We are pleased to announce the 2025 Exemplary WAC Program Awards. The Exemplary WAC Program Awards series recognizes the extraordinary achievements of WAC directors and/or administrative teams to establish, maintain, and sustain programs that foster and facilitate exemplary engagement with writing across the curriculum at their institution, as well as institutional commitments to support these achievements. Please join us in celebrating the 2025 winning programs in the following categories:
The 2025 Exemplary Emerging WAC Program (1-5 years) is
Writing@UW
Megan Callow, Director of Writing
The 2025 Emerging Exemplary WAC Program, Writing@UW, is conducting thoughtful, intentional, and fruitful work at the University of Washington Seattle. In its first three years, this program has already fostered both micro- and macro-level engagements across its university system. The formations of the cross-campus and cross-disciplinary Writing Board and the Faculty Fellowship program demonstrate the program’s robust collaborative efforts, while the Writing Pathways website showcases the program’s commitment to equity and agency by allowing all students to explore their own writing journeys and direct their own placement in their writing education. This is a program that is addressing writing needs for faculty, administration, and students.
This year, the committee decided to honor two Exemplary Enduring WAC Programs (11+ years).
One 2025 Exemplary Enduring WAC Program is
University Writing (UW) at Auburn
Christsopher Basgier, Director of University Writing
This program has exemplified what it means for a WAC program to evolve and deepen over time. Founded in 2010 and now in its second phase of leadership, the program is thoroughly embedded in the university’s academic fabric, offering a model of writing as a unifying force in the undergraduate and graduate experience. University Writing not only supports student writing and faculty development across disciplines, but also actively engages with contemporary issues affecting higher education—equity, wellbeing, GenAI, and multimodal literacy. With this award, we celebrate the program’s commitment to compassion, communication, and institutional change through writing.
The other 2025 Exemplary Enduring WAC Program is
University of Saint Thomas Writing Across the Curriculum Program
Erika Scheurer, Program Director
The University of St. Thomas’s WAC program has demonstrated thoughtful, intentional leadership throughout its long history. In addition to scaffolding writing instruction throughout the curriculum in an innovative way that facilitates learning generally and disciplinarily, the support for faculty in preparing them for the work of guiding students in writing intensive courses is noteworthy. Indeed, with this program we see deep faculty engagement as evidenced by their participation in a five-day development program and the sheer number of courses designated as WAC-related. Additionally, the Committee was impressed by the 10-year strategic and assessment plans in place that provide a clear pathway forward and regular feedback to the program. Such plans will allow the program to evolve over time to respond effectively to the needs of its stakeholders.
Each of the winning programs exemplifies the principles and best practices of writing across the curriculum, demonstrating commitment to the field’s scholarship and models as well as innovation as they respond to their local contexts. In addition, this year’s winners are deeply integrated into their colleges and universities. They leverage shared priorities and strong partnerships, dialogue and collaboration, critical and creative thinking to advance a comprehensive approach to supporting writing instruction and writers across the campus community. Ultimately, these three programs excel at building learning experiences, developing new knowledge, establishing student-centered practices, and working with faculty across interests and expertise while creating or sustaining a culture of change around writing
You can view program profiles for the award-winning programs here: