Troy Hicks
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Happy Holidays for the Chippewa River Writing Project
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 marked the Chippewa River Writing Project’s first annual Holiday Party, coordinated by co-director Kathy Kurtze. Members of the CRWP team reunited once again at the Anspach Hall Writing Center to celebrate friends and fellowship during the holiday season, and anticipate the future of the CRWP as it moves into the New Year. The evening…
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CRWP Attends National Writing Project Annual Conference ’09 in Philadelphia
The Chippewa River Writing Project ended its first year with a new beginning. Members of the CRWP leadership team attended the National Writing Project’s Annual Meeting this past month, their first visit as an official NWP site. The three-day event took place at Philadelphia’s Downtown Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center from November 19th to the…
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CRWP Article from The News@CMU
An article by Tracy Burton featuring CRWP is now up and available on the News@CMU website: ‘Teachers teaching teachers’ focus of National Writing Project site at CMU After 29 years of teaching high school English, Kathy Kurtze returned to her classroom this fall with a set of fresh ideas and resources she gathered from her…
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Chippewa River Writing Project One Hundred Day Celebration
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 marked the One Hundred Day Celebration of the Chippewa River Writing Project, as members of the Summer Institute met to celebrate the occasion at Central Michigan University. Participants met at Anspach Hall’s Writing Center for a potluck dinner and a creative writing session, followed by an open reading. The event was…
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CRWP Summer Institute Concludes Successfully, School Year Programs Begin
Participants in this year’s inaugural Chippewa River Writing Project Summer Institute found over their four weeks together the time, energy, and support that they needed as writers and teachers of writing. One anonymous evaluation comment summarized the feelings of many in stating, “After this summer, I feel so much more prepared to teach writing in…