We offer assistance to graduate students who are working on dissertations, grant applications, theses, course assignments, and any other kind of writing.

Undergraduate students can find assistance for any assignment, any course, and at any stage of the writing process.

AMS 205 – Peggy Shaffer – 2011

 Architecture and Interior Design

ARC 435-535 – Kimberly Hill – 2003

ARC 406C-506C – Mary Bonham – 2011

Art

ART 341-441 – Ellen Price – 2004

ART 188 – Lori Parks – 2011

Painting 2-3 – Kurt Nicaise – 2004

Botany

BOT 131 – David Cramer – 2004

BOT 171 – Hank Stevens – 2003

Business

BUS 102 – Laura Tholke – 2011

BUS 102 – Judy Hampel – 2011

Classics

CLS 211 – Gary Berkowitz – 2004

CLS 121 – Denise McCoskey – 2011

Communication

COM 450J – Kathy German – 2011

COM 136 – Shauntae White – 2003

COM 143 – Ron Becker – 2011

Comparative Religion

 REL 360Q – Lisa Poirier – 2003

Computer Science and Systems Analysis

Decision Sciences and Management Information Systems

 MIS 617 – Jeff Merhout – 2003

Education, Health and Society

FSW 201 – Sherrill Sellers – 2011

EDT 422 – Barbara Heuberger – 2003

EDL 204 – Frances Yates – 2004

Engineering Technology

ENT 192 – Suguna Bommaraju – 2003

ENT 401 – Mysore Narayanan – 2004

English

ENG 354 – Erin Edwards – 2011

ENG 111 – Laurel Gilbert – 2011

ENG 108 – Lucy Manley – 2011

Geography

 GEO 101 – Housel – 2011

German, Russian, and East Asian Languages\

GER-FST 261 – Mila Ganeva – 2011

CHI 252 – Liang Shi – 2003

History

HST 410-510 – Amanda McVety – 2011

HST 400Q – Osaak Olumwullah – 2003

HST 332 – George Vascik – 2003

Interactive Media Studies

Interdisciplinary Studies 

IDS 159 – Claudia Ferreira – 2003

IDS 159 – Brian McElwain – 2003

International Studies

 ITS 201 – Kathryn LaFever – 2011

Journalism

Kinesiology and Health

PHS 202 – D Spillman – 2004

Latin American Studies

Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering

MME 102 – Bob Setlock – 2011

EGR 311 – Fazeel Khan – 2004

Mathematics

MTH 451 – Beata Randrianantoanina – 2011

MTH 435-535 – A. Ghazaryan – 2011

MTH 222T-331T – Tom Farmer – 2004

MTH 151 – John Westman – 2003

Microbiology

MBI 615 – Anne Morris Hooke – 2003

Music

MUS 621 – Effie Papanikolaou – 2003

MUS 444 – Harvey Thurmer – 2011

Nursing

 NSG 452 – Joan Fopma-Loy – 2011

Philosophy

 PHL-WGS 355 – Gaile Pohlhaus – 2011

Political Science

 POL 271 – Jeanne Hey – 2003

Psychology

PSY 648 – Terri Messman-Moore – 2011

PSY 455-555 – Jennifer Quinn – 2011

PSY 410 – Aaron Luebbe – 2011

PSY 373 – Robin Thomas – 2004

PSY 373 – Robin Thomas – 2004

PSY 345 – Elizabeth Kiel – 2011

PSY 293 – Joe Johnson – 2011

PSY 111.H – Len Mark – 2003

Sociology and Gerontology

Spanish and Portuguese

 SPN 111 – Leah Henson – 2011

Speech, Pathology and Audiology

SPA-DST 212 – Kathleen Hutchinson – 2011

SPA 623 – Alice Kahn – 2004

 Theatre

Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies

WGS 401 – Ann Fuehrer – 2011

HON-WMS 101 – Darcy Donahue – 2004

Zoology

 ZOO 400 – Claire Shi – 2011

Looking to devote time to your writing this summer?  Professors Rose Marie Ward (Kinesiology and Health) and Monica Schneider (Political Science) are organizing Summer Writing Groups for graduate students and faculty.  An extension of the Howe Center’s very popular Writing Boot Camps, the Summer Writing Groups offer participants an excellent opportunity to advance their work on their theses, dissertations, research and creative articles, grant proposals, and other writing projects.

Rose Marie and Monica will arrange writing groups in Oxford and Cincinnati.  Writing groups will have meetings weekly (or more often) dedicated to writing.  We will coordinate schedules and the location.

