coe-fac: Winter Break Week of Writing

[Education Dean]

Dear Faculty,



Please see the below faculty opportunity from the Center on Diversity and Community Faculty Writing Circle program.



Thank you,



Office of the Dean

College of Education

University of Oregon

1215 University of Oregon

Eugene, OR 97403

https://education.uoregon.edu







The Center on Diversity and Community Faculty Writing Circle program is delighted to invite all UO faculty to participate in our second Winter Break Faculty Week of Writing, to take place December 15-December 21. Note: we will be writing on the five weekdays only, leaving the weekend for rest, holiday celebration and/or preparation, or anything else you desire.



It’s been a busy fall term, returning to in-person teaching and service and welcoming both the first- and second-year students to campus education. Now, as always, the Faculty Writing Circle Program invites you to turn back to your own writing and research.



This year’s Winter WoW begins the day after grades are due, offering you five days in which to focus on your own priorities. Join us to write and research in a supportive and inclusive environment.



The core of the week is getting your writing done in a context of shared purpose and support. You’ll meet other faculty while choosing the time and format of your daily work.



Interested in making progress on your work at the start of break? Read on for details or go ahead and register now via this Qualtrics survey<https://oregon.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1OienbG0A2n3lMa> (it’s been streamlined and takes 3 minutes or less).



Details/How does it work?

• The Week of Writing is still virtual this year. We’ll put participants in small groups with similar time availability and contact preferences for the week. You can indicate whether you want lots of or minimal interaction with group members. We’ll also help you identify the goals you most want to achieve during the week and craft a realistic roadmap to help you meet them.



• Each day during the Week of Writing, participants write in short or long blocks of time, meeting goals for the day. If you could use a jump start, we offer multiple options for structuring your time, helping you beat back procrastination, workcrastination, resistance, and writer’s block. The writing options are suited to any amount of available time. You write only during the time you actually have. Parents and caregivers: there are structures that will work for you.



• All participants receive a gift – a book on writing (9 options) or a gift certificate to a local Black-owned bakery or coffeeshop. This gift acknowledges the importance of your writing and the hard work it entails to the UO’s research mission and the scholarly community. Huge thanks go to the generosity of CoDaC’s Charlotte Moats-Gallagher and the Division of Equity and Inclusion and its VP, Yvette Alex-Assensoh.

• Raffle! Anyone participating in WoW can enter our raffle to win books on writing or gift cards (you must indicate interest in the intake survey).



• Webinars: During the week, Michael Murashige, CoDaC’s writing consultant, will offer webinars on the Essential Components of Scholarly Writing; Procrastination with difficult projects; and Defending Cruddy Drafts. I will offer a webinar on planning long-term, especially planning up to or after a promotion, major publication, or sabbatical.



• Only have 3-4 days? We’d love you to join us. Want to register? The link is here<https://oregon.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1OienbG0A2n3lMa>.



Questions? Email Lara Bovilsky, Faculty Associate for the CoDaC Faculty Writing Circle Program, bovilsky at uoregon.edu<mailto:bovilsky at uoregon.edu>.



​We hope you can join us!



Yours,

Lara



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Lara Bovilsky

Associate Professor

Department of English

Faculty Associate for Faculty Writing Circle Program

Center on Diversity and Community

1286 University of Oregon

Eugene, OR 97403



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