The Howe Center for Writing Excellence has announced the recipients of three grants for the 2009-2010 academic year. The goal of these awards is to support high-impact projects that will help students write better and learn more through writing.

A team of five faculty members in the computer science and software engineering department received a $5,000 department development grant to integrate writing, speaking and reading assignments in a sequence of five required courses. The team will identify learning outcomes and assignments that progressively advance students’ communication abilities as they proceed through the courses. After piloting, assessing and revising the assignments, the team will share its results, along with instructors’ guides, with the rest of the department.

Project team members are Bo Brinkman, Janet Burge, Norman Krumpe, Alton Sanders and Doug Troy.

Story adapted from MU News & Public Information Office press release, 09/22/2009.