Council of Writing Program Administrators

THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2008 WORKSHOP GRANTS HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO JUNE 10.

Purpose: The WPA Fund for the Support of Minority Writing Program Administrators provides financial support to writing program administrators who are members of underrepresented minorities to attend the WPA Summer Workshop. These groups include African Americans, Asian Americans, Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans and other Latino and Latina Americans, and Native Americans. Involvement in and contributions to the work of writing program administration by members of these groups is critically important to our profession.

Grant Amounts and Deadline for Applications: The Council provides up to 3 grants of $500 each, which covers most of the cost of tuition and meals for the recipients for 5 days. Applications will be accepted through June 10, 2008, and recipients will be notified by June 16, 2008.

Criteria for Selection: The WPA Grants Committee considers the following in awarding the WPA Fund for the Support of Minority Writing Program Administrators Summer Workshop Grants: financial need; willingness of the applicant's institution to recognize and provide additional support (travel, remaining workshop costs, etc.) in recognition of the usefulness of the candidate's participation to his or her campus; centrality of the workshop experience to the applicant's current or desired position; and prior experience as a WPA (those with less experience are given higher priority). All new and future WPAs, including non-tenure-track and part-time faculty as well as graduate students, are welcome to apply.

To Apply: Please complete the attached application and email it to Jeff Andelora at jandelora@mail.mc.maricopa.edu. Please also include a cv. Application materials will then be forwarded to the Grants Committee for review.