5th Annual Professional Writing Minor Capstone Seminar Colloquium

Join us for the 5th Annual Professional Writing Minor Capstone Seminar Colloquium!

Dates/Times/Location

Tuesday, May 19 – Thursday, May 21 in 126A Kaplan Hall
Tuesday, 2 to 4:45 pm
Wednesday, 9 to 10:45 am and 1 to 3:45 pm
Thursday, 9 am to 1:45 pm and 3 to 3:45 pm

The full panel schedule is available here.

About the Colloquium

UCLA Writing Programs and the Department of English are thrilled to invite you to our fifth annual Professional Writing Minor Capstone Seminar Colloquium, organized as part of Undergraduate Research Week 2026. In a series of 45-minute panels across three days, students from the Professional Writing Minor will present an exciting array of capstone seminar projects. Fifty-six students will present on a rich diversity of topics that exemplify the range, depth, and individualized paths possible within the Professional Writing Minor. From astronaut hearts to queer horror, birthright citizenship to Los Angeles nightlife, students from diverse majors will share their original work in a range of genres including memoirs, websites, zines, research articles, and more. The colloquium is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served, and a short Q&A will follow each panel. Friends, family, faculty, staff, and students are welcome to attend. Join us to experience writing as an act of both communication and exploration as these emerging writers and soon-to-be graduates share their insights and discoveries.

The PWM Capstone Seminars are led in Sp26 by Writing Programs faculty, Drs. Amber West, Maja Manojlovic, Laurel Westrup, Megan Stephan, and Ms. Rachel Swanger.

Questions about the event?
Visit UCLA Writing Programs for full details.

“I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means.” -Joan Didion