2025 SI Tackles Program Sustainability, Gen AI, and More
Both veterans and first-timers gathered at the University of Michigan–Ann Arbor in mid-June for another successful annual CGC Summer Institute (SI). Hosted by UM’s English Language Institute (ELI), this year’s SI addressed the theme of “Connecting and Collaborating as Leaders in Graduate Communication.”
Attendees enjoyed an opening keynote from Dr. Jane Freeman on the value of disagreement as well as plenary talks by CGC Chair Dr. Kristina Quynn on leading initiatives during accelerated change and by CGC Secretary Dr. Rachael Cayley and Dr. Fiona Coll on co-editing and publishing an edited collection with UM Press. Two and a half days of presentations then addressed topics ranging from program sustainability and the use of generative AI to teaching students effective slide design and understanding their perceptions of writing center spaces. [See the full story here.]
Full program for 2025 SI now live!
Access the program online here. View and download the program below.
2025 CGC Election Results
We are pleased to annnounce that Kristina Quynn and Linda Macri have been elected Co-Chairs of the CGC for a two-year term beginning July 1, 2025. We also congratulate Nathan Lindbergh, who has been re-elected Member-at-Large, and Ashton Foley-Schramm and Zoe Speidel Douglas, elected Members-at-Large for the first time; all three also begin their two-year terms on July 1, 2025. Congratulations to all five officers, and thank you to everyone who stood for office and all who voted!
Travel and Accommodations for the 2025 Summer Institute
We are pleased to announce discounted room rates for the Hyatt Place Ann Arbor, the official hotel of the 2025 SI. Further information as well as guidance for travel and information on the conference site can be found here. Registration for the SI will open by the end of March and be announced here and on the listserv.
Apply for a 2025 Feak & Swales Travel Award!
The CGC Board is now accepting applications for Feak & Swales Travel Awards. Named after two pioneering scholars in graduate communication, the Feak and Swales scholarship awards $500 and waives registration for two applicants who wish to participate in the CGC Summer Institute and who demonstrate a commitment to or strong interest in graduate communication. This year’s Summer Institute will be held at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor from June 11-13. See details and instructions for applying here.
First book published in the CGC/UMich book series!
Writing Together: Building Social Writing Opportunities for Graduate Students, edited by Rachael Cayley, Fiona Coll, and Daniel Aureliano Newman, is now available! The book represents the first published book in the series “Practice, Pedagogy, and Programming for Graduate Communication,” a collaboration between the CGC and the University of Michigan Press. Writing Together surveys the motivations, rationales, evaluation strategies, and structures underpinning social writing programs to create a practical resource for writing professionals who wish to establish or refine their own offerings. Rather than presenting “how to” approaches, the book presents “how we” accounts that enable readers to learn from the creative practices and experiences of others. To read more about the book and order it, go to the book page at the University of Michigan Press. For more on the book series or to submit a book idea, go here.
Request for proposals for CGC Research Awards
The Consortium on Graduate Communication Research Awards aim to encourage research projects investigating graduate education, particularly graduate communication. By deepening our knowledge of graduate student development, graduate student communication, and the pedagogical and institutional supports for graduate students’ success, the CGC Research Awards are intended to strengthen the field of graduate communication support by helping to fund the research and scholarship of our members.
- Awards of up to $2500 each are available in two cycles closing on January 15 and July 15, 2025 respectively. Awards are open to all current CGC members.
- Funds may be used for a range of research needs, including transcription, travel to collect data or conduct archival research, specialized software purchases, compensation for research participants (consistent with the IRB approval), consultations, and more.
Click here for further information and guidelines for applying.
About the CGC
The Consortium on Graduate Communication is an international association whose members provide professional development in written, oral, and multimodal communication to students before and during their (post-)graduate academic and professional programs. CGC members work with graduate students in their first and second/additional languages.
CGC’s primary activities include face-to-face and online opportunities to discuss and share resources, pedagogy, research, curricula, and program models for graduate communication.
The Consortium was created in April, 2014, and its listserv and online membership survey quickly gathered over 500 members in at least 27 countries. On this website, you can find information about meetings, resources, and programs offering graduate communication support.
If you would like to host a CGC meeting at conference or other venue (perhaps outside North America!), please contact us. We are also interested in online communication, such as chats and webinars. As an entirely volunteer-run community, we welcome all expressions of interest.
Effective December, 2016, membership of CGC requires the payment of annual dues. Members receive a generous discount on CGC events, are eligible to vote in Board elections, and may stand for Board positions. Members are also supporting the graduate communication community. Please join now!
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