Lauren (et. al.), I agree wholeheartedly with your statements. I think that taking the time to have PW students send something off for publication would be wonderful. I also think a class in grant writing would be a good idea. We have to make money somehow while we're writing the Great American Novel. Internships. Wow. My eyes go all dreamy at the thought of them. I think, in general, dissemination of information within the PW program could use a boost. Speaking of which, I've recently become acquainted with gather.com. If you are a member of the Borders books link (is that what it's called? I'm new at this...) you will learn about contests and other fun things for writers. Recently, there was a short story contest and a First Three Chapters contest (which happens over and over again). Anyway, there's a little writing tidbit for ya. --Jocelyn On May 16, 2007, at 3:14 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote: > Dear Will Prescott, > > As a result of some of my frustrations with my PW Capstone class > this semester, I talked with some fellow students and drew up some > consensus opinions about what undergraduate students need in a > capstone course. I talked to the dean informally instead of > presenting the list, but I thought I would offer it to you if it > helps.