KU writing center will celebrate 25th anniversary with campus reception
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Writing Center, as part of the Writing & Learning Center, welcomes faculty, staff and students to celebrate its 25th anniversary during a reception from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 25 at Anschutz Library.
The reception will include light refreshments and cake, the opportunity to meet staff and learn about current services, and tours of the newly updated Writing & Learning Center space. The Writing & Learning Center is located on the fourth floor of Anschutz Library on the Lawrence campus. Since the center will be open for tutoring and writing consulting at this time, the main reception will take place across the hall in the David Beaham Reading Room.
The KU Writing Center grew out of a faculty resource center begun in the 1980s. The current Writing Center was founded Oct. 12, 1998, as a peer writing support resource for students under the direction of Michele Eodice. For the past 25 years, the Writing Center has worked with thousands of undergraduate and graduate KU students through one-on-one consultations, workshops, writing groups, write-ins, coaching, thesis/dissertation accelerators and other programming.
Today, the Writing Center continues as a vital part of University Academic Support Services and Academic Success with the goal of helping students gain confidence, improve as writers and achieve their academic goals by providing high-quality services in a supportive, inclusive environment. The Writing Center recently combined spaces and programming with the Academic Learning Center to become the KU Writing & Learning Center.
“I’m proud to be part of this longstanding tradition of strong writing and academic support at KU,” said Jennifer Rupp, associate director of the center. “The Writing Center’s leadership of the past 25 years has built a wonderful foundation that we continue to expand on today with more programming and campus collaborations each year. I am excited to celebrate this milestone with our KU community.”