History
The Campus Writing and Speaking Program was established in July 1997 to provide leadership for NC State as it implements its General Education Requirements which state that "each curriculum is designed so that upper-level courses and other programmatic experiences help students write and speak competently in the disciplines." [back to index]

Mission
The CWSP is a direct response to NC State's commitment to improve its graduates' writing and speaking abilities and incorporating writing and speaking into the classroom as powerful tools for teaching and learning in all curricula. At the center of the Program's many goals and services is support for engaging students as active participants in learning their subject matter, the ways of thinking that define their discipline, and the conventions of discourse that will define them as professionals in their fields. [back to index]

Institutional Location
The Campus Writing and Speaking Program is housed for budgetary purposes in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, but it is centrally funded and supports undergraduate programs in nine colleges of NC State University. The CWSP collaborates with several other campus groups such as the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning, undergraduate tutorial services, the Departments of English and Communication, and the 10 other colleges on campus. The CWSP is advised by an interdisciplinary Campus Writing and Speaking Board. [back to index]