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2025 Morgan Award Winners Announced
Jun. 24, 2025—The Writing Studio celebrates undergraduate writing and all that undergraduate writers are capable of, and we congratulate the winners of the 2025 Henrietta Hickman Morgan Memorial Award for First-Year Writers! Winners of the 2025 Henrietta Hickman Morgan Memorial Award for First-Year Writers 1st Place Jiayu Huang “Red” (fiction) 2nd Place Justin Schwab “Statehood, Supplies, and the...
Update: Writing Studio and Tutoring Services transition to single, shared WCOnline scheduling site
Jun. 3, 2025—As announced in late April, the Writing Studio and Tutoring Services—two academic support programs run by the same office—are transitioning this summer to a single, combined WCOnline appointment scheduling site shared by both programs. Earlier in May, before the Writing Studio opened for Maymester and both summer sessions, but on Thursday, May 29, we took...
The Writing Studio is open for Maymester and Summer Sessions! (May 7 – August 8, 2025)
May. 29, 2025—Hey students, what writing projects are on your plate this summer? Whether you are writing application essays, taking a course, or working on a thesis, dissertation, or manuscript, the Vanderbilt Writing Studio is here to support you. Throughout the Maymester and Summers Sessions I and II (May 7 – August 8, 2025), our amazing staff...
Fri. 3/28 – Undergraduate Writing Symposium – Full event schedule and presenter program available online
Mar. 28, 2025—Join us TODAY, Friday, March 28, for the Writing Studio’s 17th Annual Undergraduate Writing Symposium in Commons Center 237 MPR. UWS 2025 Schedule-at-a-Glance When: Friday, March 28, 3:00–6:30 PM CDT | Where: Commons Center 237 MPR The 2025 Undergraduate Writing Symposium’s online program and schedule of speakers, which includes their bios and abstracts, is now available. To jump...
Severe Weather Update: Writing Studio Closed Friday, January 10
Jan. 9, 2025—In response to the inclement winter weather expected on Friday, January 10, the university has declared an administrative leave day and the cancelled all in-person classes. In response, the Writing Studio will be closed and all appointments cancelled on Friday, January 10. Thank you for understanding. We encourage everyone to stay safe and warm, and we...
Work at the Studio! Now accepting Undergraduate Writing Consultant Applications for 2025-2026 (deadline EXTENDED to Sunday, January 26, 2025)
Dec. 16, 2024—UPDATE: Application Deadline Extended to Sunday, January 26, at 11:59 PM. The Writing Studio is recruiting for the 2025-2026 academic year, beginning with our Undergraduate Writing Consultant positions. Read on for Our call for Undergrad Writing Consultant applications details about two January information sessions information for faculty interested in nominating their students for these positions...
Faculty: Nominate your students! Two Opportunities, Nominations due in January
Dec. 13, 2024—Faculty, the Writing Studio is always here for you and your students, but now it’s the time of the academic year when the Writing Studio needs your help: It’s nomination season! Between now and January we are calling for faculty to Nominate student writing for this spring’s annual Undergraduate Writing Symposium by Friday, January 10, 2025....
“Scaffolding Writing Across the Semester” workshop rescheduled for Thurs., December 12, 10:30 a.m.
Dec. 9, 2024—Scaffolding Writing Across the Semester workshop RESCHEDULED: This workshop will now take place on Thursday 12 December | 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. This workshop will be the final installment in the Writing Studio’s Fall 2024 Teaching Writing Workshop Series. Workshop Description: Participants will learn how to use backward design to scaffold writing projects and assignments throughout the semester. In...
Mid-year Graduate Writing Consultant recruitment: Apply now to start in January 2025
Dec. 2, 2024—Call for Graduate Writing Consultant Applications – Expedited Recruitment for January 2025 Start The Writing Studio is now carrying out an expedited process to recruit graduate and professional students to join our staff of Graduate Writing Consultants beginning in January 2025. For our limited number of mid-year openings, we are prioritizing applicants with relevant teaching...
Two new handouts on the Writing Studio’s handouts page: “Topic Sentence” and “Structure of an Analytical Paragraph”
Oct. 15, 2024—We’re excited to share news of several recent updates and additions to the Writing Studio’s Handouts page. What’s New?: Writing Studio Handouts page Two New Handouts: “Topic Sentences” and “Structure of an Analytical Paragraph” First, we have added two new handouts created by Paige Elliott (’24), as her Immersion project during her time as an...