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Composition MOOC Resources: Another Reason to Like the KUWC Facebook

by Chrissine Rios 2013 marked a year of collaboration, innovation, and progress for the KUWC with a new website and Plagiarism Information Page, a new full-time tutor, Amy Sexton, and […]

A Cowbell and a Dream: The KUWC Turns Ten

Compiled by Lisa Gerardy, Writing Center Specialist, with thanks to Dr. Kara Vandam, Vice Provost; Marla Cartwright, Center for Teaching; and Joni Boone, Center for Teaching Ten years ago, Vice […]

Creating Effective PowerPoint® Presentations

A Resource to Share with Students By Chrissine Rios, Writing Tutor Microsoft® PowerPoint® is a tool for creating dynamic oral presentations. This tutorial introduces the elements of a PowerPoint® presentation […]

Prewriting Without the Boredom of Prewriting

 by Kyle Harley, Kaplan University Writing Center As the festivities officially wind down from the busy holiday months, many of us face a new year with a slew of fresh, […]

Here Are Some Methods Helping English Language Learners Avoid Plagiarism

Sometimes instructors and tutors miss the mark when teaching students how to avoid plagiarism.  With a TurnItIn® report as evidence of the offense, plagiarism is treated as a matter of ignorance–of […]

The Reading and Writing Connection

By Amy Sexton, Kaplan University Writing Center Students often want to know how they can become better writers.  While there are many possible answers to this question, perhaps the easiest […]

Farm Feast: Recipes for Writing Success

  by Molly Wright Starkweather, Kaplan University Writing Center When I was still living near family in the South, I got to help my grandmother prepare for a New Year’s […]

2013 in Review

Thank you for being part of the KUWC blog in 2013. The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog.   Here are some highlights. Here’s […]

Open the Gate Wider – A New Year of Dreams, Forgiveness, and Impossibly Good Writing

I wish to bring in the new year with the hope and inspiration provided by poet, Maya Angelou. In her tribute here to Nelson Mandela, we move beyond the political […]

Letters to Santa

Does anyone in your family write letters to Santa? I have been intrigued by the idea of letters to Santa since seeing that scene in Miracle on 34th St where […]