Brooks College Faculty & Staff Writing Retreat

Wednesday, May 6, 2026
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Allendale Campus
Faculty, Staff

Structured as writing time with opportunities for individualized feedback, these 5-day retreats are an opportunity for faculty and staff to make extraordinary progress on a long writing project -- or several shorter ones. Writing center representatives will facilitate the retreats and be available to provide feedback to participants. This May retreat is sponsored by Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies; we welcome all faculty and staff that are interested in joining us, however, priority will be first given to those in Brooks College.

We'll provide a work station, light snacks, and plenty of coffee and tea; you bring the materials you'll need to be productive on your writing project and your own laptop.
Patrick Johnson, Director of the Writing Center, and/or Lindsay Ellis, Director of Writing Across the Curriculum, will be on hand to provide feedback if you'd like a personal consultation about your project.

This event is recurring on Monday, May 4, 2026, Tuesday, May 5, 2026, Thursday, May 7, 2026 and Friday, May 8, 2026.

Location Information

120 Lake Ontario Hall

Download parking map for the Allendale Campus

Contact Information

Patrick Johnson, Writing Center Director

[email protected]

616-331-8077

Hosting Department, Organization, or Business

Fred Meijer Center for Writing and Michigan Authors

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This event was added to the calendar by Meredith Fedewa (fedewame@gvsu.edu) on Tuesday, March 3, 2026 and was last updated on Wednesday, March 4, 2026 at 11:45 a.m.