In Fall 2002, the School of Information became an affiliate of the University of Texas's Graduate Writing Project, itself a collaboration between the Intellectual Entrepreneurship (IE) program and the Undergraduate Writing Center (UWC). The Graduate Writing Project provides writing support for graduate students at the University of Texas. The GWP is committed to student accountability for and ownership of their discipline.

GWP consultants serve as sounding boards rather than experts. While each graduate consultant undergoes extensive professional training, consultants do not presume to know the "right" or even "best" way to write. Rather, the GWP's philosophy is that writing is a conversation, and consultants seek to provide graduate students with an audience for their discourse. Through collaboration, consultants nurture writers and their work, which in turn fosters both the writer's and the consultant's learning process.

iSchool Writing Services

Individual Consultations
The heart of the Graduate Writing Project is individual consultations with student writers. Consultations can occur at any point in the writing process and are focused on improving the writer's skills. Proofreading and editorial services are not offered, but consultants can work with students to improve both grammar and clarity.

Workshops
Our consultants teach a variety of short courses and workshops on writing topics. Workshops this spring will include:

	Introduction to the GWP	Tuesday, February 4, 8:30-9:30 a.m. (SZB 323) Thursday, February 6, 11:30 a.m.-noon (SZB 468) Thursday, February 6, 6:30-7:00 p.m. (SZB 464)
	Avoiding Plagiarism	Monday, February 10, 4:30-5:30 p.m. (SZB 546) Friday, February 28, 3:30-4:30 p.m. (SZB 546) Friday, March 28, 3:30-4:30 p.m. (SZB 468)
	Introduction to APA Style	Wednesday, January 29, 2:00-3:00 p.m. (SZB 556) Wednesday, February 12, 2:00-3:00 p.m. (SZB 556) Monday, February 24, 5:00-6:00 p.m. (SZB 556)
	APA Bootcamp	Wednesday, February 5, 2:00-3:00 p.m. (SZB 556) Wednesday, March 19, 5:00-6:00 p.m. (SZB 454)
	Writing Survival Skills	Wednesday, February 19, 2:00-3:00 p.m. (SZB 556) Wednesday, April 2, 5:00-6:00 p.m. (SZB 454)
	Writing Strategies for Nonnative Speakers of English	Monday, Feburary 3, 5:00-6:00 p.m. (SZB 556) Tuesday, March 18, 6:00-7:00 p.m. (SZB 468)
	Writing Research Papers and Reports	Monday, March 31, 5:00-6:00 p.m. (SZB 556)

Class Mentoring
Consultants can work intensively with selected iSchool classes. If think your class would be interested, ask your professor to contact a consultant.

Writing Resources
We have compiled a list of online writing resources in the hope that it might be of use to iSchool writers. Although the list is by no means comprehensive, it highlights some UT resources and some non-UT links that are among our favorites.

iSchool Writing Consultants

iSchool GWP Office: SZB 454

Danielle Cunniff Plumer • dcplumer@ischool.utexas.edu

Office Hours (Spring 2003):

Monday	2:00 - 4:00 p.m. & by appt.
Tuesday	4:00 - 6:00 p.m. & by appt.
Wednesday	none
Thursday	by appt.
Friday	by appt.

Danielle is a second year iSchool Master's student. She has a Ph.D. in English from the University of California at Davis. She has taught composition and literature at UC Davis, the University of New Mexico - Los Alamos, and Austin Community College.

Carla Darocy Hultberg • cdarocy@mail.utexas.edu

Office Hours (Spring 2003):

Monday	none
Tuesday	1:00 - 3:00 p.m. & by appt.
Wednesday	2:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Thursday	by appt.
Friday	by appt.

Carla is a second year iSchool Master's student. She has an M.A. in English from UT Austin, with a concentration in creative writing, and has taught in the Division of Rhetoric and Composition; she is also a consultant for the Undergraduate Writing Center.