Monday, July 28, 2008

Link to information about the film Writing Across Borders

Hi there,
I just sent out an email with a link to the website for the film Writing Across Borders, but I thought I'd also post it on our website as well. This is a really terrific film that grew out of several staff meetings we had several years ago in our writing center. We invited a group of international students who frequently conference in our center to come to a meeting to tell us about their experiences. What they had to say to us was so powerful that we felt that others needed to hear these students' stories.

Originally we imagined a low tech, low production value "talking heads" video that we'd use solely for in-house staff training. But my colleague Wayne Robertson, who now teaches and works in the writing center at Whatcom Community College (Bellingham, WA) had a vision of something much more powerful. Thanks to years of work and countless hours of labor, Wayne brought that vision to fruition.

Here's a link to the video: http://cwl.oregonstate.edu/wab/

I'm so sorry that I neglected to get copies to the SI--somehow that just fell through the cracks. But it is available at cost via the website.

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