2008 Woodie Awards
Howe Writing Center gives away $20 thousand in grants
Karen Gaske
Issue date: 11/2/07 Section: Campus
The Roger and Joyce Howe Center for Writing Excellence recently announced the 2007 recipients of their individual and departmental grants.
The yearly grants, which totaled $20,000 in all, consisted of two $5,000 departmental grants and five $2,000 grants, awarded to individual faculty members. According to a press release, this year's departmental grants went toward the department of teacher education and the department of sociology and gerontology. The individual recipients included Brenda Dales, from the department of teacher education; Kathleen Hutchinson, from the department of speech pathology and audiology; Harvey Thurmer, from the department of music; and Roscoe Wilson, from Miami-Hamilton's art department. The fifth grant was awarded to Stacy Brinkman, from University Libraries, and Ben Jacks, from the department of architecture and interior design.
According to the Center's Web site, the recipients of the grants are determined by its advisory committee, which evaluates applicants based on the objective and potential impact of their proposal. The committee consists of 18 faculty members whose areas of expertise span a variety of disciplines. Among the committee members is the Howe Center's director, Paul Anderson, who played an essential role in the creation of the grant program, which began in 2004.
"I was thinking about how to engage with departments," said Anderson of his initial idea for the grant program.
Anderson hopes that offering incentives to departments for working with the Howe Center will help to fulfill one of their goals, which is to encourage faculty to use more writing in their curriculums.
For example, according to Anderson, the grant received by the department of teacher education will be used by faculty in the undergraduate reading education program to design "writing-to-learn" assignments. These assignments are designed to help students gain a better grasp of the course material. It is their hope that the increased use of writing will enforce the techniques taught to students.
The yearly grants, which totaled $20,000 in all, consisted of two $5,000 departmental grants and five $2,000 grants, awarded to individual faculty members. According to a press release, this year's departmental grants went toward the department of teacher education and the department of sociology and gerontology. The individual recipients included Brenda Dales, from the department of teacher education; Kathleen Hutchinson, from the department of speech pathology and audiology; Harvey Thurmer, from the department of music; and Roscoe Wilson, from Miami-Hamilton's art department. The fifth grant was awarded to Stacy Brinkman, from University Libraries, and Ben Jacks, from the department of architecture and interior design.
According to the Center's Web site, the recipients of the grants are determined by its advisory committee, which evaluates applicants based on the objective and potential impact of their proposal. The committee consists of 18 faculty members whose areas of expertise span a variety of disciplines. Among the committee members is the Howe Center's director, Paul Anderson, who played an essential role in the creation of the grant program, which began in 2004.
"I was thinking about how to engage with departments," said Anderson of his initial idea for the grant program.
Anderson hopes that offering incentives to departments for working with the Howe Center will help to fulfill one of their goals, which is to encourage faculty to use more writing in their curriculums.
For example, according to Anderson, the grant received by the department of teacher education will be used by faculty in the undergraduate reading education program to design "writing-to-learn" assignments. These assignments are designed to help students gain a better grasp of the course material. It is their hope that the increased use of writing will enforce the techniques taught to students.
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