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College Writing Committee

 

The College Writing Committee is a provost-appointed committee charged with overseeing the College's Writing Program. The structure of the College Writing Committee includes representation from the College's three schools and from the Composition Program, the English Department, and the Academic Support and Achievement Program. The Associate Provost for Academic Affairs is an ex-officio member of the committee. The Campus Writing Coordinator is a permanent member and the committee chair.

The College Writing Committee oversees 

  • the writing-intensive course requirement
  • the annual college writing contest
  • faculty development workshops
  • book chats
  • readings by faculty writers
  • occasional writing summits
  • the Writing Fellows Program
  • Seven Valleys Writing Project/National Writing Project
  • the Learning Commons Writing Center
  • online writing tutoring, with ASAP

The CWC

 

Committee Members

Nancy Aumann
Associate Provost
Academic Affairs
Miller Building, Room 404-F
Phone: 753-5477
nancy.aumann@cortland.edu

Sarah Beshers
Associate Professor
Health
Moffett Center, Room 108
Phone: 753-2985
besherss@cortland.edu

Victoria Boynton
Associate Professor
Professional Writing
Old Main, Room 113C
Phone: 753-2082
victoria.boyton@cortland.edu

Mariangela Chandler
Director
Academic Support and Achievement Program (ASAP)
Van Hoesen Hall, 205B
Phone: 753-2800
chandlerm@cortland.edu

David Franke
Associate Professor
English and Professional Writing
Old Main, Room 117-E
Phone: 753-5945
dtfranke@cortland.edu

Mary Lynch Kennedy, Chair
Distinguished Teaching Professor
English
Old Main, Room 115-B
Phone: 753-2086
kennedym@cortland.edu

Jennifer Drake
Academic Tutor
Academic Support and Achievement Program
Van Hoesen Hall, Room B-205
Phone: 753-2361
jennifer.drake@cortland.edu

David A. Kilpatrick
Assistant Professor
Psychology
Old Main, Room 133-C
Phone: 753-2041
david.kilpatrick@cortland.edu

Andrea LaChance
Associate Professor and Chair
Childhood/Early Childhood Education
Van Hoesen Hall, Room B-121
Phone: 753-5528
lachance@cortland.edu

Kathy Lattimore
Lecturer IV
English
Memorial Library, Learning Commons Writing Center
Phone: 753-4897
kathy.lattimore@cortland.edu

Linda Lavine
Associate Professor Psychology
Old Main, Room 131
Phone: 753-2040
lavinel@cortland.edu

Lorraine Melita
Senior Assistant Librarian
Memorial Library, Room B-110
Pnone: 753-4009
Lorraine.melita@cortland.edu

Gigi Peterson
Assistant Professor/Coordinator, Adolescence Education: Social Studies
History
Old Main, Room 212-C
Phone: 753-2061
gigi.peterson@cortland.edu

Brent Thomas Wilson
Assistant Professor
Communication Disorders and Sciences
McDonald Building, Room 209
Phone: 758-5033
brent.wilson@cortland.edu