Purdy helped organize and publicize the conference while serving an internship with the English Department. Story, assistant director of the Penn State Writing Center, was conference director and, from left, Erica Sterzinger, Susie Waterstreet and Melissa Kowalski served as conference committee chairs and workshop presenters. Students from more than 50 higher education institutions in the United States and several other countries met at Penn State to share their research and scholarship on tutoring programs and practices, writing center administration and the composing process at the 16th annual National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing. The hallmark of this conference is its encouragement of spotlighting undergraduate and graduate peer tutors and putting faculty and staff directors in a supporting role.
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