Community Outreach
Elementary School Workshops
In the spring of 2009, four writing assistants conducted a creative writing workshop
for the third grade class at St. Ann's School in Nashville, TN. The workshop focused
on helping students develop strategies for writing descriptively, and it culminated
in a publication of the stories and pictures created by the students that day. The
class titled their publication "Third Grade Press Sees the Unseen," a copy of which
is available to see in the WC. In the spring of 2010, a group of seven writing assistants
along with Dr. Wes Houp and Dr. Stacia Watkins, traveled to Thomas Magnet School in
Shelbyville, TN and conducted this workshop a second time for a group of nearly 60
students. You can see photos of the event here:
http://www.bedfordk12tn.com/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=12638&
High School Workshops
In the fall of 2008 and spring of 2010, writing assistants conducted two-day workshops
for Oakland High School seniors enrolled in English IV classes. Working with standard,
honors, and advanced honors classes, the writing assistants discussed a variety of
writing topics: language awareness, strategies for writing about literature, essay
organization, and technical writing. Students were asked to participate in hands-on
activities that helped better their understanding of these concepts and allowed them
to utilize what they learned within their own writing.
Book Drives
Over the past two years, the WC has participated in book drives to help both local
and global communities. In the spring of 2009, the WC organized a book drive to help
victims of the bush fires in Australia. Books of all reading levels were collected
to restore some of what these victims lost in the tragedy. Most recently, the WC collected
children's books for the Murfreesboro City Schools Outreach and MTSU's Project HELP.
For our most recent book drive, the MTSU community helped us collect over 1,150 books
ranging in reading levels from pre-K to young adult - a great success.
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Grants Received
Spring 2009: MTSU Public Service Grant of $350
Spring 2010: MTSU Public Service Grant of $400
Questions about our outreach projects? Contact Jenny Rowan.
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