Transition and diversity are the watchwords in the Writing Center this season. While one of our strengths is in offering transition support to students moving forward from Developmental Writing courses into English 1010 and 2010, we continue offering tutoring for all courses across the curriculum that include any kind of writing.

In fact, the tutors who work here represent that diversity, coming from such majors as physics, psychology, business, sociology, art, history, anthropology, and Asian studies. This year, we’re glad to have welcomed English graduate students to our tutoring staff. The element that unites all of the tutors, from our point of view, is their excellent training by Dr. Scott Rogers in composition theory and practice.

One special way we celebrate the talent we witness within this broad spectrum is through our fall writing contest, and while English majors won in each category, this year’s winners come from a variety of academic backgrounds. We’re delighted to celebrate interdepartmental collaboration daily in this and in so many ways.

In this issue, we have added a new section and a new feature to each piece. The new section, entitled, "Scholarly Non-Fiction," features research-based articles. In addition, each published piece includes anonymous commentary from a member of the review board from the Spring 2007 Writing Center Contest committee, explaining the strengths and characteristics that made it a winning submission. This commentary is located on the same page as each piece, in wavy boxes, and in italic font.

Due to our page limit for this print publication, we decided to take the seond half of these pieces to our online forum. Please access the second half of these pieces online at our website: http://departments.weber.edu/writingcenter.