Experience a unique, one-week (August 4-9, 2019) field experience at CMU’s Biological Station on Beaver Island of Lake Michigan. Registration costs for this experience — including ferry service to and from the island, room and board at the… Read moreAnnouncing Our 2019 Beaver Island Institute
Central Michigan University and Mt. Pleasant Public Schools invite you to participate in a one-of-a-kind professional development experience as a member of the Chippewa River Writing Project, CMU’s site of the National Writing Project. Consisting of… Read more2018 CRWP Teacher Leadership Institute
Experience a unique, one-week (August 12-17, 2018) field experience at CMU’s Biological Station on Beaver Island of Lake Michigan. Valued at nearly $1000 per participant, this program is generously sponsored by the Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow… Read moreAnnouncing Our 2018 Beaver Island Institute
“Academic writing … calls upon writers not to simply express their own ideas, but to do so as a response to what others have said.” The Chippewa River Writing Project invites you to a conversation with… Read moreOpen Talk from Authors of “They Say/I Say” – August 25, 2017
The Chippewa River Writing Project aims to provide youth and fellow community members with unique opportunities to write and learn about themselves as writers. This summer, we are pleased to offer four different camp opportunities, two on CMU’s… Read moreAnnouncing Our 2017 Youth Camps
The Chippewa River Writing Project aims to provide youth and fellow community members with unique opportunities to write and learn about themselves as writers. Join us for our second annual Manuscript Day – Saturday, April 22, 2017…. Read moreAnnouncing Manuscript Day 2017
The deadline for Beaver Island Institute Applications has been extended for teachers from the Great Lakes Bay Region of Michigan: Arenac, Bay, Clare, Gladwin, Gratiot, Isabella, Midland and Saginaw counties. ELA and Science teachers from this… Read moreAnnouncing Our 2017 Beaver Island Institute
Please join us for a free professional development event on Thursday, September 29, from 5:00 to 7:00 PM, in 314 Anspach Hall as Dr. Kristen Hawley Turner and Dr. Troy Hicks present “Argument in the Real World.”… Read moreUpcoming Presentation: Argument in the Real World
Experience a unique, one-week (August 14 – 19, 2016) field experience at CMU’s Biological Station on Beaver Island of Lake Michigan. Study ecosystems, technology, and strategies for integrating reading, writing, critical thinking into the classroom. Working in pairs or… Read moreAnnouncing Our 2016 Beaver Island PD Institute
Between 2005-2012, we held a couple of Dinner and Dialogue gatherings each semester in order to facilitate communication and conversation between the secondary and post-secondary English teachers. The events were organized and paid for by Central… Read moreDinner and Dialogue Returns!