The University Writing Program's "Prized Writing" contains work from students across campus. The cover was created by Kristen Shih, a fourth-year design and cinema and digital media double major.&nbsp ...

Ashley Wiersma is a doctoral candidate in the department of history at Michigan State University. You can follow her on twitter at @throughthe_veil. As we prepare for a new school year, many of us ...

A colleague tells the following story. A student in an undergraduate course recently submitted a truly first-rate term paper. In form, it was extremely well crafted, exhibiting a level of writing far ...