Looking back on Calderwood Writing Seminars
In Spring 2021, we surveyed all students who had taken a Calderwood Public Writing Seminar in the past three years, asking them to look back at their experience.
First-year students & their writing “problems”
We examined what first-year students worry about in regard to their writing.
Students can talk
We looked at senior survey results to learn about what students believe Wesleyan contributed to their growth in oral communication skills.
On students’ moderate writing confidence
We asked our Writing in the First students about was how confident they were in their writing ability.
First Year Seminars – trends in offerings and enrollments.
The number of First Year Seminars (FYSs) that we teach at Wesleyan has risen dramatically since 2013.
FYSs cover everything
We asked students what kinds of writing they had to complete in their First Year Seminar.
Teaching organic chemistry online: the COVID pivot
Chemistry faculty report on the experience of teaching chemistry in the time of COVID.
