Center for Writing Excellence

The Center for Writing Excellence is offering our first Summer Writing Boot Camp on Tuesday, August 11, from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. in Oaks 212.

Elon University's Brooke Barnett and Randy Williams offered wisdom and advice in a newspaper guest column for how people can start conversations about race.

In a guest column published by several regional newspapers, Associate Professor Prudence Layne reflects on the summer tragedy in Charleston, South Carolina, and society's culpability for what transpired at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church.  

Tom Parham, a distinguished former Elon coach and professor, authored “The Little Green Book of Tennis” to share winning techniques learned from mentors and observations from his own five decades helping others enjoy the sport.

Professor Tom Mould explains the power of symbols in a column published by several regional newspapers as Americans discuss and debate the future of the Confederate flag.

The Center for Writing Excellence is offering our first Summer Writing Boot Camp on Wednesday, July 22, from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. in Oaks 212.

The professor of English had her column about homelessness in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, North Carolina, appeared June 13, 2015, in the (Raleigh, N.C.) News & Observer.

It takes patience to correct misspelled words, convert file formats and remove incomplete records when analyzing large amounts of information contained in databases and spreadsheets. A new book by Elon University Professor Megan Squire helps to make such tasks easier.

In "Play and the Human Condition," Elon University’s Thomas Henricks explores the way humans of all ages and cultures play with each other - through sport, games, art and more - and how such activities expand the sense of our own possibilities.

Associate Professor Anthony Hatcher writes for regional newspapers about the ease with which Americans forget about good police officers in an era when the public is easily riveted by abuses caught on cell phone video.