Writing Program

Please support at-risk ELWR students as well as their peer tutors who learn valuable pedagogical skills that will serve them as future educators. The Writing Program 's new peer mentoring model is autonomous, and therefore, even the most modest contributions are appreciated.

If you would like to learn more about how to support the Writing Program at UC Santa Cruz, please contact:

Suzanne Willis Deborah Claesgens
Director of Development, Humanities Division Assistant Director of Development, Humanities Division
(831) 459-4713 (831) 459-5742

Humanities Don Rothman Writing Award

The Humanities Don Rothman Writing Award is the only award presented to first-year UCSC students. The award celebrates young student scholars, and continues Don Rothman's legacy of honoring exemplary first-year academic prose and promoting the essentiality of literacy and democracy.

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