University Writing Program

Our Mission

The University Writing Program supports the teaching and practice of writing across all levels and disciplines. We help students become lifelong writers, readers, thinkers, and learners who are well prepared to lead and serve.

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University Writing Program

General Education Writing Requirements

Writing Majors and Minors

Valpo Student Writing

Services and Programs

Valpo’s vertical writing and information literacy program was envisioned in 2011 by a Student Writing Task Force representing each of our colleges and disciplines.

Services and programs include the following:

Pedagogy workshops
Writing and writing intensive courses for first-year through senior undergraduate students that emphasize information literacy
Curriculum development & assessment support
Faculty writing center fellowships for professional development
Consultations for graduate student writers
Certification for faculty teaching general education courses in the University Writing Program

Generous donors:

The Doris K. Christopher Endowed Fund for Faculty Writing Development
The Judith L. Beumer Endowed Writing Program Fund

Valpo Student Writing

First-Year Production- Christ College

The 47th annual Christ College First-Year Production, Honey, I Juiced the Kids, kept audiences mesmerized for all five sold-out performances in the Refectory Theatre.

In just 10 weeks of intense collaboration, the students who make up the honors college freshman class write, stage, and perform an original 90-minute theatre piece with music based on ideas and themes encountered in their interdisciplinary honors courses.

Honey, I Juiced the Kids was directed by First-Year Drama Workshop coordinator Isaac Schoepp ’07 and assistant director Jacob Just ’12.

Core hall of fame

Writing for the Health and Sciences