AUK Writing Center Attends Conference in Qatar

The Writing Center at the American University of Kuwait (AUK), participated in the Middle East and North Africa Writing Center Alliance (MENAWCA) Conference in Doha, Qatar, on Nov. 15 - 17, which was hosted by the College of the North Atlantic in Doha, Qatar.

Dr. Mary Queen, Writing Center Director, Hanouf Al-Juhail, Senior Staff & Academic Liaison Officer, and Dilara Hafiz, Staff Writing Consultant represented the AUK Writing Center at the conference. Their presentation, entitled "De-Centering Writing at the University," focused on strategies for developing the Writing Center's services to the University community and featured video clips of AUK faculty & staff, which encouraged lively audience participation.

The MENAWCA annual conference attracts representatives from the leading Writing Centers around the world. The 2012 Doha Conference registered over 400 attendees, mainly from the MENA region, but also from as far away as Australia, Sri Lanka, and England. This year's theme was 'Creating a Culture of Writing' - a topic which the AUK Writing Center expanded upon in their presentation.

The AUK Writing Center opened its doors on October 10, 2005. Staffed by a full-time Director, both full-time and part-time writing specialists, and AUK student consultants selected for their outstanding language abilities, the Writing Center offers 30-minute one-to-one consulting sessions as well as classroom workshops and faculty outreach. The Writing Center is a place where students, staff, and faculty explore ideas through the written word. In 2009, the Center expanded its services to include Arabic-language writing support.

Released by the Office of Public Affairs on the 5th December 2012