Hi there! My name is Paige Erickson, and I’m a faculty member from the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences. Welcome to the Academic Success Center Blogcast. In this episode, […]
The lemmings of writing fall into the abyss of confusion and “Huh?” by the reader. These are the essays, the columns, the articles that read as if a knife suddenly […]
“We are the first – yippee!” Oh, yes, how true: the opening paragraph IS the first paragraph, but it so much more: it is the coolest paragraph in any writing! […]
“How can I show my experience and opinion without using ‘’I’?” a student recently asked for about the billionth time in my teaching career. Hi everyone! This is TK from […]
Let’s see, I need to write about my life. Okay, this is how I’ll start: “To me my life has been, in my honest opinion, actual joy. The life’s experiences […]
Hi everyone! This is Amy from the Academic Success Center. For many people, September means returning to school. At Purdue University Global, two new terms begin in September. With this […]
In the spring of 1988, I got married and, instead of a traditional honeymoon, spent the next four months vagabonding through Europe with my wife, Ann. We were both twenty-three, […]
In the past few years, the US workforce has gone through a shift in social norms, especially around issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Citizens are demanding change through anti-racist […]
“Oh TK, that’s just politically correct BS!” “Let me guess, we’re ‘woke’ in this class?” “I always use that word. It’s not a slur.” “Am I going to be ‘cancelled’ […]
Hey, everyone! This is Kurtis from the Writing Center. Given we are in the midst of the summer reading season, I thought a post that speaks to the power of […]
