We are Claire and Ken and for our research project we are looking to interview thirty first-year students who attend, or have attended a club at Western. Requirements: Be a first-year student at Western. Be in or have been in a club at western. Contact: email chris84@wwu.edu or delislk2@wwu.edu or leave a comment saying you want to take part in the interview! Or, answer the questions below in a comment or an email to one of us. Interview Format: in your email/comment, tell us whether you would prefer a written (email) interview or an in-person interview and we can arrange a time/location. Consent Form: you will have to sign or agree to a consent form which we will provide in order to participate in this interview. Interview Questions are below: 1. What is your planned major? 2. What is your class level (freshman, sophomore, junior, senior) 3. Which clubs did you join this year and still currently attend? a. What are the reading/writing/communication commitments of each club? b. Do you feel your reading/writing/communication skills are equal to those required in the club? 4. Are the clubs you attend related to your major? 5. Were you involved in the subject of the club before you joined? 6. Are there any clubs you are interested in but have not joined? Why didn’t you join? 7. Which clubs did you join but no longer attend? a. Why do you no longer attend? b. What were the reading/writing/communication commitments for the club? c. Did you feel you were capable of meeting those reading/writing/communication commitments? 8. Are there any clubs you have stopped going to / never went to because you felt they required a level of specialized literacy you were not able to understand or participate with? a. Which clubs? b. What specifically made you feel unable to participate?

We are Claire and Ken and for our research project we are looking to interview thirty first-year students who attend, or have attended a club at Western. Requirements: Be a first-year student at Western. Be in or have been in a club at western. Contact: email chris84@wwu.edu or delislk2@wwu.edu or leave a comment saying you want to take part in the interview! Or, answer the questions below in a comment or an email to one of us. Interview Format: in your email/comment, tell us whether you would prefer a written (email) interview or an in-person interview and we can arrange a time/location. Consent Form: you will have to sign or agree to a consent form which we will provide in order to participate in this interview. Interview Questions are below: 1. What is your planned major? 2. What is your class level (freshman, sophomore, junior, senior) 3. Which clubs did you join this year and still currently attend? a. What are the reading/writing/communication commitments of each club? b. Do you feel your reading/writing/communication skills are equal to those required in the club? 4. Are the clubs you attend related to your major? 5. Were you involved in the subject of the club before you joined? 6. Are there any clubs you are interested in but have not joined? Why didn’t you join? 7. Which clubs did you join but no longer attend? a. Why do you no longer attend? b. What were the reading/writing/communication commitments for the club? c. Did you feel you were capable of meeting those reading/writing/communication commitments? 8. Are there any clubs you have stopped going to / never went to because you felt they required a level of specialized literacy you were not able to understand or participate with? a. Which clubs? b. What specifically made you feel unable to participate?

We are Claire and Ken and for our research project we are looking to interview thirty first-year students who attend, or have attended a club at Western. Requirements: Be a first-year student at Western. Be in or have been in a club at western. Contact: email chris84@wwu.edu or delislk2@wwu.edu or leave a comment saying you want to take part in the interview! Interview Format: in your email/comment, tell us whether you would prefer a written (email) interview or an in-person interview and we can arrange a time/location. Consent Form: you will have to sign or agree to a consent form which we will provide in order to participate in this interview. Please consider taking part in our interview! Update: So far we have one person for our interview, we need at least twenty more.