General Education English’s Annual Celebration of Student Writing

Please consider having your classes participate in MTSU’s Annual Celebration of Student Writing, which will take place in the Student Union Ballroom on Friday, April 18, 2025 from 1:00-3:00 p.m.

Hosted by the General Education English program, this writing exhibition introduces the wider university community to the exciting work happening in English classes by showcasing a wide variety of student writing, from projects developed in first-year writing and second-year literature classes to academic and creative compositions completed by advanced English students.

Instructors are encouraged to ask students to create low-tech and interactive visual presentations (individual or collaborative), such as posters, artifacts, and/or small-scale reenactments (dressing up as a person, character, etc.) so that students might practice writing multimodally and for an audience outside of the classroom. One way to encourage your students to participate in this event is to allow them to present at the Celebration of Student Writing in lieu of taking a Final Exam. It’s also an excellent opportunity for first-year writing students to present their research papers to a new audience!

You can read news coverage of CSW 2024 on the MTSU News website.

Want to see what MTSU’s CSW looks like? Check out this video made by Dr. Eric Detweiler’s students.