This summer, Drs. Bausch and Voorhees, of the Literacy Education Department, hosted the Dowling Literacy Project Writing Institute on the Oakdale Campus. Approximately 60 Long Island teachers attended the two-day professional development institute. The nationally renowned keynote speakers were educators/authors, Dr. Karen Ernst-DaSilva and Dr. Katie Wood Ray, who collaborated with the community of K-12 teachers as they explored best practices for improving student writing and learning across the disciplines.