Appointment at New School University. (News & Notes).

Roben Torosyan, formerly Acting Director of the Straus Thinking & Learning Center at Pace University, has been appointed Director of the Writing Center at New School University. The mission of the newly-created Writing Center is to help students "write for life." The Center is also available as a resource for faculty members to help them integrate writing, critical thinking, and transformative learning in the classroom. Individual tutoring sessions are also available through the University Writing Center.

"We want to be able to train our students to write and think critically," Dr. Torosyan told ETC. "Students who use a writing coach, counselor, tutor, or teacher tend to develop and learn far more effectively. Whether the students are undergraduates working on essays, poems or term papers, or graduate students working on their master's thesis or dissertation, the University Writing Center will be able to accommodate them."

Faculty from all of New School University's divisions -- Parsons School of Design, Mannes College of Music, Eugene Lang College, the Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy, Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science, Actors Studio Drama School, The New School, and Jazz & Contemporary Music Program -- may also use the Writing Center.

At Pace University, Torosyan also taught critical thinking, decision making and leadership. He published research, facilitated faculty and staff development, and oversaw a graduate certificate in critical thinking and leadership training. Dr. Torosyan received his Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts and Philosophy and his Master's degree in Cultural Studies and Philosophy at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study, NYU. He holds a Ph.D. in Cultural Studies from the Department of Arts and Humanities, Teachers College, Columbia University.

For further information about New School University, call 877 5Ave-321 or visit: www.newschool.edu/admin/writingcenter.