Join us the first Friday of each month for Faculty Fridays! This event offers dedicated time for you to make progress on writing projects alongside a community of fellow GVSU Faculty and Staff Writers. This free event is held from 12:00pm-4:00pm at the Lemmen Library on the Valley Campus, and coffee is provided. 

Our upcoming Faculty Friday dates for Fall 2026 are: 

• September 4th
• October 2nd
• November 6th
• December 4th

Meet with a small group of your colleagues from across campus to share drafts of your writing for feedback. For more information, feel free to contact us with your questions and/or requests. 

Click here to view our Scholarly Writing Initiatives for Faculty & Staff flier for details. 

Please note that Faculty & Staff Writing Retreats are currently paused. For additional writing support, please visit the Pew Faculty Teaching and Learning Center site.

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. 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, will be on hand to provide feedback if you'd like a personal consultation about your project.

And here are some links to great pieces about writing as a faculty member:

• "Retreating Into the Center: Supporting Faculty and Staff as Writers," by Ellen Schendel, published in Writing Lab Newsletter.
• "Writing Group as Sanctuary," by Lisa Botshon and Eve Raimon, published in Chronicle of Higher Education.