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Recommended Summer Reads!

Jeannette Walls Half Broke Horses (270 pages); Reviewed by Melody Pickle, Writing Consultant, Writing Across the Curriculum, Kaplan University Writing Center  Who should read this book? Anyone who read Walls […]

Writing to learn vs. learning to write

Every once in a while, you run across an article that hits home about something you’ve been thinking about for some time.  I recently had that experience with Writing to […]

What is meaningful, practical writing?

One of the goals of writing across the curriculum is to make writing more meaningful to students in all classes.  It is not a matter of quantity or frequency, but […]

There’s more to the South than yummy grits…

Last week, I attended the Conference on College Composition and Communication in beautiful downtown Atlanta, Georgia.  Aside from the pleasure of having grits at every meal (buttery grits, cheesy grits, […]

April is grammar month…

or so I say it is!  During April, all of our student workshops focus on grammar, mechanics, and punctuation (the workshop schedule will be available on the Writing Center Writing Workshops page […]

Moving Out of My Comfort Zone

I am a creature of habit.  When I go to Chili’s, I order the same fajita plate every time.  When I go to Baskin Robbins, you won’t see me trying […]

Welcome to the KUWC Faculty Blog

Welcome to the Kaplan University Writing Center Faculty blog.  The main purpose of this blog is to offer resources and support for faculty across Kaplan University in the areas of […]