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Open Access Textbook Showcases Student Work
Thursday, September 22, 2022
The Writing Program is excited to be able to share updates to the Student Writing Anthology (SWA) created, edited, and published by UMass Amherst students, instructors, and administrators...

Writing Program Faculty Selected for Initial FlexLearning Fellows Cohort
Thursday, September 22, 2022
Associate Director, Dr. Elkie Burnside, and Senior Lecturer, Dr. Aaron Tilman, were selected as participants in the first FlexLearning Fellows cohort as a part of the university wide initiative to...

Shakuntala Ray Awarded TIDE Ambassador Fellowship
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
Writing Program lecturer Dr. Shakuntala Ray was selected to participate in 2021-2022’s year-long Teaching for Inclusiveness, Diversity, & Equity (TIDE) fellowship. The TIDE Ambassadors...

Faculty Successes: Creating Open Education Resources
Thursday, February 3, 2022
Dr. Elkie Burnside, Assistant Director of the Writing Program, has been interviewed by the Center for Teaching and Learning about her excellent work building Open Education Resources for first-year...

Marking the Moment with Jarrel De Matas
Thursday, June 10, 2021
Jarrel De Matas, a Writing Program TO and member of the Resource Staff, marks the moment in a video addressed to the Writing Program community. During the video, Jarrel discusses the things he...

Charles Moran Best Text Winners for 2020
Friday, May 21, 2021
The UMass Writing Program is pleased to announce the winners of the Charles Moran Best Text Contest for 2020....