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The University of Minnesota is committed to the policy that all persons shall have equal access to its programs, facilities, and employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, disability, public assistance status, veteran status, or sexual orientation. The Center's primary mission is to improve the quality of undergraduate writing at the University of Minnesota. This speaker series, along with colloquia, faculty development workshops, conferences, publications, and other outreach activities are designed to foster active engagement with issues and topics related to writing among all of the members of the University community. In addition, the Center annually funds research projects by University of Minnesota faculty who study any of the following topics: • curricular reform through writing-intensive instruction • characteristics of writing across the curriculum • connections between writing and learning in all fields • characteristics of writing beyond the academy • effects of ethnicity, class, and gender on writing • the status of writing ability during the college years