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Lauren Writer is the Associate Director for Conferences and Continuing Education at the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition at the University of South Carolina. She provides administrative oversight for all in-person and online professional development events, including the planning, design, development, and implementation of the Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience and the National Conference on Students in Transition. She also directs strategic decisions, manages logistical details, and assists with marketing efforts for all National Resource Center-sponsored events.

Lauren also served as an instructor for University 101, USC’s first-year seminar course and had been nominated for the M. Stuart Hunter Award for Outstanding Teaching every year she taught.

Educational Background  

• Master of Education, Higher Education Business Administration, University of South Carolina 
• Bachelor of Arts, Sociology, University of South Carolina