We are arranging two types of writing groups:

• Option One – Dedicated time to write (no internet, no distractions)
• Option Two – Meeting to read and review each other’s work

Contact (by May 11):

Rose Marie Ward (wardrm1@muohio.edu) for Oxford area writing groups

Monica Schneider (schneimc@muohio.edu) for Cincinnati writing groups

Sponsored by the Howe Center for Writing Excellence

Sponsoring consultants’ attendance at professional conferences is one of several ways in which the Howe Center for Writing Excellence provides opportunities for them to improve their consulting skills.

In honor of the rich literary tradition upon which it was founded, Alpha Delta Phi, the first fraternity on Miami University’s campus, is offering all Miami University students a chance to enter into its annual literary competition.

Competition Topic:  A Letter to President Hodge.

To enter the competition, write a 600-800 word essay in response to the following prompt:

Prior to arriving on Miami’s campus, most students look forward to their college experience with a sense of excitement and optimism.  Since arriving, have your expectations been met?  Why or why not?  President Hodge is very interested in finding ways Miami University could improve the college experience it offers.  Frame your essay as a letter to President Hodge.

PRIZES:

• First Place – $250 gift certificate to Miami University Bookstore
• Second Place – $125 gift certificate to Miami University Bookstore
• Third Place – $75 gift certificate to Miami University Bookstore

Length:  600-800 words

Deadline for submission:  APRIL 13, 2012

Where to submit:  Please send submissions to Scott Hickey, Chair, Literary Competition Committee at hickeysp@muohio.edu

Co-sponsor:  The Howe Center for Writing Excellence is proud to co-sponsor this student-initiated writing competition.

On Sunday April 1, the Howe Center for Writing Excellence will host an open house at the Windate Writing Center, 18 Peabody, on Western Campus.

“We’ve painted, and there’s all new furniture,” says Howe Center for Writing Excellence manager Kate Francis.  “We’re inviting students to stop in, meet a consultant, and have a slice of pizza.”

The Howe Center for Writing Excellence extends an invitation to students, staff, and administrators to check out Windate’s new renovated look on Sunday, April 1 from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm in 18 Peabody.

Writers–international, national, and local–will present their work at the Oxford Writing Festival from March 26 – March 29.  The festival has been planned and hosted by the Miami student organization Students for the Promotion of Writing, founded by Howe Center for Writing Excellence consultant Megan Dincher.

Dincher, the organization’s president, noted that attending writing festivals while in high school inspired her to bring one to Miami students and citizens of Oxford.  “Our main goal is to show that writing is more than just writing a book,” she explains, and to reach that goal, the festival will host a variety of writers, including lyricists, columnists, and performance poets.  “Throughout the festival week, we’ll have student presenters, guest presenters, faculty presenters, and presenters from the Oxford community.”

In addition to writing presentations and discussions, the festival will host a variety of workshops.  The festival runs daily from noon to 8:00 pm, with most events taking place in Shriver MPR.  And, Dincher says, “There’s something going on pretty much the whole time.”

The festival is free and open to the public.  For a full schedule, go to http://spw.mugroups.org.

Quick Questions is the newest service for writers provided by the Howe Center for Writing Excellence.  Monday through Thursday, 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm at the King Library location, students can drop by for a 10-minute quick consultation on specific questions about writing.

“We ran the pilot for Quick Questions last semester and it was relatively successful,” said Josh Kiger, Student Manager of the Center.  ”We were booked and we didn’t have a whole lot of openings for consultations,” he explained.  Kiger pointed out that the drop-in service eliminates the need for writers to try and find an opening on the schedule, “is quick and efficient for writers,” and encourages them to take advantage of the open accessibility of consultants.

Have a Quick Question about your writing?  A Howe Writing Center consultant can provide the answer!

Students, faculty and staff are invited to the launch party for the new issue of Mi Cup of Tea, which will begin at 4 pm, March 19, at the Inquiry Center, Room 28 Peabody.

President Hodge will help celebrate the new issue, which includes contributions from nineteen Miami students from eleven majors, plus a message from influential philosopher Martha Nussbaum.

Mi Cup of Tea is an online journal created by and for undergraduates for the celebration of original inquiry in all fields. The current issue features essays, interviews, a downloadable song, and a scientific poster.

Topics addressed by the authors range from love, jazz, and ecological restoration to headaches among children with Tourette’s Syndrome, institutional racism in Britain during Margaret Thatcher’s terms as Prime Minister (1979-1990), and the implications of globalization for cultural and political belonging.

Refreshments will be served. The launch party will continue until midnight.

The current issue can be enjoyed at http://inquirycenter.muohio.edu/tea/.

Submissions from Miami students for the next issue will be accepted until April 20.

President Hodge will help celebrate the new issue, make a few remarks, and join others in enjoying refreshments.

Mi Cup of Tea is a journal is created by and for undergraduates for the development, celebration, and promotion of original inquiry and new, exciting ideas in multiple disciplines.