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<font face="Times New Roman, Times">September 10, 2007<?xml:namespace
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</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times">TO:
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</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times">Executive Vice Chancellor and
Provost Wartella<br>
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</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times">RE:
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</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times">Appointment of Interim
Director of the University Writing Program<br>
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</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times">I am pleased to announce that
as of August 7<sup>th</sup> 2007, Professor John Briggs has been
appointed the Interim Director of the University Writing Program within
the Office of Undergraduate Education. Importantly for this position,
John is a scholar in the fields of rhetoric, composition, and composition
pedagogy. In addition to many articles, he has published two books on the
history of rhetoric and eloquence: <u>Francis Bacon and the Rhetoric of
Nature</u> (Harvard University Press) and <u>Lincoln’s Speeches
Reconsidered</u> (Johns Hopkins University Press). He has taught a range
of courses in composition and composition pedagogy--and this past summer
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University he directed a National Endowment for the Humanities seminar,
"Masters of Prose." John is also the winner of the 1995-1996
Faculty Teaching Award.<br>
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</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times">John also comes to this
position with a wealth of administrative experience at the campus,
community, and national levels. He has chaired the UC Council of Writing
Programs. He was one of the founders of the UC Systemwide Entry-Level
Writing Requirement (ELWR) placement exam system; moreover, he directed
UCR's ELWR program since 1980. John has also worked to improve primary
and secondary education as the Director of the Inland Area Writing
Project, a teacher-training organization that has won several million
dollars in grant support to help teachers become better writing
instructors. In addition, he established a program that has given
instruction and practice UC placement exams to more than 40,000
high-school juniors in UCR's feeder schools. Finally, John recently
served as an advisor to the College Board for the new SAT verbal exam.
Clearly, John has impressive academic and service records on which he can
draw to implement this new office.<br>
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</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times">The University Writing Program
will develop and administer many campus initiatives, including a
comprehensive pedagogy and training program for graduate students and
lecturers who teach writing; advising on computer-assisted instruction in
the classroom; and developing and overseeing a writing center that
provides trained one-on-one tutoring, small writing workshops, and other
support services for students across campus. Please join me in
congratulating John and wishing him well in his new role.<br>
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Feldmann<br>
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Department of English<br>
University of California, Riverside<br>
Riverside, CA 92521-0323<br>
office: (951) 827-1454<br>
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