Writer's union has creative juices flowing once again
Sacsha Maccoux
Issue date: 11/5/09 Section: Life
There are hundreds of student organizations on campus, and now one more can be added to the list. The Writer's Union is back, after being MIA for several years, at UW-Green Bay.
The Writer's Union is a student-run organization that meets to discuss readings, poetry and collaborate ideas. There are approximately 40 members in the org and the number is said to likely grow. Students do not have to be English majors or be enrolled in any writing classes to be a member of the Writer's Union.
This group is tailored for anyone who enjoys writing creatively, reading others' work or needing tips on becoming a better writer. English professor Rebecca Meacham is the adviser for the organization. She advised the Writer's Union in 2002 briefly, and then English professor Brian Sutton took over advising for a year or two until it went defunct.
Travis Bohn, a sophomore English major, is the president. Bohn has high expectations for the Writer's Union to become a popular organization on campus.
"We haven't really done anything yet, but we are planning on doing workshops, poetry readings and fiction and nonfiction stuff," Bohn said.
To recruit members, Bohn has spoken to several classes across campus and told students about plans in the works for the Writer's Union.
Bohn said approximately 90 percent of the members have probably come from these classes.
Becoming the president of the organization wasn't something Bohn had planned. Meacham told Bohn to look into the organization to learn more about it even though Bohn said Meacham knew it didn't exist on campus anymore.
"I think she planned it all along," Bohn said.
A meeting place and time still haven't been set in stone yet for the Writer's Union. The group may end up meeting once a week and the goal of the organization, according to Bohn, is simple.
"We want to create a community of creative writers to get together and just see what happens," he said.
There is talk about possibly opening the organization to members of the community, mainly alumni. This would give people who aren't enrolled in classes anymore the opportunity to get their creative juices flowing and produce quality writing pieces. It would add variety to the group and different viewpoints. There are a couple of loopholes to get through before that can happen though.
One goal of the Writer's Union is to attend a writing conference in Washington, D.C., later this year. Funds and necessary permission from the university is still pending.
The Writer's Union is open to any student at UWGB and is a place to let imagination run wild, learn new things and be a part of a group of creative thinkers. When asked if there was anything else students should know about the Writer's Union, Bohn said, "Basically, they should know that this group is going to be the greatest student org ever."
The Writer's Union is a student-run organization that meets to discuss readings, poetry and collaborate ideas. There are approximately 40 members in the org and the number is said to likely grow. Students do not have to be English majors or be enrolled in any writing classes to be a member of the Writer's Union.
This group is tailored for anyone who enjoys writing creatively, reading others' work or needing tips on becoming a better writer. English professor Rebecca Meacham is the adviser for the organization. She advised the Writer's Union in 2002 briefly, and then English professor Brian Sutton took over advising for a year or two until it went defunct.
Travis Bohn, a sophomore English major, is the president. Bohn has high expectations for the Writer's Union to become a popular organization on campus.
"We haven't really done anything yet, but we are planning on doing workshops, poetry readings and fiction and nonfiction stuff," Bohn said.
To recruit members, Bohn has spoken to several classes across campus and told students about plans in the works for the Writer's Union.
Bohn said approximately 90 percent of the members have probably come from these classes.
Becoming the president of the organization wasn't something Bohn had planned. Meacham told Bohn to look into the organization to learn more about it even though Bohn said Meacham knew it didn't exist on campus anymore.
"I think she planned it all along," Bohn said.
A meeting place and time still haven't been set in stone yet for the Writer's Union. The group may end up meeting once a week and the goal of the organization, according to Bohn, is simple.
"We want to create a community of creative writers to get together and just see what happens," he said.
There is talk about possibly opening the organization to members of the community, mainly alumni. This would give people who aren't enrolled in classes anymore the opportunity to get their creative juices flowing and produce quality writing pieces. It would add variety to the group and different viewpoints. There are a couple of loopholes to get through before that can happen though.
One goal of the Writer's Union is to attend a writing conference in Washington, D.C., later this year. Funds and necessary permission from the university is still pending.
The Writer's Union is open to any student at UWGB and is a place to let imagination run wild, learn new things and be a part of a group of creative thinkers. When asked if there was anything else students should know about the Writer's Union, Bohn said, "Basically, they should know that this group is going to be the greatest student org ever."
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