02/06/2026

February 2026 Update for CWPA Members

Dear CWPA Members:

Now that semesters are in full swing, we hope you are doing well. 

Here are the updates we’ll be covering in this monthly message:

• Connecting in Cleveland at CCCCs
• CWPA Conference Survey
• CWPA Summer Workshop
• Upcoming Virtual Session

Connecting in Cleveland at CCCCs

We would love to connect with you at CCCCs, March 4-7, 2026. Below are some times we are available at the on-site CCCCs convention: 

• CWPA has a booth in the Action Hub and will be available Thursday (10am-6pm ET), Friday (10am-5pm ET), and Saturday (10am-2pm ET). Stop by for a conversation, information, and some fun, limited edition stickers.
• CWPA will be presenting organizational updates on Saturday, March 7, 8-9:15am ET, in Room 26A of the Huntington Convention Center. Join us for this interactive session! 

CWPA Conference Survey

CWPA is excited to host an in-person conference in Laramie, Wyoming, in honor of the 40th anniversary of the Wyoming Resolution. We understand that getting to Laramie may be difficult, and we're hoping to gauge how many folks are planning to attend so that we can better plan.

Please take a minute to complete this quick, 2-question survey: Query for CWPA 2026 Conference in Laramie, Wyoming - Google Forms

We are accepting proposals for our national conference now! See the CFP here: https://www.wpacouncil.org/aws/CWPA/pt/sp/conference_home_page

CWPA Summer Workshop

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

• Michelle Bachelor Robinson, Spelman College
• Darci Thoune, University of Wisconsin - LaCrosse

Registration is $675 for CWPA members or $750 for nonmembers and includes the following: 

• Three-day workshop in Laramie, Wyoming
• Workshop materials
  
• Meals
  • Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday: Breakfast and Lunch
  • Wednesday Dinner
• A fall 2026 virtual follow-up meeting with workshop facilitators

Upcoming Virtual Session

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.

• Facilitators: Jacob Babb and Darci Thoune
• Date and time: 2/13, 90 minutes, 2:00-3:30pm ET
• Meeting platform: Zoom
• Cost to members: Free for members

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