“Rams Write” is the slogan adopted for the university’s “Writing in the Major” campaign to improve student writing.
Writing in the Major is the topic the university chose for its Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP). WSSU is preparing for its decennial Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) accreditation review. The accreditation process involves the preparation and submission of a Compliance Certification report and the development and submission of a plan to improve student learning: the QEP. The Rams Write campaign is an effort to familiarize everyone on campus with this initiative prior to the SACS reaffirmation visit scheduled March 23-25, 2010.
The goal of the five-year project is to improve the writing proficiency of students who are enrolled in junior- and senior-level courses in the majors. A host of forums have been held to familiarize faculty, staff and students with the concept. Each forum discussed the project, student learning outcomes, and proposed interventions that will be implemented for students and faculty designed to improve student writing proficiency.
Through the use of a holistic writing rubric, eight to ten randomly selected junior and senior papers from each major will be analyzed and scored to determine the writing proficiency of those students. The papers will be rated across disciplines by a select team of scorers in early spring 2010.
You will start to see pens, fliers, buttons, T-shirts and more imprinted with Rams Write around campus. If someone asks you what Rams Write means, you will know that it is an initiative to improve student learning through writing in the major.
