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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><strong>APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTING</strong></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dear Writing Center Folx,</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Recently, we have seen multiple inquiries for information about how to start a writing
center followed by a conversation about the lack of updated materials focused on how-to or why-to start and maintain a center. In turn, these conversations have led to discussions about how to grow or expand programming and services. We want to answer some
of these questions and need your expertise and input: what do you wish you had known when you began writing center work? What do you want to know now? We’re asking writing center administrators–new (assistant, associate) directors/coordinators, transitioning
directors, and/or developing directors to respond to a brief <a href="https://msu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_25jnC1RdG54uTno" target="_blank">
survey</a> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">designed to help us name and understand the resources and mentorship models folx use to establish and maintain their centers and programs.
We’re also interested in goals for future programs and development. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The data from this</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">will help inform the creation of a guide for writing centers that can be used by all who wish to grow and cultivate (in) their centers and be shared with others wishing to start
new centers. The survey should take approximately 10 minutes. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Please feel free to extend this
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</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">invitation to those writing center administrators who might not be on this list but might be interested.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you have any questions, please contact Rachel Robinson-Zetzer at
</span><a href="mailto:rrobinson-zetzer@fairfield.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">rrobinson-zetzer@fairfield.edu</span></a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dianna Baldwin, Elise Dixon, Rachel Robinson-Zetzer, Trixie Smith</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dianna Baldwin, PhD</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Pronouns: she/her<br>
Writing Center Director<br>
Longwood University<br>
201 High Street<br>
209 Brock Hall<br>
Farmville, VA 23909<br>
Ph: 434.395.4860<br>
baldwindl@longwood.edu<br>
</span><a tabindex="0" href="http://www.go.longwood.edu/wc" target="_blank" id="NoLP">http://www.go.longwood.edu/wc</a></p>
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