Six New Sites Added to NWP Network

Date: March 1, 2010

Summary: The National Writing Project announces the addition of six new sites, located in Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Nebraska, and New York.

The National Writing Project is pleased to announce the addition of six new sites to its network.

Located in Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Nebraska, and New York, these sites are the latest to join the expanding network. Ninety new sites have joined the National Writing Project network since 2000. In total, the NWP partners with more than two hundred colleges and universities to offer professional development programs to K–16 educators, across the curriculum.

Each of the six new sites will hold its first invitational institute this summer. The summer institute is at the core of NWP's model of "teachers teaching teachers" and is the source of each site's cadre of teacher-leaders, who lead ongoing professional development that serves local teachers and schools.

Funding for new writing project sites is open to colleges and universities in the United States, its territories, and freely associated states. NWP typically starts between six and ten new sites each year. Funding for new sites is competitive and tied by legislation to the NWP model. Learn more about the new-site application process at the NWP website.

The NWP network welcomes its newest additions:

Coastal Savannah Writing Project
Armstrong Atlantic State University
Savannah, GA
Director: Lesley Roessing

River Bend Writing Project
University of Southern Indiana
Evansville, IN
Director: R. Evon Hawkins

McNeese Writing Project
McNeese State University
Lake Charles, LA
Director: Delma McLeod-Porter

Southern Maine Writing Project
University of Southern Maine
Gorham, ME
Director: Kate Kennedy

Oxbow Writing Project
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Omaha, NE
Directors: Evangelina Brignoni, Wilma Kuhlman

Genesee Valley Writing Project
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
Director: Joanne Larson