We are happy to announce the next CGC Summer Institute, which will be held in person at the University of Maryland, College Park, June 21-23, 2023. Our theme will be Connection, Sustainability, and Diversity in Graduate Communication Work, and the full CFP can be found here. We are continuing the formats of Works-in-Progress, Workshops, and . . . read more
The CGC is seeking nominations, including self-nominations, for the following positions: Chair (or Co-Chairs) and four Members-at-Large. Descriptions of each position, from the CGC bylaws, are listed below our signatures. All terms are two years and begin on July 1, 2023. Any CGC member in good standing (i.e., membership is current) may stand for election . . . read more
Are you looking for another way to connect with your CGC colleagues between now and the Summer Institute? You’re invited to join the CGC Book Club for Spring 2023! We’ll be reading Vocabulary and Second Language Writing by David Hirsh (2021, University of Michigan Press). Check out the book’s Table of Contents and Introduction to learn more. University of Michigan Press has offered book . . . read more
Call for Proposals Writing Together: Building Social Writing Opportunities for Graduate Students, edited by Rachael Cayley, Fiona Coll, and Daniel Aureliano Newman We seek proposals for contributions to an edited collection titled Writing Together: Building Social Writing Opportunities for Graduate Students. This book will be the first in a new series from the Consortium on . . . read more
The Consortium on Graduate Communication is pleased to announce a new book series with the University of Michigan Press titled “Practice, Pedagogy, and Programming for Graduate Communication.” This series will extend conversations and scholarship in the field of graduate communication support through brief, practitioner-focused volumes. Volumes will include research-based and theorized resources including critical frameworks, innovative program profiles, . . . read more
CGC Summer Institute 2022 Expanding Perspectives in Graduate Communication Virtual | June 14-16, 2022 All proposals are due by February 28, 2022, 11:59 EST NOTE: The deadline for Works-in-Progress Proposals has been extended until Friday, March 25, 2022. Call for Proposals In 2022 we invite the CGC membership to consider “Expanding Perspectives in Graduate Communication” during . . . read more
Shelley Hawthorne Smith, Sedona Heidinger, Alex Kemp1 Most graduate students share one summer goal – to get writing done. While the summer frequently provides writers with more time than during the academic year, summer is also often less structured. The demands and nature of summer increases the need for institutional writing resources for graduate students. . . . read more
How can we work to support the well-being of graduate students, while also strengthening their development as writers and scholars? That was the question over fifty participants sought to discuss when they joined the first CGC Chat on January 29, 2021. Though the immediate context was the ongoing pandemic and all the challenges it poses . . . read more
The Consortium on Graduate Communication is committed to the open dissemination of knowledge across international borders. We believe in the words of Senator William Fulbright that international education is “the strongest force available … to save us from catastrophe.” CGC’s next two events will take place in the United States, a country whose President has . . . read more
Thanks to everyone who came to the business meeting and social event at SSLW in Tempe this last week. Here are a gaggle of CGC folks in a very blurry photo (a reflection of my cell phone not my state of mind!). And for the more academically minded, here are the slides from the workshop . . . read more
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