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    Date: 2/16/98
      Contact:                           Christina Chapple  46

SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA WRITING PROJECT PLANS SUMMER INSTITUTE
     HAMMOND -- The Southeastern Louisiana Writing Project (SLWP) is accepting
applications for its ninth  Invitational Summer Institute on Teaching Writing, June 12-July 14. 
      The institute, which will meet from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Mondays-Thursdays, is designed
for outstanding K-12 faculty from across the curriculum as well as college teachers who want to
improve their teaching of writing.  
     Fifteen to 20 selected teachers will study the teaching of writing and share their own best
teaching practices with each other.  Participants become Summer Fellows at the university and
receive tuition exemption, a $400 stipend, books, and materials as well six hours of graduate
credit in English and Education.  
     Applicants should submit a resume; a brief description of a writing activity used in their
classroom; a letter of nomination from a supervisor or from a member of SLWP, and a page
containing name, address, phone, email and Social Security number as well as school and grade
level where the applicant currently teaches.  
     Applications will be considered until the institute is filled. On-campus interviews will
begin on Saturday, April 1. 
     Applications can be addressed to Richard Louth, director of Southeastern Louisiana
Writing Project, SLU 10327, Hammond, LA 70402. For additional information, call 549-2102 or
2100, or by email rlouth@selu.edu.
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