Westfield State Writing Across the Curriculum program seeks to foster a culture of writing at WSU. This culture includes a heightened awareness of the ways that writing can be used as a mode of learning and critical thinking, as well as a way to communicate within academic and professional arenas. This culture also includes a heightened sense of community among faculty around the teaching of writing, so that faculty can turn to colleagues as they continue developing writing curricula, for both mentorship and the exchange of ideas.