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Archive for January 1st, 2021

Happy New Year 2021!

Happy New Year 2021 from the Purdue Global Academic Success and Writing Resource Center and Blog!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We are pausing our blogcast this week to thank you for listening, reading, and subscribing to the Resource Center & Blog. We hope you have been enjoying our 2020 reboot […]

Exploring the Appeal of Coloring for Grown-ups

Amy Sexton, Purdue University Global Writing Center Tutor The world of academia often includes tight deadlines, unfamiliar terminology and jargon, complex theories and ideas, and high expectations, for students and […]

Taking Time Off, Part 1: Why Teachers Should and How to Time It

Dr. Tamara Fudge, Professor in the School of Business and Information Technology, Purdue University Global Sometimes taking time off from teaching seems to be a bigger pain than just teaching […]

Promoting Wellness at Kaplan University

By Amy Sexton, Kaplan University Writing Center Tutor Faculty and students from Kaplan University recently joined over 90 schools world-wide  to participate in the Fall 2015 International Write-In.  The International […]

Tutor Chrissine’s Top 3 Books from 2015: 63 Innovation Nuggets, Stella Rose, and Navigating Grace

Reviews by Chrissine Rios, MA, Writing Tutor 63 Innovation Nuggets for Aspiring Innovators By George E. L. Barbee (2015) 149 pages George Barbee generously imparts 45 years of worldly corporate […]

Why Wellness? The International Write-In and Writing Well

Molly Starkweather, Kaplan University Writing Center Tutor   The Kaplan University Academic Support Center is taking part in an exciting new opportunity called the International Write-In and will, alongside other […]

You Want Color With That?

A call for careful color consideration in the classroom Dr. Tamara Fudge, professor in the School of Business and IT Kaplan University   Color can be exciting and fun, but […]

Mood Music for Writing

Molly Wright Starkweather, Kaplan University Tutor Recently a group of writing center workers from the Southeastern Writing Center Association put together a collection of music titled “Write It Like Disaster,” […]

Winter Reading for Online Faculty

The Four Agreements: A Toltec Wisdom Book by Don Miguel Ruiz ( 138 pages) Reviewed by Amy Sexton, Writing Center Tutor, Kaplan University Writing Center Who should read this book? […]