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Archive for January 11th, 2012

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 […]

January workshop series focuses on academic writing

Students and faculty can attend a series of live workshops in January that focus on academic writing.  We have seven exciting workshops for students and faculty to choose from: Reading […]

Emoticons and Social Presence

Last week I wrote about using emoticons in the classroom to help colleagues and students alike understand our intentions in our text-based communications. Now, I would like to discuss how […]

November’s workshops focus on much needed writing skills

Please encourage your students to attend (or view the recordings of) the great workshops we have lined up for November.  One of the main problems we all see in student […]

KUWC’s APA Resources – Come Check Us Out!

While preparing for the APA faculty workshops I presented today, a very good reminder was brought to light for me that I’d like to share.  What came to me was […]

“Tutor experience” research opportunity

Two graduate students and tutors at the Writing Center at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Lindsay Sabatino and Jessica Showalter, have an exciting research project they will be presenting at the […]

Personal Writing in the Classroom

There are times when professors are baffled by why students write intensely personal information on a discussion board or for an assignment. While there are many reasons this may happen, […]

April is grammar month…

or so I say it is!  During April, all of our student workshops focus on grammar, mechanics, and punctuation (the workshop schedule will be available on the Writing Center Writing Workshops page […]