Body Paragraphs: Writing the Unsung Heroes for Impact!
If you do not see the podcast player, click here to listen. Oh, this was going to be a great assignment for Zinnia McGillicuddy! A Creative Writing major, she enjoyed using her creative mind...
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A Two-Pronged Approach To Better Writing: Practice And Reading!
If you do not see the podcast player, click here to listen. Zinnia Tabbleforth was concerned: a junior in college, her major was earth science, and her goal was to work for the United States as...
Resource Spotlight: Three Effective Writing Podcasts
This time last year, this is what we were posting, three new Effective Writing Podcasts. APA Reference Page Checklist (Transcript) Argument and the Toulmin Model of Argument (Transcript) Using Signal Phrases and Interacting...
The Keys to a Successful Conference Submission Process: Part Two, Choosing a Topic
Steven V. Cates, DBA SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Purdue University Global Professor, School of Business and IT In our first discussion, we looked at the value of doing research and presenting our findings 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 Carolina to Michigan. Now...
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 center specialists, and with...
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, papers, and seminars and...
Creative Limits: Placing Barriers on Topic Selection
Eric Holmes, Purdue University Global Composition Instructor Scott Adams (2004) once stated that, “Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes,” (p. 232) and our classrooms are places for students to be creative and...
Resource Spotlight: 3 NEW Effective Writing Podcasts
By Chrissine Rios, MA, Purdue University Global Writing Center, Tutor Until this week, Purdue University Global (Purdue Global) Composition students have had exclusive access to three new Effective Writing Podcasts from podcaster Kurtis Clements who...
Serious About Spacing
By Chrissine Rios, MA, Purdue University Global Writing Center Are you one of them? Do you space like it’s an exact science? Do you bypass 2.0 on the spacing shortcut and go straight for...