Writing and Rhetoric
The Writing and Rhetoric program approaches writing as both art and craft. The program guides students to refine their talent for analysis and argument, learn to express their own ideas in creative ways, sharpen their sense of audience, and pay close attention to the details of grammar and style.
Writing and Rhetoric News
Abadsidis ’96 to Address LGBTQ+ Resource Center Opening
Savas Abadsidis ’96 — the managing editor for Retrograde Communications, which produces content for the country’s top LGBTQ+ publications — will return to campus on Monday, Sept. 4, to deliver…
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Celebrating First-Year Writing
Celebrating excellent first-year writing at Hobart and William Smith, the Writing Colleagues Program and Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) presented the fifth annual First-Year Writing Prize in the Blackwell…
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D’Agata ’95 is next Trias Writer-in-Residence
This fall, John D’Agata ’95 will return to Hobart and William Smith Colleges as the 2017-18 Trias Writer-in Residence. D’Agata, professor of English and director of the Nonfiction Writing Program…
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Seneca Review Released, Book Contest Announced
The TRIAS writer-in-residence program and the Seneca Review have launched the Deborah Tall Lyric Essay Book Contest, a biennial book series supporting innovative work in the essay form and named for…
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Tenure for 16 HWS Faculty Members
The Hobart and William Smith Colleges Board of Trustees, upon recommendation of President Mark D. Gearan, approved tenure and promotion to the rank of Associate Professor to 16 faculty members.…
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