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Why Community Writing in the Program in Writing and Rhetoric?

Thought without practice is empty, practice without thought is blind. --Kwame Nkrumah, former president of Ghana

The Community Writing Project within the Program of Writing and Rhetoric is one of the oldest service-learning programs in writing and rhetoric in the nation. Students in CWP sections research and produce written, spoken, visual, and/or multimedia projects that directly benefit area non-profit or governmental agencies with which they work. The project gives students opportunities to work outside an academic setting in rhetorical situations of practical consequence; ultimately, their work will reach audiences beyond their teachers and serve tangible purposes for community audiences as well as for students themselves.

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The hyphen in service-learning is critical in that it symbolizes the symbiotic relationship between service and learning. --Barbara Jacoby, "Service-Learning in Today's Higher Education" in Service-Learning in Higher Education: Concepts and Practices. Copyright 1996 by Jossey-Bass, Inc,. Publishers