Enable Long-Term Success
At the start of a new year, many people set goals to work toward. We asked our staff at the HCWE and our writing consultants what strategies they use to work toward their writing goals. Our aim in ...
Peer review, also known as peer response or peer assessment, plays an important role in supporting student writers as they navigate the challenges of the writing process. In Spring 2023, the Howe C...
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