05/02/2025

CWPA May Update

A Monthly Update for Members

Dear colleagues,

We are so excited that it’s May! We have a list of upcoming FREE events (open to both members and nonmembers), as well as opportunities to get involved with CWPA this summer. Here are the topics we will cover in this newsletter:

-May Events 
-Summer Events 
-Odds and Ends

May Events

• Mindful Leadership for Writing Program Administrators: Exercising Compassion through(out) Reflection, May 16, 12pm-1:30pm ET
  Have you found yourself wishing you had space to reflect on your administrative work, set priorities, and perhaps just breathe? In the second part of this two-part workshop on mindful leadership, focused on writing program administration, Susan Miller-Cochran will lead participants through a workshop on compassion and reflection. Free for members and nonmembers. Register here.
• Bringing It All Together: CWPA Cultural Assessment Conversation series, May 9, 2-3:15pm ETThis 75-minute conversation will begin to synthesize our yearlong discussions of the 2023 Cultural Assessment Report. Facilitators Kelly Blewett and Michelle Bachelor Robinson will review what emerged through our discussion of each theme and participants can provide insights and offer feedback toward the forthcoming whitepaper from the Executive Board. Free for members and nonmembers. Register here.

Summer Events

• Summer 2025 In-Person Workshop for New and Continuing WPAs: Registration Open
  The summer workshop for new and continuing WPAs will take place at the University of Houston-Clear Lake from June 23-25. Our co-facilitators are David Green and Michelle Bachelor Robinson. The cost of registration will be $675. Registration will include two breakfasts, two lunches, one dinner, and all workshop activities, but it will not include housing or travel costs. Registration is open.
• Summer 2025 Online Conference: Registration Open
  The purpose of our conference theme, “Chairs, Coordinators, Directors, Leads, WPAs: The Shifting Nature of WPA Work,” is to highlight the varied voices that are doing WPA work and have important insights to share. We will meet July 10-11 on zoom. Register today!

Odds and Ends

• Contribute to a new bibliography: Scholarly Hub for Innovative Networked Education (SHINE). Jessie Borgman, Casey McArdle, and Heidi McCauley are interested in gathering resources and summaries about Online Writing Instruction (OWI) and distance education. To learn more about the project and to participate, see their note.
• Later this month we will have CWPA elections! We will be electing a new Vice President and affirming the incoming Chair of WPA-GO. Be ready for an email in mid-to-late May with more details.

And that’s it! Please reach out to us if you’d like to discuss any aspect of CWPA–our emails are below!

Until next time, stay well!

Kelly Blewett, CWPA President, councilofwpa@gmail.com
Erin Lehman, CWPA Vice President, elehman4@ivytech.edu
Amanda Presswood, CWPA Secretary, cwpasecretary@gmail.com
Christal Seahorn, CWPA Treasurer, cwpatreasurer@gmail.com