The Department of American Studies at the University of Bucharest organized a Workshop on Creative Writing and Translation on November 19, 2015 conducted by poet & translator Tara Skurtu, currently a Fulbright ETA Student affiliated at Transilvania University in Brasov. Under her guidance, 1st year American Studies students were initiated in the creative writing process by means of a series of activities, such as writing a poem and translations of short texts, as a group exercise.