Troy Hicks
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Announcing Our 2019 Beaver Island Institute
Experience a unique, one-week (August 4-9, 2019) field experience at CMU’s Biological Station on Beaver Island of Lake Michigan. Registration costs for this experience — including ferry service to and from the island, room and board at the CMU Biological Station, and workshop expenses — is $825. A $100 non-refundable deposit will be due by May 1,…
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2018 CRWP Teacher Leadership Institute
Central Michigan University and Mt. Pleasant Public Schools invite you to participate in a one-of-a-kind professional development experience as a member of the Chippewa River Writing Project, CMU’s site of the National Writing Project. Consisting of a network of nearly 200 sites, the National Writing Project offers teachers across all disciplines the opportunity to be…
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Announcing Our 2018 Beaver Island Institute
Experience a unique, one-week (August 12-17, 2018) field experience at CMU’s Biological Station on Beaver Island of Lake Michigan. Valued at nearly $1000 per participant, this program is generously sponsored by the Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation. Priority will be given to teachers from the Great Lakes Bay Region of Michigan, whose costs will be…
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Open Talk from Authors of “They Say/I Say” – August 25, 2017
“Academic writing … calls upon writers not to simply express their own ideas, but to do so as a response to what others have said.” The Chippewa River Writing Project invites you to a conversation with the authors of They Say/I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing, Gerald Graff & Cathy Birkenstein. August…
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Announcing Our 2017 Youth Camps
The Chippewa River Writing Project aims to provide youth and fellow community members with unique opportunities to write and learn about themselves as writers. This summer, we are pleased to offer four different camp opportunities, two on CMU’s campus, one in Portland, and one in Carson City. Together we’ll be sharing a love for writing. Let your…
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Announcing Manuscript Day 2017
The Chippewa River Writing Project aims to provide youth and fellow community members with unique opportunities to write and learn about themselves as writers. Join us for our second annual Manuscript Day – Saturday, April 22, 2017. Local students who are currently in grades 3-8 are welcome to join us for Manuscript Day. Instructors for the…