Catalog 2005-2006
Graduate School of Education and Counseling
Information found in this online edition of the 2005-06 Catalog is unofficial and for informational purposes only. The official document of record is the printed edition of the 2005-06 Catalog. For more information, please contact the Dean of the Graduate School.
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Northwest Writing Institute
The Northwest Writing Institute offers workshops where writers find their subjects, develop their talents, and join a professional and supportive writing community. In our courses and symposia, the practice of writing begins in courage and moves toward eloquence. Our courses welcome students currently enrolled in Lewis & Clark's graduate programs as well as writers, teachers, and other community members.
In addition to workshops in creative writing, the NWI offers classes to integrate writing into the life of the "literary activist" at the heart of personal and social change. These courses include Personal Voice in Professional Writing, The Healing Power of Story, The Gift, and others.
Outreach programs include the William Stafford Center, an evolving resource for study and creation, and the Writing Culture Summer Institute, where writers, educators, counselors, and other seekers cross cultural boundaries to empower diverse voices.
Writing Culture Summer Institute
The Writing Culture Summer Institute is both a workshop and a gathering, where we engage in imaginative and ethnographic writing together to discover cultural meanings and develop new approaches to cross-cultural insight. The Institute welcomes writers of varied genres and levels of experience--teachers, students, fiction and nonfiction writers, poets, journalists, and cultural workers in anthropology, folklore, social service, and other fields. Nationally recognized visiting faculty lead morning workshops devoted to generating and deepening writing, and to considerations of craft, cultural documentation, and the power of story. Afternoons, participants continue writing in solitude or join faculty-led response groups. These sessions critique new work as well as address ways to move the practice of writing culture into classrooms and work settings, and build a new world.
Oregon Writing Project
A 20-year tradition of helping teachers use writing to promote student learning, the Oregon Writing Project at Lewis & Clark has become a landmark in the lives of a generation of teachers. Since 1984, the OWP has worked with school districts in the Portland area and southwest Washington to identify and train teachers as experts in classroom writing instruction and as in-district resources for staff development. Participating teachers write in a broad range of genres to strengthen their own sense of the writing process, and also explore current research, share tested classroom strategies for teaching writing, and prepare for writing assessment and issues in school reform.
The OWP at Lewis & Clark includes two invitational summer institutes for teachers of all disciplines, kindergarten through college, and school-year follow-up meetings for a full year of learning about teaching writing. Our program is affiliated with the National Writing Project at the University of California, Berkeley, which provides some financial assistance for summer institute participants.
The Writing Studio
A setting for creation, the Writing Studio helps students and staff to learn, teach, and communicate through writing. At the studio, writing turns personal curiosity into inquiry and harnesses the imagination to develop new thinking. For more information about the Writing Studio, see the College Resources section of this catalog or contact Marcia Silver at 503-768-6166 or silver@lclark.edu.
Faculty
Northwest Writing Institute faculty are published writers and experienced teachers. They share a philosophy that writing is not an esoteric craft practiced by the few, but a generous expression of the mind and heart that thrives in a community of inquiry.
Curriculum and Registration
Current course offerings, including special writing workshops, are listed on the Web site at education.lclark.edu/dept/nwi and in a newsletter from the Northwest Writing Institute. Students who wish to apply these courses to their degree concentrations should consult with their advisers.
For information about these programs, to receive our newsletter, or to register, contact the Northwest Writing Institute, Lewis & Clark College, 0615 S.W. Palatine Hill Road, Portland, Oregon 97219-7899. Phone: 503-768-6160. Fax: 503-768-6165. E-mail: nwi@lclark.edu. Web: education.lclark.edu/dept/nwi.