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Archive for February 11th, 2014

Composition MOOC Resources: Another Reason to Like the KUWC Facebook

by Chrissine Rios 2013 marked a year of collaboration, innovation, and progress for the KUWC with a new website and Plagiarism Information Page, a new full-time tutor, Amy Sexton, and […]

A Cowbell and a Dream: The KUWC Turns Ten

Compiled by Lisa Gerardy, Writing Center Specialist, with thanks to Dr. Kara Vandam, Vice Provost; Marla Cartwright, Center for Teaching; and Joni Boone, Center for Teaching Ten years ago, Vice […]

The Reading and Writing Connection

By Amy Sexton, Kaplan University Writing Center Students often want to know how they can become better writers.  While there are many possible answers to this question, perhaps the easiest […]

Open the Gate Wider – A New Year of Dreams, Forgiveness, and Impossibly Good Writing

I wish to bring in the new year with the hope and inspiration provided by poet, Maya Angelou. In her tribute here to Nelson Mandela, we move beyond the political […]

The Fundamentals of Our Fundamentals Program

 By Kyle Harley, Kaplan University Writing Center Recently, while in a tutorial session, I found myself a bit taken aback by how surprised a student was upon hearing about our university’s tutorial […]

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, […]

Kaplan University Writing Center and Accessible Tutorials

By Molly Wright Starkweather, Kaplan University Writing Center There are many ways writing centers can provide fully accessible services to all students. Compose handouts with screen readers in mind.  Screen readers are […]

Supporting First-term Students in the KUWC

By Amy Sexton, Kaplan University Writing Center I am new to this blog and to blogging in general, so writing this blog post is, admittedly, challenging.    It is a challenge […]

Crazy Writing – National Novel Writing Month

By Melody Pickle, Writing Specialist, WAC, Kaplan University Writing Center Crazy Drafts – We encourage crazy or bad first drafts as part of the writing process for students. Sometimes, we […]

National Day of Writing Celebration – Why I Write

The KUWC is celebrating the National Day of Writing by. . . writing!  We want to share with you why we write and what we are doing to celebrate The […]