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Archive for October 26th, 2016

Brexit Voters Broke It and Now Regret It-Part I: Establishing the Importance of Teaching and Learning in Developing an Educated, Global Electorate

Teresa Marie Kelly, MAT Composition Professor, Purdue University Global   Brexit – short for British Exit – the historic and controversial 2016 vote by the United Kingdom (UK) to leave […]

I Really Want to Present at a Conference: The Keys to a Successful Submission Process: Part One

Steven V. Cates, DBA SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Purdue University Global, School of Business and IT You may be asking yourself, “Why is making a presentation of my research at a conference […]

Bookends: Looking Ahead to the IWCA Conference

By Chrissine Rios, Purdue University Global Writing Center This summer I wrote “Weighing the Books” while boxing up my household and home office in order to move it from North […]

The Academic Support Video Series: A Resource Initiative and Collaboration

By Chrissine Rios, MA, Purdue University Global Writing Center A tutor’s work is highly collaborative.  Tutors collaborate with students by nature, but tutors also collaborate with one another, with academic […]

Saving Time with Tutoring

By Amy Sexton, Writing Center tutor Managing our time successfully can be a challenge for all of us, and college students may be especially busy.  They are juggling school assignments, […]

Read and Write Outside the Classroom, Too.

Sara Wink, Purdue University Global Composition Faculty For months, my daughter asked—not quite begging, but close—for a “real bike.” Her Radio Flyer big wheel just barely contained her lanky frame, […]

Teaching Students to Learn

Nicole A. Bertke, MS, Purdue University Global CTL Faculty Developer The intent of higher education is no doubt for students to learn. Yet in an informal poll during a recent […]

Cybersecurity for the Non-Technical Person

Dr. Lynne Williams, Purdue University Global Faculty, MSIT and MSCM Programs Target, Home Depot, even the U.S. Internal Revenue service have all suffered high-profile security breaches in recent years.   They’re […]

Tools for Preventing Plagiarism

By Amy Sexton, Purdue University Global Center Tutor One way that the Writing Center supports university students is by presenting live workshops each month on the important topic of plagiarism, […]

Why What We’re Teaching and What They’re Learning Matters in the Long-Term

Jan Stallard, Purdue University Global Composition Professor   When students ask “When will I ever use this again?” I always have an answer. When I began graduate school, my mentor […]