UGA Writing and Communications Committee open forums

In December 2017, the President’s Task Force on Student Learning and Success made 12 recommendations to enhance the educational experience of our students, the first of which was that UGA emphasize writing skills in the curriculum. The Task Force concluded that the curriculum needed to provide more opportunities for students to improve their writing skills and recommended that UGA re-evaluate its writing requirements with an emphasis on three goals:

• UGA students should have more college-level writing experience
• At least a part of the college writing experience should be discipline-based
• Writing instruction should be broadened to include competencies in multimodal, especially digital, communication

Since then, a committee has been working on a proposed requirement and now seeks feedback from faculty and others on its draft proposal. Please come to one of the open forums to learn more about the proposal, ask questions, and provide feedback.

• 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, in Correll Hall Room 402
• 4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18 (location TBA)
• 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, in the Keadle Conference Room in Warnell Building 2