1) The document provides statistics on the demographics of students who use the Writing Center at Savannah College of Art and Design, including that 64% are undergraduate and 14% are graduate students, with the top five majors being graphic design, film and television, architecture, and animation. 2) It also shows that 70% of Writing Center users are native English speakers while 30% are non-native, with the top five countries represented being South Korea, Taiwan, China, India, and Japan. 3) The library and Writing Center collaborate through bibliographic instruction sessions, graduate workshops, class instruction, and cross-department referrals to serve both undergraduate and graduate students.

1. 1/30/2009
Ann
Kardos
Reference
Librarian
Savannah
College of Art
and Design
Savannah,
Savannah GA
Jennifer
Peper
Addressing Diversity
Director of the
Writing Center
through Collaboration:
Perspectives from a
Library and Writing Center
A presentation for the 2009 Student Success in First-Year Composition Conference
Classification
Students by Degree
(Writing Center Users) Graduates 502
BA BFA MA MFA MARCH
3% 1% Seniors 182
Juniors 203
18%
Sophomores 197
14%
Freshmen 108
64%
Total Undergraduates: 690
Total Graduates: 502
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Language
GRDS Native English Speaker Non-Native English Speaker
FILM 30%
ARCH
70%
ANIM
/ INDS
Top 5 Majors: Top 5 Countries Represented:
1) Graphic Design (136 students) 1) South Korea (74 students)
2) Film and Television (88 students) 2) Taiwan (71 students)
3) Architecture (79 students) 3) China (35 students)
4) (tie) Animation (76 students) 4) India (20 students)
4) (tie) Interior Design (76 students) 5) Japan (15 students)
(Writing Center Users) (Writing Center Users)
Bibliographic Instruction Sessions
Graduate Workshops First Year Experience
for Undergraduates
• 11 workshops • 100 sections
(Reference)
Fall Winter
(36) (29)
Library and
Writing Center
Collaboration
Class Instruction Cross Department Referrals
• 10 classes • approximately 25-50 students each
quarter through consultations
• 2 composition
• direct students to department
• 7 art history Spring
website in class instruction
Summer
• 1 fashion
(26)
sessions
(9)
Foundation Courses (predominantly first year students)
English: 25 classes
Speech: 37 classes
Art History: 12 classes
Approximately 70% of all BI sessions throughout the year are for
first year students in foundations courses.
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