[128] MTSU Writing Center Participates In National Day of Writing

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Oct. 5, 2009
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Lisa L. Rollins, 615-494-8857 or lrollins@mtsu.edu

MTSU WRITING CENTER PARTICPATES IN NATIONAL DAY OF WRITING
Center Staff Encourages MTSU Students to Take Part in Online Activities, Visit Center

(MURFREESBORO)—The Margaret H. Ordoubadian University Writing Center at MTSU will, for the first time, participate in National Day of Writing this year.
Although the annual writing day falls on Oct. 20, because of the fall break MTSU will recognize the event Wednesday, Oct. 21, with planned activities, said Rachel Strickland, assistant director of the center.
According to the National Council of Teachers of English Web site, a national day focused on writing was created because of “the significance of writing in our national life,” as well as “to draw attention to the remarkable variety of writing we engage in and to help writers from all walks of life recognize how important writing is to their lives.”
Strickland said the campus-based writing center staff opted to participate in this year’s event activities to bring attention to the National Day of Writing and bring more people to the UWC.
As for what MTSU students can do in honor of the Oct. 21 event, “Firstly, we’ve created a National Gallery of Writing hosted by the NCTE,” she said. “This is an online gallery that we’ll have linked from our Web site (http://www.mtsu.edu/uwc/) and it will go live on Oct. 20. Before that day, anyone in the MTSU community will be able to submit writing of any genre to be made available in the gallery.”
Further, she added, “We will also put up a graffiti wall outside the UWC (in Peck Hall 325). This will be a space for students to write whatever is on their minds, from rants and shout outs to blurbs and signatures. We hope to have it on both sides of the hallway for the students to write on throughout the day.”
For more information about MTSU’s writing center or its planned National Writing Day activities, please contact the center directly by calling
615-494-8930.
For more information about the National Day of Writing, please access http://www.ncte.org/dayonwriting/about

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ATTENTION, MEDIA: To request interviews with UWC staff about this event, please contact Lisa L. Rollins in the Office of News and Public Affairs at 615-898-2919.





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