Category: CRWP
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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…
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CRWP 2009 Invitational Summer Institute Begins
With the support of the College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences, the College of Education & Human Services, and the College of Graduate Studies as well as an external grant from the National Writing Project, the Chippewa River Writing Project began its first invitational summer institute today. CRWP leaders — Troy Hicks, Elizabeth…
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CRWP Feature Story and Podcast in The News @ Central
From the the News @ CMU Website: Thursday, May 14, 2009 CMU becomes site for National Writing Project New site to bring technology to schools in central and northeastern Michigan Michigan teachers will benefit from professional development in writing and technology through a new site of the National Writing Project at Central Michigan University. The…