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Pictured, from left to right, are App State Writing Across the Curriculum Consultants Miles Britton, senior lecturer in the Department of English; Kelly Terzaken, lecturer in the Department of English; Julie Karaus, assistant director of App State’s University Writing Center; Dr. Sarah Zurhellen, WAC program assistant director; Dr. Beth Carroll, director of App State’s WAC program and University Writing Center and professor in University College and Maddie Gorniak, research assistant

App State Writing Across the Curriculum Program nationally recognized as an Exemplary Enduring WAC Program
Nov 4, 2024

The Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) Program at Appalachian State University has received national recognition, earning a 2024 Exemplary Enduring W...

Teaching and Generative AI: Pedagogical Possibilities and Productive Tensions
Aug 27, 2024

Thanks to the generous support of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning for Student Success, we are excited to offer a book club style re...

Inaugural Inclusive Writing Assessment Working Group
Jun 27, 2022

In Spring 2022, supported by a grant from IRAP,  WAC hosted an inaugural Inclusive Writing Assessment Working Group. The goal of this group was t...

Georgia Rhoades recognized as a Distinguished Fellow of the Association for Writing Across the Curriculum
Dec 1, 2021

In 2021, Rhoades was recognized as a Distinguished Fellow of the Association for Writing Across the Curriculum for making significant contri...

WAC Program featured in new field-defining text, Writing-Enriched Curricula: Models of Faculty-Driven and Departmental Transformation
Oct 27, 2021

The Program was recently featured in Kathleen Blake Yancey's "Follow the Sources: Notes Toward WEC's Contribution to Disciplinary Writing" i...

Writing Across Institutions 2021
Apr 15, 2021

WAI 2021 was held on Friday, March 26. We featured a morning workshop on Emotional Labor led by Georgia Rhoades and an afternoon workshop on Online Wr...

Writing Across Institutions (WAI) 2020: Registration Open
Jan 28, 2020

Please join us for the 12th annual Writing Across Institutions Conference on Appalachian's campus on Friday, April 3, from 9-4.  We'll share WAC ...

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WAC Spotlight: Travis Rountree
Oct 16, 2019

Travis A. Rountree is now an assistant professor in the English Department at Western Carolina University where he’s happy to be back home in the mo...

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WAC Spotlight: Lauren Coldiron
Oct 1, 2019

Lauren Coldiron is currently pursuing a PhD in English from Old Dominion University. Her area of research involves how we integrate digital media...

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Black Sheep Theatre Announces the World Premiere of The World Serious
Sep 25, 2019

Is time a wave or a particle? Is the future closer than you think? Is the end of the world near? Can a hero be a terrorist? Did Schrödinger kill any ...