First-Year Writing Program Earns National Honor
December 07, 2012 UCF’s First-Year Composition Program has been honored for its commitment to excellence by the Conference on College Composition and Communication. The program was awarded the Writing Program Certificate of Excellence, which is given to up to 20 programs a year that imaginatively address the needs of those they serve while...
Wardle Wins Outstanding Alumni Award
November 06, 2012 Elizabeth Wardle was honored by Iowa State with an Outstanding Alumni Award for the the English Department and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The ceremony was held in Ames, Iowa last week. Wardle completed her Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Professional Communication at Iowa State in 2003. The college...
UCF Opens Center for Writing Excellence
October 10, 2012 A dedicated center for writing-related assistance, training and research opportunities is now open to University of Central Florida students and faculty members from all disciplines. The UCF Center for Writing Excellence celebrated its grand opening last week in a newly renovated space on the first floor of Colbourn Hall. The...
Knights Write showcases talent
December 16, 2010 The power of the written word brought close to three hundred people to the Pegasus Ballroom in the University of Central Florida Student Union Wednesday. Students, faculty, special guests and members of the public attended the inaugural Knights Write Showcase, which featured the best work from first-year students who received...
Knights Write: UCF to Showcase New Department
November 29, 2010 The inaugural Knights Write Showcase on Wednesday, Dec. 1, will feature exemplary work that first-year students have produced with support from UCF’s new Department of Writing and Rhetoric. The showcase, which is open to the public, will be from noon to 5 p.m. in the Pegasus Ballroom of the Student...
Increasing Student Success: Smaller Classes, Innovative Pedagogy at UCF
September 20, 2010 The June/July 2010 issue of AAC&U News includes a feature article about recent undergraduate curriculum innovations at UCF, including the redesign of first-year composition classes. The article contains commentary from Elizabeth Wardle. AAC&U News is published by the Association of American Colleges and Universities. Read the complete article.
Writing & Rhetoric Department goal: help all students graduate
September 20, 2010 Will students one day improve their writing skills by taking an engineering class? That’s one of the goals of an innovative series of changes in how UCF teaches writing. UCF’s new Department of Writing and Rhetoric will serve as a flagship program to coordinate comprehensive writing instruction and support across...