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Archive for November 11th, 2022

Learn Like Lizzo. Behave like Beyonce: Strategies for Faculty and Students to Deal with Microaggressions in the Classroom

If you do not see the podcast player, click here to listen. Has real life made you stop and think about an issue you had never considered? Back in June 2022, social […]

“Unconfusing” the Most Confusing Punctuation Mark of All: The Semicolon!

Fear struck Augustus McTavish beyond what he could recall. Yes, as a child he was frightened by seeing costumes on his first Halloween; he had almost stepped on a snake during a […]

The #1 Rule of Writing: You Write for the Reader!

The company had hired Renita Lablount for her accomplished history in food production and development. She led a staff of 14, and her supervisor was extremely pleased with the successes […]

Resource Spotlight: Summarizing

Many writers know that citing and paraphrasing are effective ways to incorporate information from other sources in their writing. Summarizing is also a useful technique, as well as an excellent […]

Read it Again

It’s after one o’clock in the morning, and even though I am usually an early riser who turns in before 11 pm, I still eagerly thumb through my worn copy […]

Assignment Mistakes: Beauties to Be Embraced

If you do not see the podcast player, click here to listen. Chin O’Malley was halfway through his Advanced Biology course, and on his computer he had several files open to help […]

Building Rapport with Professors: Tips for Online Students

If you do not see the podcast player, click here to listen. The 2020 global pandemic brought several changes to the world; one notable change was the need to shift classrooms […]

A Secret Revealed: Becoming an A+ Discussion Instructor

If you do not see the podcast player, click here to listen. “Yup, that is so cool! … “See what you can do to expand that paragraph” … “Little tweaks can […]

Resource Spotlight: Knowing with Mnemonics

The Academic Success Center presents a new video resource: “Knowing with Mnemonics: Clues to Help Remember What You’ve Learned.” This short video (under seven minutes) is part of a series […]

Prufreed, prrofreaad, proofread until you get it right!

Winthrop Wilkinson III was applying for a most important professional position: Director of Marketing for a major health insurance provider. His resume gave a nice capsulated view of 20 highly […]