Alanna Bitzel (Writing Center) co-authored "Beyond the Practice: The Case for Advising Authorship" with two colleagues from Virginia Tech: Sarah Bechtel and Melissa Cumbia. The article was recently published, appearing in the December 2025 edition of Academic Advising Today (AAT), the quarterly electronic publication (e-zine) of …

Alanna Bitzel (Writing Center) co-delivered two presentations at the 2025 National Academic Advisors Association (NACADA) Annual Conference, held last week at Caesars Palace. Her sessions, "Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can't Lose: Holistic Student Support Lessons from Friday Night Lights" and "Bet on Yourself: Strategies for Self-Advocacy,"…

Erin Zimmerman and Alanna Bitzel (both Writing Center), presented at the 2025 International Writing Centers Association/National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing Joint Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio on Friday, October 16. Their round table, “Embracing Community: Reaching Writers through Collaborations” focused on institutional partnerships…

Erin Zimmerman (Writing Center) published an article, "Locating Visual Communication across Disciplines: How Visual Instruction in Composition Textbooks differs from that in Science-writing Textbooks" in Across the Disciplines. This study compares how a corpus of 60 science writing textbooks and composition textbooks address visual…

Jay Nietling (Physics and Astronomy), Katelyn DiBenedetto (Graduate College), Anabel Chavva (Service Learning & Leadership), Sara Tajalli (Writing Center), Shanna Kinzel (Student Union & Event Services), and Jill Zimbelman (Research and Economic Development) are this year's recipients of the Professional Development Awards. These $500…