Event: CCCC WAC Standing Group Meeting Details & Call for Chair

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Dear Colleagues,

If you will be in Cleveland next week, the CCCC WAC Standing Group invites you to attend our sponsored panel, annual meeting, and social on Thursday, March 5th: 

• WAC Standing Group Sponsored Panel: "Writing Across the Curriculum as Strategic Support: Generative AI in Writing, Freewriting in STEM, and Sensemaking for Change in Higher Education,"12:15 - 1:30 PM on March 5th in Room 26C of the Huntington Convention Center;
• WAC Standing Group Annual Meeting: March 5th from 6:30-7:30 PM in Room 17 of the Huntington Convention Center. 
• WAC Social: March 5th from 7:45-9:00 PM at Masthead Brewing Co. located at 1261 Superior Ave., Cleveland, OH 44114. Appetizers and drink tickets provided on a first come, first served basis. This event is co-hosted with support from the Association for Writing Across the Curriculum and the WAC Clearinghouse (thank you!). 

Extended Deadline to Monday, March 2nd by 5 PM EST:

WAC Standing Group Chair Nominations

In case the previous call for nominations got buried in your inbox, we are extending the deadline for nominations and self-nominations for WAC Standing Group Chair--see the full call for nominations listed below. Please note you need to be a member of CCCC to serve in this role.

We encourage the WAC community to take just a few minutes to suggest a name to nominate a colleague for this important national service to the field. We'll follow-up with folks who are nominated to see if they are willing to be on the ballot for the position. Email ashley...@oregonstate.edu with your nominations by 5 PM EST on Monday, March 2nd.

Thank you!

Ashley, Liz, and Kristi

Ashley Holmes, WAC SG Chair

Oregon State University 

Elizabeth Wardle, WAC SG Outgoing Chair

Miami University

Kristi Girdharry, WAC SG Incoming Chair

Babson College

The CCCC Writing Across the Curriculum Standing Group (WAC SG) is seeking members and nominations for the position of Incoming Chair.

Nominate yourself or someone else to be Incoming Chair. The Incoming Chair assists the Chair and Outgoing Chair in selecting a Sponsored Panel, planning the business meeting, and planning other WAC SG activities. This is a three-year commitment starting after the 2026 CCCC WAC SG Business Meeting in Cleveland, as the Incoming Chair rotates to Chair and Outgoing Chair. 

To nominate yourself, send a brief bio statement (100 word limit) to Ashley Holmes (ashley.holmes@oregonstate.edu) by Monday, February 9th EXTENDED: Monday, March 2nd by 5 PM EST with the subject "CCCC WAC SG Nomination." If you would like to nominate someone else, please send their name, title, and email to me by that same date. 

A vote will be held electronically by all SG members in the upcoming weeks, if there are multiple nominations. 

The purpose of the CCCC WAC SG is to:

• Discuss possible areas of need in writing across the curriculum, writing in the disciplines and writing across communities research within CCCC and in secondary schools, colleges, and universities in the US and abroad

• Provide a space for writing across the curriculum, writing in the disciplines, and writing across communities researchers to network with others in the community with complementary research projects

• Advocate for writing across the curriculum, writing in the disciplines, and writing across communities within CCCC and in K-12 education in the US and internationally

• Foster mentorship for graduate students, faculty, and administrators interested in WAC

• Organize special-topic CCCC panels on writing across the curriculum, writing in the disciplines, and writing across communities

Read the WAC SG bylaws here.

Become a member now! By becoming a member of the WAC SG, you become eligible to vote for the WAC SG incoming chair as well as stand for election. Standing group members must be current CCCC members. To become a CCCC WAC SG member, complete this brief form. If you have filled this out before but now you work at a different university and/or you have updated your email address in recent years, we encourage you to fill out the form again.

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