Attending: Tom Deans/UConn (Chair), Susanmarie Harrington/UVM (Associate Chair)
Karen Bilotti (Roger Williams University); Leslie Bradshaw (U Mass Amherst); Michelle Cox (Dartmouth); Michael Cripps (University of New England); Christiane Donahue (Dartmouth); Dan Frazier (Springfield College); Anne Ellen Geller (St. John’s); Alyssa-Rae Hug (St. John’s); Rebecca Lorimer Leonard (U Mass Amherst); Cara Messina (St. John’s); Ed Mueller (UNH); Tennyson O’Donnell (Trinity College); Paul Pasquaretta (Quinnipiac); Patricia Portanova (UNH); Tanya Rodrigue (Salem State University);Stacey Sheriff (Colby); Matt Switliski (UNH); Carolyn Wargula (St. John’s)
- Recap of the purposes of NEWACC: a professional network; an advocacy group that members can call on to support research-based and ethical WAC practices at their own institutions; a forum to share institutional practices and emerging or cross-institutional research projects. 2 meetings per year (spring always at NEWCA, fall alternating between Quinnipiac WAC Conference and one of the member institutions).
- Reminder: If you need to sign up for the listserv, email Susanmarie at susan.harrington@UVM.EDU
- Introductions
- Presentation on the faculty writing fellows program at Springfield College by Dan Fraizer
- Presentation on multilingualism and transfer in WAC by Rebecca Lorimer Leonard of UMass
- Patricia Portanova (UNH) elected as incoming Associate Chair for 2013-14
- Fall 2013 meeting (this is a non-Quinnipiac Conference year): Date not yet set, but UMass Amherst has tentatively agreed to host; UConn at Storrs is a backup should UMass not be able to host. Potential dates to be explored via the listserv.
- Discussion of the relationship of writing centers to generalized learning centers. Recommendation to NEWCA Steering Committee: Make an effort to invite generalized academic learning/tutoring centers to the 2014 NEWCA. Deans will convey this to the Steering Committee.
- Discussion of the different kinds of tutors (students, grad students, professional/non-student) and their relative advantages and disadvantages.
Adjourned at 1pm.
