The Flight of the Purdue OWL An Institutional History
Language: English
Published by Purdue Scholarly Publishing Services, 2026
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- Title
- The Flight of the Purdue OWL An Institutional History
- Author
- Denny, Harry C. Kennell, Vicki R. Colon, Garrett I.
- Publisher
- Purdue Scholarly Publishing Services
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- Brand New
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- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1626713545
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- 9781626713543
- Item weight
- 0.37 kilograms
The Flight of the Purdue OWL: An Institutional History chronicles both the widely known Purdue OWL website and the lesser-known but much-celebrated on-campus writing center. Purdue University is renowned for its world-class STEM curriculum as well as its intercollegiate athletics. The university also receives considerable attention, however, for the OWL website, which is one of the most used educational resources in the world. The on-campus OWL is also a highly regarded collegiate writing center. This book tells the history of how the Purdue OWL grew out of decades of faculty working with students and their desire for a laboratory where innovative teaching (and later technology) could foster better written communication.
The authors draw from archival material, interviews with former staff, and personal experience as directors of the OWL to describe the events and principles that undergirded the OWL's development from a small, one-room operation to a multilocation physical plant and a popular online writing resource. Chapters cover key moments during the tenure of the various directors, foundational principles of group programming that waxed and waned over time, the development of shared resources from mailed paper brochures to website offerings, insights into what consultants carry with them into the real world when they graduate, and an exploration of big-data research that has been a more recent innovation in the OWL's history. Alongside these chapters, interchapters feature images that share the story of clients, consultants, and programs from the early days to the current moment. For a campus that prides itself on small steps leading to giant leaps related to innovation, the Purdue OWL maintains that tradition and strives to lead through its practices, research, and impact on the world.
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About the Author
Vicki R. Kennell is associate director for graduate and multilingual education at the Purdue OWL. In this role, she mentors graduate consultants and develops programming for graduate writers across campus. Her recent work in this field appears in the edited collection Writing Together: Building Social Writing Opportunities for Graduate Students.
Garrett I. Colón is associate director of Purdue OWL in Indianapolis. In supervising the daily operations of the OWL's first urban campus location, he primarily mentors undergraduate and graduate consultants, and collaborates with staff and faculty to develop a variety of writing workshops.
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