The University of Colorado Boulder鈥檚 (PWR) has been awarded the Writing Program Certificate of Excellence, a national award conferred by the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), the world鈥檚 largest professional organization for researching and teaching composition.听
鈥淭he University of Colorado Boulder鈥檚 Program for Writing and Rhetoric was chosen as an exemplar,鈥� writes Chris Anson, CCCC Chair and University Distinguished Professor and Director of the Campus Writing and Speaking Program at North Carolina State University.听 The selection committee especially praised the PWR鈥檚 small class sizes and leadership potential regarding 鈥渢he direction [抖阴旅行射鈥檚] program can provide to the field.鈥�
With this national award the PWR joins a select group of college-level writing programs designated as a Writing Program of Excellence.听 PWR was one of five programs receiving the award this year.
鈥淭his award is a wonderful recognition of our continuing efforts to build a nationally recognized curriculum in writing and rhetoric,鈥� says PWR Director John-Michael Rivera.听
The Program for Writing and Rhetoric is a freestanding unit in the College of Arts and Sciences at 抖阴旅行射-Boulder and is responsible for campus-wide instruction in expository writing at the first-year and upper-division levels.听 Its small class sizes of 19 students provide intensive workshops and individualized instruction to help students to think critically about the texts they read and the writing they produce for both academic and professional audiences.
This is the second year in a row that a 抖阴旅行射-Boulder writing program has received the Writing Program Certificate of Excellence designation. 抖阴旅行射-Boulder鈥檚 McNeill Writing Program received the award last year.
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