2010 Awards - Congratulations!!!

The SWCA Awards Committee, comprised of Shanti Bruce, Rusty Carpenter, and Michael Pemberton, is pleased to announce the winners. The committee received many excellent proposals and was heartened to see so much good work going on among tutors and directors. The committee wishes to congratulate all of the nominees.

SWCA Tutor Award Winner: Denise Pichardo

Ms. Pichardo is a Professional Writing and Religious Studies major at

St. Thomas University in Miami Gardens, FL. In addition to tutoring and

providing leadership in her university center, Ms. Pichardo is founder and

co-coordinator of a satellite writing center at an urban high school. She

was a curator for NCTE's National Day on Writing, she is a regular

contributor to PeerCentered, and she has presented at writing center

conferences.

SWCA Achievement Award Winner: Kate Pantelides

Ms. Pantelides is a doctoral student studying composition and rhetoric at

the University of South Florida. As director of the University Writing Center,

Ms. Pantelides has transformed her center from an English department

specific, one-room operation to a thriving, library-based, university-wide

endeavor. She organized and chaired the Florida Regional Writing Center

Conference in April 2008. She directed centers at two previous institutions,

and she has presented at numerous writing center conferences.

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