MCC-Blue River writing workshop on July 6

The next MCC-Blue River Creative Writing Workshop is scheduled for  Wednesday, July 6, from 2:30 until 3:30 p.m. in CC 137, also known as The Write Place.

This workshop is open to anyone who is interested, and always presents a wonderful opportunity to get advice and feedback from some truly talented writers. To be sure, some of the writers in attendance are published authors who will give your work the same reflective, analytic attention that they expect to get for their own workshop submissions. Just bring your poetry, your prose, your creative writing of any kind and be ready to enjoy sharing a love of literary creation.

This workshop will be the last one for the summer since the group will not meet in August.

Contact Sharon Hunter for further details at 816.604.6640.

First Creative Writing Workshop of the summer at MCC-Blue River

Eve Brackenbury (ul) and Sharon Hunter (r) lead the
Creative Writing Workshops at MCC-Blue River

Don’t forget the next Creative Writing Workshop session at MCC-Blue River is scheduled for Monday, June 13, from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in CC 137, The Write Place. Please bring any ideas, and if you have a work in progress, bring that along as well. Group leaders Eve Brackenbury, a published poet, and creative writing instructor Sharon Hunter look forward to seeing fellow writers on Monday.

MCC-Longview's award-winning Writing Across the Curriculum program turns 25

To celebrate 25 years at MCC-Longview, the Writing Across the Curriculum Program launched a blog highlighting the success and future plans of the program.

MCC-Longview’s award-winning Writing Across the Curriculum Program is turning 25.

To honor a quarter of a century of service, WAC faculty and staff organized a year-long celebration to commemorate and celebrate the program that has been used in just about every class at Longview. The WAC program was a major reason MCC-Longview was named College of the Year by Time magazine in 2001.

“The secret to this program’s success is really no secret at all: the hard work and dedication of teachers who create powerful learning experiences through which students develop as thinkers and writers,” wrote WAC coordinator Mary McMullen-Light to faculty and staff at Longview this past week.

This week, the WAC Program also launched the new Lake Effect Blog, highlighting events surrounding the 25th anniversary celebration at MCC-Longview.

But McMullen-Light knows that looking back on past success is sometimes just as important as looking forward.

“One hallmark of our program is how it has always operated with an eye to the future by promoting and supporting innovative teaching and learning. That’s why the theme for our 25th anniversary celebration is ‘Back to the Future’.”

Throughout the year, The Lake Effect blog and The MCC Insider will spotlight some of the original WAC pioneers who helped launch the program along with current instructors who are pushing the WAC envelope by designing novel ways for their students to learn through writing.

Save the dates and watch for more detailed information as each event approaches.

Book Discussion
Join in the Read-Along by reading all or part of Clay Shirky’s book, Here Comes Everybody, and discussing it online via the blog or face-to-face on these dates at MCC-Longview:
- Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2-3 p.m.
- Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2-3 p.m.
- Friday, Nov. 12, 2-3 p.m.

Join the WAC program
Attend the Introductory WAC Workshop this fall (3 sessions on consecutive Friday afternoons)
Friday, Sept 24, 1-4:30 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 1, 1-4:30 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 8, 1-4:30 p.m.


Visit with students
Visit the annual Imagination Longview event featuring student projects created through the WAC program.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.


The Lake Effect Blog: http://wacblog2010.blogspot.com/