e-Vision
In support of campus-wide writing, the program sponsors e-Vision, an electronic publication of student essays written in the first year composition classes. For nine years, students on the e-Vision editorial board have worked to give the engaging, provocative, fundamentally useful essays written by GWRTC students the wider audience they deserve. e-Vision is produced by students. Students enrolled in the e-Vision internship (WRTC 495) develop the criteria used to evaluate essays, read and discuss each submission, and work individually with winning essayists to polish their work for publication.
Write On!
The Write On! academic writing contest is a campus-wide, writing in the disciplines initiative for undergraduate and graduate students who may submit writing produced in JMU classes (formal and informal essays, research papers, reports, etc.). The winning selections are published in an online collection and receive cash prizes.
Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies
WRTC faculty are active participants in creating and sustaining the Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies (IDLS) major for teacher education students, K-8. This includes advising students, developing and staffing IDLS 400, Capstone Seminar, and making WRTC courses available as electives to IDLS majors in the Humanities/Social Sciences concentration area.
FYI Resource and Writing Center
Located in Huffman Hall, Room A100, the FYI Resource & Writing Center's six Writing Tutors provide peer review service for first-year students with any of their writing concerns.
Learning Resource Centers
Writing Consultants help writers help themselves by providing individualized instruction to students, faculty, and staff during any stage of the writing process. Located on the fourth floor of Wilson Hall, the Writing Center actively supports writing across all disciplines. Writing Consultants offer writers help with scholarly and creative work, business writing, formatting and citation, grammar and punctuation, research strategies, and ESOL support.
JMU Student Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication
The Society for Technical Communication offers a unique opportunity for members to seek recognition for their work and obtain professional contacts. STC is comprised of over 23,000 individual members throughout the world, making it the largest organization of its kind. The JMU STC Student Chapter was established in the fall of 1999, offering students a venue for exploring networking and applied skills.