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Spring 2024 Recap
MU Writing Center Spring 2024 Recap
5774 total contacts:
- 5481 tutoring contacts
- 92 outreach hours
- 201 training hours
Graduate Contacts:
- 1158 total contacts
- Grad Application Materials: 200
- Other Grad Contacts: 958
Undergraduate Contacts:
- 4323 total contacts:
- UG application materials: 737
- Other undergraduate contacts: 1224
- English 1000 Contacts: 949
- Writing intensive contacts: 1413
Spring 2024 users:
- 2432 distinct users
- 1088 users with multiple visits
Vs. Spring 2023:
- Outreaches are up 122%
- Users with multiple visits are up 3%
- Distinct users are up 11%
Spring ’24 Graduate Student Programming:
- 1st Dissertation Acceleration & Navigation Group (DANG)
- Weekly GradsWrite groups
- Established Drop-In Writing Sessions
- Formatting Workshops for Theses and Dissertations
24: average pages produced by writers at January DANG
65: grad students who participated in GradsWrite groups this spring
57: hours of drop-in writing sessions offered
41: grad writers who attended a Formatting Workshop
Writing Center Awards:
- Writing Intensive Teaching Assistant Excellence Award Recipient: Gabby Rivera Kroenke (pictured with Writing Center Director Dr. Aaron Harms and Writing Center Assistant Director Dr. Bailey Boyd)
- 2024 Award for Academic Distinction Recipient: Laine Cibulskis (pictured with Dr. Jim Spain)
- Elaine Hocks Memorial Endowed Scholarship Recipients: Isabella Trost, Madison Reiser, and Molly Nash (pictured from left to right)
- Inaugural Rachel Harper Distinguished Tutor Awards: Dr. Kacey Kennedy and Tommy Carrico (pictured left to right)
- Bonnie Zelenak Excellence in Tutoring Award: Dr. Ariel Fried and Mardi Berryman (pictured left to right)
Fall 2023 Recap
MU Writing Center Fall 2023 Recap
5832 total contacts:
- 5504 tutoring contacts
- 127 outreach hours
- 201 training hours
Graduate Contacts:
- 1363 total contacts
- Grad Application Materials: 341
- Other Grad Contacts: 1022
Undergraduate Contacts:
- 4141 total contacts:
- UG application materials: 928
- Other undergraduate contacts: 1370
- English 1000 Contacts: 812
- Writing intensive contacts: 1032
Fall 2023 users:
- 1057 users with multiple visits
- 2348 distinct users
Highlights: Growth from Fall 2022:
- Overall Contacts up 7%
- Outreach Contacts up 95%
- English 1000 Contacts up 31%
- Undergraduate Application materials (including support for prestigious fellowships) are up 23%
New & Continued Collaborations
- Provided 89 tutoring contacts in Mark Twain Residence Hall (with Honors College support)
- Provided 2130 tutoring contacts in Ellis Library (with Library support)
- Co-hosted 57 hours of Graduate Writing Accountability Groups and 2 new workshops for graduate students (with the Graduate School’s support)
Spring 2023 Recap
MU Writing Center Spring 2023 Recap
5873 total contacts:
- 5488 tutoring contacts
- 41 outreach hours
- 231 training hours
- 113 abstract review hours
Graduate Contacts:
- 1151 total contacts
- Grad Application Materials: 225
- Other Grad Contacts: 926
Undergraduate Contacts:
- 4337 total contacts:
- UG application materials: 722
- Other undergraduate contacts: 1256
- English 1000 Contacts: 938
- Writing intensive contacts: 1421
Spring 2023 users:
- 1056 users with multiple visits
- 2199 distinct users
Collaborations & Highlights:
- Vs. Spring 2022:
- English 1000 contacts are up 120%
- Contacts in Ellis Library are up 34%
- Application materials (including support for prestigious fellowships) are up 11%
- 300 abstracts and artist statements reviewed for the Spring Undergraduate Research & Creative Achievements Forum
- 1-on-1 tutoring provided at May Graduate School Writing Retreat
Writing Center Awards:
- Elaine Hocks Memorial Endowed Scholarship Recipients: Abigail Klapatauskas, Elizabeth Busch, & Lily Williams
- Inaugural Rachel Harper Distinguished Tutor Awards: Colton Hicks & Claire Wunder
- Bonnie Zelenak Excellence in Tutoring Award: Izzy Sullivan and Jillian Marino
Fall 2022 Recap
MU Writing Center Fall 2022 Recap
5566 total contacts:
- 5140 tutoring contacts
- 65 outreach contacts
- 361 training contacts
Graduate Contacts:
- 1395 total contacts
- Grad Application Materials: 404
- Other Grad Contacts: 991
Undergraduate Contacts:
- 3745 total contacts:
- UG application materials: 752
- Other undergraduate contacts: 1336
- English 1000 Contacts: 619
- Writing intensive contacts: 1038
Fall 2023 users:
- 983 users with multiple visits
- 2186 distinct users
Collaborations & Highlights:
- Ellis Library contacts: 2134
- Residence Hall hours: 151
- English department: 619 after targeted outreach
- Zoom hours offered: 600+ hours
- Presented at Dissertation Bootcamp