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Archive for December 14th, 2016

Searching for Reading Material: A Little Murder, a Little Mystery

Dr. Tamara Fudge Purdue University Global Professor, Business and Information Technology   It’s pretty easy to go to a bookstore at the local mall or search online and find all […]

Weighing the Books

By Chrissine Rios, MA, Purdue University Global Writing Center My home office-by-day/studio-at-heart is one of my favorite places for many reasons, and about 200 of them are books. Some have […]

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 […]

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 […]

2014 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was […]

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 […]

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, […]

Summer Reading List

Welcome! Here is a peek at what some of the Kaplan University Writing Center and the Composition Faculty have been reading early this summer.  What are you reading this summer? […]

QuickTips for Revision Podcast

Don’t miss  Quick Tips for Revision, the latest Effective Writing Podcast by Kurtis Clements.  The KUWC provides this and other podcasts as learning resources.  These entertaining podcasts are a great way […]