Friday, March 6, 2026

The Barnard Writing and Speaking Center is Open!



Hello First-Years!


We are excited to announce that the Writing and Speaking Center is open! Now, you can begin scheduling appointments to meet with our fellows.


The Center is here to support you at any stage of your writing or speaking projects—whether you’re brainstorming, drafting, revising, or preparing a presentation!


Writing Fellows are generous and critical readers who ask questions to help writers clarify, explain, expand, and explore their writing. We believe–and our practice reflects–that every piece a writer brings us belongs to the voice of the writer. We are active and interested observers. 


Speaking Fellows are trained peers who support students in all speaking-related projects and processes. This includes helping students overcome fears about speaking in public, preparing for presentations, facilitating or participating in classroom discussions, and more!


Science Writing Fellows are a subset of the Writing Fellows program. They support all students in developing tools to describe and interpret data, use scientific language clearly and concisely, and blend the skills learned in humanities classes with scientific ones. 


Creative Writing Fellows are a new subset of the Writing Fellows program. They support students working on creative writing of any form at any stage –brainstorming, revising, editing, receiving feedback, and more!


All fellows can work with all types of writing and students. You can make an appointment here


We look forward to working with you this semester!


Sincerely,


Pam Cobrin (pcobrin@barnard.edu)

Director, Barnard Writing Fellows Program


Daniela Kempf (dkempf@barnard.edu)

Associate Director, Barnard Speaking Program


Alex Watson (awatson@barnard.edu)

Associate Director, Barnard Writing Fellows Program


Diya Reddy (dkr2126@barnard.edu)

Program Administrator, Barnard Writing and Speaking Programs


Maisha Alam (malam@barnard.edu)

Science Fellow Coordinator, Barnard Writing Fellows Program

Honor Board Application and Tabling!

Hello First-Years!

Please see the flyer down below if you are interested in applying to join the Honor Board for the 2026-2027 academic year! You can find the application form here. The deadline to apply is Friday, March 27th by 11:59PM

There will be an Honor Board Recruitment Tabling taking place next week on Wednesday, March 11th from 2PM-4PM and Thursday, March 12th from 12PM-2PM in the Diana Center Lobby. If you have time next week, please feel free to stop by the table and say hi!