Distinguished WID Winners Accept Their AwardsDr. Cornel West speaks at the 2011 “Democracy and Public Argument” conferenceGrace Musila delivers WID Distinguished Lecture
  • 2019 WID Award Winners Celebrated at GW's Faculty Honors Ceremony
  • 2011 “Democracy and Public Argument” keynote speaker Dr. Cornel West
  • Grace Musila delivers WID Distinguished Lecture

Faculty News

Professor Marcus recognized for innovative teaching
Professor Robin Marcus is shown being honored during the 2020 Commencement Ceremony.
May 21, 2020
Student writers explore 'new world' in UW class
May 21, 2020
Riedner and Briscoe interviewed on Physics Writing Initiative
February 04, 2020
Distinguished Art Historian Arthur Wheelock Visited UW1020 Class at the National Gallery of Art
Art Historian Arthur Wheelock sits in front of a UW1020 class giving a lecture.
February 04, 2020
Writing Education Initiating Identity Transformation in Engineering Students-The Wri2tes Project
September 03, 2019
Svoboda cited in New York Times
September 03, 2019

Welcome

Certified as a program of excellence by the Conference on College Composition and Communication, the GW University Writing Program (UWP) offers courses to strengthen every GW student's ability to write clearly and effectively at the university and in other arenas, and emphasizes the importance of writing for success in all academic, public, and professional enterprises that require critical thinking and communication.

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Featured News

WID Distinguished Lecture

Among the Feathered People: Birds, Music, & Writing

Jonathan Meiburg

UWP Awarded the CCCC Writing Program Certificate of Excellence

The George Washington University's University Writing Program has been selected for the 2017-2018 CCCC Writing Program Certificate of Excellence.

Rachel Riedner receives Fulbright Specialist Grant

Rachel Riedner, Executive Director of the University Writing Program, has received a Fulbright Specialist grant for Summer 2016. She will be working at the University of Tromsø – the Arctic University of Norway (UiT) in May.

Program Administrators

Gordon Mantler, Executive Director
Danika Myers, Director of First Year Writing
Caroline Smith, Deputy Director of First Year Writing
Phillip Troutman, Director of Writing in the Disciplines
Randi Kristensen, Deputy Director of Writing in the Disciplines
Carol Hayes, Director of the Writing Center
Sandie Friedman, Deputy Director of the Writing Center

 

Elisa Valero, Supervisor of Departmental Operations
Gil Huerta, University Writing Program Operations Coordinator
Andrea Beland, University Writing Center Operations Coordinator

 

Paul Hayes, Director of GW Debate
http://www.gwdebate.org

 

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Student News

UWP Students Publish and Present UW1020 Research at Conferences
July 11, 2019
Former UWP Student Published UW1020 Research in Film Matters
July 10, 2019