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LAWRENCE --The University of Kansas will host this weekend a joint national conference for 300 college and university writing center directors and peer tutors from more than 23 states.
The National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing and the Midwest Writing Centers Association will meet Oct. 25 to 27 in the Kansas Union on KU's Lawrence campus. Participants will offer presentations on the latest theory and practice in writing center work.
The keynote speaker will be Elizabeth Boquet, director of the writing center and associate professor of English at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Conn. Boquet, who also is co-editor of the Writing Center Journal, will speak about her experiences working with peer tutors and read excerpts from her new book, "Noise from the Writing Center."
For more information, contact Michele Eodice, director of the KU Writing Center and conference host, at (785) 864-2399 or visit the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union during the conference. The conference web site features a complete conference schedule.
For more information about the KU Writing Center and its campus Writer's Roosts consulting and tutoring centers, visit www.writing.ku.edu.
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