Register for Spring Community-Engaged Scholarship Writing Retreat 2025

  • Location: In Person OR Zoom
  • Date: Monday, March 3, 2025 - Wednesday, March 5, 2025
  • Registration Deadline: Sunday, March 2, 2025
Attention: Faculty, Extension and Academic Staff, Post-Docs, and Graduate Students

Thinking about new writing and publishing goals in 2025? Feeling unsure of how to make time for writing or feeling a bit stretched thin by your commitments? Then, this three-day writing retreat is for you!

Choose how to participate. You may participate Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday—register for one or all of the days. You can choose between in-person and virtual options; you can also go between formats. In-person writers can choose between quiet and collaborative/chatty writing spaces.

Throughout the retreat, there will be daily check-ins, check-outs, and when needed, consultations with staff from The Writing Center and University Outreach and Engagement. Connections will intentionally be built among the writers, so that even while you are writing your own pieces, you will feel like you are part of a supportive community.

Expectations:

You are expected to already have a writing project in mind and to bring along your own laptop, power cord, and writing materials. As much as possible, please try to protect this writing time. Past participants have cleared their schedules, put an out-of-office notice on their emails, and let their colleagues know that they will be busy those days.

Schedule:

The spring writing retreat will take place during the first three days of MSU spring break, March 3, 4 & 5, 2025. Each day at 9:00 a.m. will start with group check-in, including introductions and goal-setting. A check-out will take place each day at 3:00 p.m. For in-person Brody participants, the Writing Retreat includes free breakfast, lunch, and coffee/tea/drinks. 

Cost/Location:

  • $30/per day for in-person attendees
  • Free for virtual attendees - Use group code 5C6M2B86EX92TPWG5MT6 when selecting payment below 

Optional:

For those who would like to make it an overnight retreat, you are invited to call the on campus Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center at (517) 432-4000, on your own to make those arrangements.

Co-sponsored by: University Outreach and Engagement, Office for Faculty and Staff Professional Development, The Graduate School, The Writing Center
Personal Information

Special Accommodations

If you require any special accommodations, please note them in the box below. We will do our best to comply with requests made by 3/2/2025. Requests made after that time will be accommodated if time and facilities permit.


Additional Questions

Please let us know which day(s) you plan on attending:

This event needs additional information from you. Each question is required. Please select an option for the following question(s):
  • Are you attending in-person or virtual?
Registration Options

If you have a group code, please enter it here (OR choose an item below from the Payment Options).

Payment Options:

Only select the option(s) that apply to yourself; you cannot register or pay for additional people.

  • ($30.00)
  • ($60.00)
  • ($90.00)

Your group rate will be displayed on the next page.

Event Information

For more information about this event, please contact:

Julie Crowgey

crowgeyj@msu.edu
517‑353‑8977

crowgeyj@msu.edu
517‑353‑8977