The centerpiece of the University's commitment to writing is the
Institute for Writing Studies, an endowed program integrating new
and expanded Writing Centers on the Queens and Staten Island
campuses, a new First-Year Writing program, and a new Writing
Across the Curriculum program. Designed to facilitate collaboration
and interaction between these programs and their staff, assist
University faculty in the teaching of writing, and promote a
variety of student writing initiatives, the Institute serves as the
nexus for student writing, faculty development, and writing
assessment.
The Institute opened in September, 2006, and was made possible
through generous donor support and the University's commitment to
the promotion of successful student writing. The IWS is located on
the first floor of the main library on the Queens campus in a newly
designed space featuring conference tables, workstations, a lounge,
a seminar room, an up-to-date library of materials in composition
and rhetoric, and offices for faculty teaching first-year writing.
The Staten Island campus features a brand new Writing Center with
adjoining offices for first-year writing faculty.