Welcome to HokiesWrite.com, an online resource for faculty, students, and others who share an interest in Virginia Tech’s University Writing Program. The program’s leadership team, in consultation with the University Writing Program Committee, program instructional faculty, and the Department of English, curate this site with the goal of giving visibility and circulation to the best of what the program has to offer. Each year, the University Writing Program provides instruction, guidance, and support to nearly 7,600 Hokies in 380 sections of ENGL1105 and ENGL1106, a foundational two-course sequence designed to orient one and all to effective writing practices in and beyond the university.
Latest Entries
- October 2025 UWP Announcements
- September 2025 UWP Announcements
- Resources Spotlight: ENGL 1105 Pedagogical Materials by Abigail Robinson and Katie Long
- May 2025 UWP Announcements
- Featured Blog Post: “Embodied Standpoint Literacy: A Critical and Relational Practice of Shared Spaces and Struggles” by Temitope Ojedele-Adejumo
- March & April 2025 UWP Announcements
- February 2025 UWP Announcements
Initiatives and Points of Pride
- Antiracist Teaching Resources
- Hokies Spotlight: Faculty and GTA Accomplishments
- University Writing Program Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statement
- University Writing Program Educational Technologies for Writing Instruction Statement
- Distinguished Student Writing
- 2023 Outstanding Teaching Portfolios
- University Writing Program (UWP) Doctoral Fellowship
We’re continuously updating HokiesWrite.com with materials we think will be helpful and informative for instructors, students, staff and administrators, alumni, and colleagues at other universities. Our updates aspire to be responsive to you, so if there is something you would like to see added or a particular question you have that is not addressed here–yet!–we hope you’ll consider reaching out via email to jmengert -AT- vt.edu.