This Spring, the #FiveFridays Challenge rewarded Miami faculty and graduate students for attending five Friday Writing Hours sessions. A total of 17 people reached the five-visit milestone, but that number only begins to tell the story of what the challenge meant to the HCWE community.
Thanks to everyone who submitted work for the What We Leave Behind: Sustainability and Disposability poetry contest. We're thrilled to announce our winners! First prize: Alexander Benedict. Runner-up: Brianna Porter. Hannah Stohry earned an honorable mention.
This year, Miami awarded the Roger & Joyce Howe Award for Excellence in Disciplinary Writing Instruction for the first time. This award honors individuals or teams of faculty who have made concerted and continuing efforts to innovate writing instruction in their disciplines.
Calling all Miami poets! The Howe Writing Center (HWC) is holding a poetry writing contest focused on the theme "What We Leave Behind: Sustainability and Disposability."
We're grateful to all who submitted work for out latest creative writing contest at the HWC, and we're happy to now announce our winners! First prize, and winner of a $100 Amazon Gift Card: T. Mesnick for their poem "Pumpkin Patch"; Runner-Up, and winner of a $50 Amazon Gift Card: Alexander Benedict for his poem "Fall as an Unsure Haircut."
Tim Lockridge loves workflows. Lockridge will be the first ever HCWE Writing Scholar in Residence. Over the course of the semester, he will bring his expertise in workflows and digital writing practices to the Howe to work with both writing center consultants and interdisciplinary faculty to think about their use of tools and technology.
November 8 is First-Gen Celebration Day. The HWC is marking this special occasion by sharing the experiences of first-generation college students, both graduate and undergraduate, who now work with us in administrative and consulting roles.
Calling all Miami writers of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction! The Howe Writing Center (HWC) is holding a creative writing contest focused on the theme "Change of Seasons."
