Dear CWPA Members:
Happy New Year! Here's hoping for a brighter, gentler 2026.
Here are the updates we’ll be covering in this monthly message:
We are pleased to share that registration is now open for the CWPA Summer Workshop, which will be held in-person this July 20-22, 2026, in Laramie, Wyoming. Our facilitators will be
Registration is $675 for CWPA members or $750 for nonmembers and includes the following:
Additionally, save the date for our national conference: July 23-25, 2026. This will also take place in-person in Laramie, Wyoming, to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the historic 1986 Wyoming Conference Resolution!
See the CFP here: https://www.wpacouncil.org/aws/CWPA/pt/sp/conference_home_page
We are accepting proposals now and hope to hear from you!
We are in the process of adding CWPA virtual events spring. View upcoming events and register here: https://www.wpacouncil.org/aws/CWPA/pt/sp/events
February 13: Crafting Your WPA Identity in Tenure and Promotion Documents
How would you describe a platypus? In some ways, that’s what WPAs are in our institutions. We are administrators–sort of, and we are regular faculty–sort of. This workshop focuses on helping you to think about how you account for your work as a WPA within the context of your institution’s tenure and promotion guidelines. While we think this workshop will be immediately helpful for folks going up for tenure and promotion in the near future, we want folks at any stage of their career (from early tenure-track to grad students) to feel welcome. It’s never too early to start thinking about how we present our work to others in our institutions.
Thank you for voting in our Special Fall Elections! We were thrilled to see so many wonderful candidates expressing interest in guiding the future of CWPA. We are pleased to welcome three new members to CWPA’s Executive Board:
Their term officially begins this month! Welcome!
Thank you for being a part of CWPA, and we hope to see you soon,
Erin Lehman, CWPA President
David Green, CWPA Vice President
Kelly Blewett, Immediate Past President of CWPA
Amanda Presswood, CWPA Secretary
Christal Seahorn, CWPA Treasurer