{"id":44122,"date":"2012-12-07T15:15:54","date_gmt":"2012-12-07T20:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=44122"},"modified":"2022-08-05T11:04:44","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T15:04:44","slug":"first-year-writing-program-earns-national-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/first-year-writing-program-earns-national-honor\/","title":{"rendered":"First-Year Writing Program Earns National Honor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Central Florida\u2019s First-Year Composition Program has been honored for its commitment to excellence by the Conference on College Composition and Communication.<\/p>\n<p>The program was awarded the Writing Program Certificate of Excellence, which is given to up to 20 programs a year that imaginatively address the needs of those they serve while using best practices and effective assessment. Since 1949, the Conference on College Composition and Communication has been the world\u2019s largest professional organization for researching and teaching composition.<\/p>\n<p>Faculty and staff from UCF\u2019s Department of Writing and Rhetoric, which oversees the first-year composition program, will accept the award at the conference\u2019s annual convention in March.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur department is honored to be recognized in this way,&#8221; said\u00a0Elizabeth Wardle, department chair and interim director of first-year composition. &#8220;Our first-year composition program has undergone extensive and very positive changes over the past three years, and we are pleased to see that these changes have been noticed nationally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>UCF\u2019s first-year program is exemplary because of its experienced faculty, small class sizes, nationally known pedagogy and peer-reviewed student publication, <em>Stylus<\/em>. The program also hosts the annual Knights Write Showcase\u00a0 to highlight the exceptional works produced by first-year writers.<\/p>\n<p>Launched in 2010, the Department of Writing and Rhetoric also provides writing opportunities for students beyond the first year through its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/degree\/writing-and-rhetoric-ba\/\">writing and rhetoric undergraduate programs<\/a>, which include a degree in writing and rhetoric and certificate in public and professional writing, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/degree-search\/college\/arts-humanities\/master\/\">writing graduate programs<\/a>, which include a master&#8217;s degree in rhetoric and composition and graduate certificate in professional writing.<\/p>\n<p>The department also offers writing-related assistance, training and research opportunities to students and faculty from all disciplines. 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