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First-Year Writing Briefs


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FYW’s informational briefs are designed to showcase some of the activities, highlights, and approaches of the program, its faculty and students, and their writing:

April 2023 (volume 1, issue 1): The First-Year Writing Program
May 2023 (volume 1, issue 2): Writing and Reflecting
August 2023 (volume 1, issue 3): FYW, MSU 2030, and the 2030 Boyer Report: Resonances and Student Success
October 2023 (volume 1, issue 4): The Disciplinary and Professional Literacies Project

January 2024 (volume 2, issue 1): Our Community of Teacher-Scholars
March 2024 (volume 2, issue 2): The First-Year Writing Conference
October 2024 (volume 3, issue 1): Cultivating AI Literacy in First-Year Writing

February 2025 (volume 3, issue 2): First-Year Writing: A Foundation for Student Success
April 2025 (volume 3, issue 3): Storytelling in First-Year Writing: The Red Cedar Stories Project

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