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Eloquentia Perfecta

Eloquentia perfecta is one of the chief aims of the Jesuit Liberal arts education. The Writing Center offers participants the chance to develop this Jesuit education ideal that began over 400 years ago. Eloquentia perfecta refers not only to 鈥減erfect speech,鈥� that traditional meaning of correct or elegant speech, but rather to speech which is perfect for the task of acting on the human spirit towards good and just action.

In the Jesuit tradition of working with others to reach a common goal, the 成人头条 Writing Center understands that writing requires input from others. The 成人头条 Writing Center offers consulting for the entire 成人头条 community of writers, including undergraduate and graduate students, as well as faculty and staff.

A Short History of the 成人头条 Writing Center

The current 成人头条 Writing Center is built on important Writing Across the Curriculum initiatives at 成人头条 University in Maryland implemented across the 1980鈥檚 and 1990鈥檚.

To continue 成人头条 faculty and administrators鈥� commitment to writing across the curriculum, a Writing Center Task Force was formed in 1999, and Jennifer Follett joined the college community as interim coordinator of 鈥淭he Write Place,鈥� the LWC鈥檚 pilot peer-consulting program.

In 2002, Cinthia Gannett came to 成人头条 as Director of Writing Across the Curriculum and the 成人头条 Writing Center. A new, three-credit course, Writing Center Theory and Practice, formalized training of undergraduate peer consultants.

Across the next five years, the Writing Center strengthened the services offered to students with the introduction of graduate writing consultants and a senior consulting staff composed of writing department faculty. Each year, the WAC Program and Writing Center has increased the number of workshops for faculty and students offered; expanded one-to-one consulting to meet growing demand; sponsored speakers and other events; and continued action-research projects that not only meet the needs of the 成人头条 community, but also explore the LWC鈥檚 role in the greater Baltimore community and regional, national and international writing centers and WAC communities.

Fall 2007 marked the publication of a customized edition of A Writer鈥檚 Reference, built on the work of the writing center; Writing Department Director of Composition, Peggy O鈥橬eill; and faculty liaisons from every department at 成人头条. At the end of the 2007-2008 academic year, the writing center was sorry to say goodbye to Director Cinthia Gannett and Associate Director Karen Madison.

During the 2010-11 academic year, Lisa Zimmerelli began as Director of the Writing Center. The current staff continues to work with the students, faculty, and staff in the 成人头条 community.