Dr. Donna Topping

Dr. Kim McCollum-Clark

9^th Annual Pennsylvania Writing Institute

The Annual Pennsylvania Writing Institute is an invigorating week of professional learning and sharing. Participants will spend the mornings during the week with nationally-renowned speakers, and will have an opportunity to interact with them after lunch in a Question-Answer format. Following each day’s Question-Answer session, participants will break into grade-alike sessions to develop themselves as writers, and as teachers of writing, under the direction of talented teacher-facilitators. Respect for the work that teachers do, and for the knowledge that they bring, is paramount in this Institute. This year’s Institute will feature speakers Kate Messner, Donna Topping, David Somaza and Peter Lourie, Lisa Donohue, and A.S. King. Participants will have an opportunity to work with Institute Co-directors Donna Topping and Kim McCollum-Clark, and Facilitators Karen Davis, Sallie Shepherd, Lynne Dorfman, Sue Mowery, Lisa Roth Walter, Michelle O’Brien, and Anne Shober.

Monday: Kate Messner - Real Revision

Tuesday: Donna Topping - Playful Grammar

Wednesday: David Somoza & Peter Lourie - Writing to Explore: Discovering Adventure in the Reseach Paper

Thursday: Lisa Donohue - The Write Voice

Friday: A.S. King - A Visit with an Author

Want to learn more about the above speakers? Click here to read their bios.

Credits: All participants will receive 3 graduate credits for the summer institute. 

Tuition/Fees: Institutes are unique 3 credit graduate courses, that highlight renowned experts in the field. Institutes include breakfast and lunch throughout the day, as well as handouts and materials. Books may be required courses, please check with the university bookstore. Millersville University graduate tuition and fees can be found on the bursars page. In addition, a $165 institute fee is required.

Note: If you have not taken any graduate-level course or workshop at Millersville University within the past 5 years, you must complete the online non-degree admission form; this information is necessary to admit you to the university.

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