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Archive for January 11th, 2012

Google World and Academic Sources

In this age where we can Google anything, it is harder and harder for students to identify and locate academic sources.  Why can’t they just Google their topic and pick […]

New! Citation 101 – Interactive Tutorial (APA)

The KUWC is proud to present our NEW, self-paced 2-Part APA Interactive Citation tutorials. You will need to be logged into KU Campus to view the tutorial. The tutorials are […]

Banished Words of 2011

Do you have words or phrases you wish you could banish?  Lake Superior State University published a list of words they would like to banish and why they would like […]

Faculty workshops in 2012

The whole year is not yet planned out, but so far, the Writing Center has three informative faculty workshops lined up for 2012.  The following workshops will be presented by […]

APA workshop series offered again in January

The Writing Center will offer a series of APA workshops in January.  Both students and faculty are welcome to attend.  The workshops are: APA, Basic Citation, January 13 at 1:00 […]

January workshop series focuses on academic writing

Students and faculty can attend a series of live workshops in January that focus on academic writing.  We have seven exciting workshops for students and faculty to choose from: Reading […]

What I Have Learned in the Past Month

[gigya src=”http://prezi.com/bin/preziloader.swf” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” allowfullscreen=”true” allowscriptaccess=”always” width=”450″ height=”300″ bgcolor=”#ffffff” flashvars=”prezi_id=zynyss2aotkw&lock_to_path=0&color=ffffff&autoplay=no&autohide_ctrls=0″] In the past month, I have had the good fortune of attending and presenting at two excellent conferences: the Midwest Writing […]

WAC Attack!

Dear readers, Are there not a million and one acronyms in education? Sure, there are! But one of my very favorites is Writing Across the Curriculum, or WAC. WAC has […]

Widening the Pedagogical Net: Upcoming Conferences and Twitter Chats

Hello, dear readers! ‘Tis Kella, your friendly writing center Resource Specialist, and I’m super excited to spend the next 2 weeks blogging on a Wednesday-Friday schedule this week and a […]

Five Quick Ways to Tell if Your Student is an English Language Learner

Even the most proficient multilingual students struggle with language fundamentals such as preposition and gerund use that native speakers acquire intuitively as children. It takes years of immersion in English […]