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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 […]

The Fundamentals of Our Fundamentals Program

 By Kyle Harley, Kaplan University Writing Center Recently, while in a tutorial session, I found myself a bit taken aback by how surprised a student was upon hearing about our university’s tutorial […]

Teaching the Writing Process

  By Amy Sexton, Kaplan University Writing Center When I write longer papers, I always print out at least one hard copy of my draft before I complete final revisions.  Even […]

Acts of Kindness: Narrative Writing

Acts of Kindness David Werner December 1, 2013 Floyd, Lloyd, Elwood, Woodrow, and David are not historical figures, except in their native Ithaca, N.Y.; but David was my father the […]

Why Crafting a Thesis is Cultural

By Chrissine Rios, KUWC Writing Tutor Thesis-support essay organization is standard in academic writing, yet it doesn’t come naturally to all students. Essay organization reflects the way we organize thoughts, […]

Do you really put a comma where you pause?

By Melody Pickle, Kaplan University Writing Center, Writing Specialist, WAC The following is a true story and a great teaching moment.   This took place as I was helping my […]

The Makings of a Great Online Writing Center

by Chrissine Rios, Writing Tutor, Kaplan University Writing Center The North Carolina division of the Southeast Writing Center Association held a Writing Consultant Retreat on September 13 to foster community among writing […]