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Archive for May 22nd, 2012

Last Chance for May Workshops!

There are two more chances for students to attend live workshops this month.  Please let your students know about these opportunities. Where to Learn More About Plagiarism: Review KUWC Resources […]

Linked in @ KUWC Resources

The KUWC encourages faculty to link to our resources and post them in their classrooms.  There are several ways to do this: Faculty can post KUWC links in their announcements. […]

“My Professor said I need to learn to how to write at the college level…

“My Professor said I need to learn how to write at the College Level.”   These are the first words a student said to me during a recent tutoring session. I […]

KUWC Mission Statement

The Kaplan University Writing Center empowers students and supports faculty by offering positive, holistic feedback through media-rich services and resources. Professional writing consultants foster a community of writers and guide […]

Writing Workshops Focus on Outlines and Drafting…APA, too

The March writing workshop series provides five workshops designed to help students create appropriate outlines for various types of writing and then move from outline to their first draft.  Organization […]

Referring Students to the Writing Center

A common and very well understood complaint from instructors is that we can refer students to resources or services that offer them help, but we can’t make them go, and […]

You Took Points off for that? The APA Title Page

As you can imagine, we get a lot of questions about APA in the Writing Center.    One big point of confusion for students is the different requirements professors have regarding […]

February student workshops focus on prewriting and research

The KUWC’s February lineup of student writing workshops focus on prewriting and research strategies.  Prewriting is essential for writing a strong paper from the start.  When students take the time […]

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 […]

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 […]