The Writing Across the Curriculum Teaching and Learning Circle will meet on Wednesday, March 2 at 3:30 p.m. in the Poetry Room of the Maes Building. Circle Facilitator Melissa Hudler reports that the topic of discussion will be the recent article that appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education concerning the writing abilities of students at 10 universities in Texas. You can check out the original article on the February 9 blog entry below. Are you concerned that your students may not be retaining anything you have taught them? You might want to try what David Head did in his class at UCF. On each of the final exams he has given over the past three semesters he included the following question, worth one point of extra credit: "What one thing from the course did you find most memorable? Explain why." The responses he received were very surprising. Dr. Rebecca Cox is set to visit LU on April 15. The Center has purchased two copies of her book The College Fear Factor: How students and professors misunderstand one another. If you would like to borrow a copy, please contact the Center. We encourage you to use the data she gathered in her longitudinal study, all included in the book, to jump start conversations in your classroom. Dr. Cox plans to hold a session for faculty as well as one for students when she visits. We hope you have noticed the flyer in your mailbox announcing the three sessions to be delivered by Dr. Bob Noyd on March 23. We were careful to schedule the interactive workshops to coincide with the class schedule for your convenience.