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“Katie” or “Kate” – What’s in a name?

In recent headlines, it has been said that Katie Holmes is officially using her name, “Katie”, despite her soon-to-be ex-husband’s insistence on calling her “Kate.” What’s in a name? Brain […]

July Workshops: Writing and Technology

July workshops begin on Saturday July 7th with Sam Zahran. Using Images Effectively in College Writing Saturday, July 7, 2012 1:00 PM ET Workshop Link: http://khe2.adobeconnect.com/usingimages/ Learn to place basic images, […]

Learning to Adapt – Lessons from IWAC 2012

Learning to Adapt – Lessons from IWAC 2012 Last week, I posted about how driving in the City of Savannah, site of the 2012 IWAC Conference, reminded me of some […]

Wardrobe of the Mind and Why Writing Matters

Students often ask, “Why do I need to learn to write?” This is usually followed by, “I am an IT major,” or “I am a Nursing major.” During our recent […]

Flags

Since yesterday was Flag Day, I thought I would talk about, well, flags.  Flags whether big or small are flying icons connecting history and the present moment. Flags stand for […]

IWAC 2012 – How driving in Savannah relates to WAC

Last week, I attended and presented at the 2012 International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference in Savannah, Georgia.  I have many thoughts about the conference itself and about the presentation […]

Pay Up! Plagiarism Costs $500

This must see video records an incident in which a blogger kindly but firmly requests payment for his work from a newspaper who plagiarized an entire article from his blog […]

Why WAC is Really About Collaboration and Touching Interests beyond Your Content Area.

Why WAC is Really About Collaboration and Touching Interests beyond Your Content Area. As Sheryl Bone and I put the final changes on our presentation for the International Writing Across […]

Join Us Now! Lit Up Kaplan Literary Event

Kaplan University Maine Literary ReadingWed, May 30, 1:00pm – 2:30pm Access: http://khe.adobeconnect.com/r8xwjkk3hry Student and professional authors are reading their work as they participate in the KU Literary Event – LitUp! “The […]

Where we’ve been … where we’re going: it’s going to be a heck of a ride

T.S. Eliot once wrote, “The end is where we start from.”  I’ve been thinking about that line a great deal since learning I was going to be coming back to […]