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On the International Writing Centers Association website, a SLATE statment, "The Concept of a Writing Center," by Muriel Harris, 1988.

Rocky Mountains Writing Centers Association, home page. Has directories of high school and higher education writing centers, the RMWCA governance documents, and multiple newsletters, plus a listserv.

The Rocky Mountain Writing Center Secondary Education Directory was compiled to help local, regional (RMWCA), and (inter)national (IWCA) organizations and institutions identify secondary schools in the Rocky Mountain Writing Center Region (AZ, CO, MO, NV, NM, UT, WY) as a precursor to connecting, collaborating, and/or supporting fellow educators in the fields of writing and peer tutoring. While the directory was originally to house all middle, junior high, and high schools, the scope was later narrowed to cover the 1,313 high schools in this eight-state region. (Article by Lisa Bell who compiled this directory is in Vol. 37.9-10 of the Writing Lab Newsletter, in open access archives: < writinglabnewsletter.org>,

ABSTRACT: "At the 2014 IWCA/NCPTW Conference, founders of the National Writing Centers Association (now International Writing Centers Association) came together to reflect on the organization's beginnings, its strategies for institutionalization, and challenges that may still exist. A significant anniversary such as the 30th provides the opportunity for reflection. Additionally, a timeline of the organization's history is included, which provides important information for historical research.

International Writing Centers Association website link to the Writing Center Research Project

This commercial was made to promote Cedarville University's Writing Center during an event at the university called "Late Night with the Student Government Association." The commercial parodies ways in which the Writing Center can assist students with writing.

International Writing Centers Associaition website, list of publications.

Website for the Canadian Writing Centers Association/L'Association Cadadienne des Centres de Redaction. Includes information about jobs, conferences, archives, etc.

Rocky Mountain Writing Centers Association Higher Ed. Directory of writing support in the 8-state area. 

A proposed self-study questionnaire for writing center accreditation, by Dennis Paoli, Marcia Silver, and Jo Koster, in 1977, submitted to the National Writing Centers Association.

"Write it Like Disaster": A Compilation of Music by Writing Center Staffers, Professionals, and Allies is available for free streaming/download. There are  a range of genres and recording styles. A 2015 Southeastern Writing Center Association (SWCA( compilation.

"a compilation of music by writing center staffers, professionals, and allies" Compiled by Scott Whiddon and Stacia Watkins, Fall 2014; Design by Brad Walker

Position statements on graduate student writing center administration, two-year college writing centers, disabilities, diversity, and racism/anti-immigration/linguistic intolerance.

home page for the D.C. area peer tutoring group for secondary school writing and learning centers. Lists events in the area and links to resources for secondary school writing centers

Talk presented at the 2014 IWCA conference, a history of IWCA, by Joyce Kinkead, Muriel Harris, Jeanne Simpson, Pamela Farrell Childers, Lady Falls Brown, and Jeanette Harris

IWCA website list of regional writing center organizations

The SWCA website offers information about  SWCA's mission statement, conferences, institutional members, calendar of events, board, past conferences, president's blog, awards, scholarships, journal, wc resources, news, jobs, cfp's, and elections.

Name: Marilyn E. Little Age: A perennial 39 Writing Center: College of Lake County Writing Center Grayslake, IL (A two-year college) School enrollment: 15,828 Year in school and area of study: I earned an Associate of Arts degree in Languages in 2003. I'm currently enrolled in an ESL for teachers certificate program.