writing
November 02, 2015
Ever thought about writing a novel? November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). The goal of NaNoWriMo is to write 50,000 words between Nov. 1 and Nov. 30. Cedar Residential College and the Writing Resource Center will hold a NaNoWriMo kick-off event today (Nov. 2) from noon to 3 p.m. in…
October 30, 2015
The Writing Resource Center General Campus Workshop series will continue today (Oct. 30) from 12:35 to 1:35 p.m. in Bellflower Hall, Room 102. John Higgins and Joseph Cheatle, both lecturers in English, will lead the workshop, which is titled "Considering the Source." The workshop will help…
October 16, 2015
SAGES Writing Portfolios are due the semester after completion of the second University Seminar (Nov. 1 and March 1)—which means it’s almost time for many students to submit their work. Eric Chilton, English lecturer and portfolio coordinator, will lead workshops to help students complete their…
October 07, 2015
Over the past eight years, faculty readers of SAGES writing portfolios have indicated that APP students are writing academic essays that meet grammatical and stylistic expectations, but demonstrate weaknesses in argumentation and critical thinking. Join the University…
October 02, 2015
SAGES and the APP Writing Programs recognized students who had outstanding achievements in the SAGES Writing Portfolio. This award recognizes some of the best writing from SAGES Portfolios submitted in the academic year 2014-2015. A committee of faculty from across the…
September 25, 2015
The Writing Resource Center will offer a workshop for students today (Sept. 25) from 12:35 to 1:35 p.m. in Bellflower Hall, Room 104. The workshop is titled “Moving Beyond the Five-Paragraph Essay.” Department of English lecturers Denna Iammariono and Steven Pinkerton will lead the…
September 04, 2015
Steven Reynolds, a junior double majoring in political science and sociology, won the 2015 Phi Beta Kappa Society Writing Internship. Reynolds’ internship began in August and will end in December. During the five-month period, he will write at least six articles for the society’s publication for…
September 02, 2015
The Writing Resource Center (WRC) opened Sept. 1 for fall semester. Experienced writing consultants are available to assist faculty, staff and student writers at WRC campus locations and online. Campus locations include Bellflower Hall, the lower level of Kelvin Smith Library, SAGES Cafe in…
May 13, 2015
Graduate students, faculty and staff are invited to enroll in “Writing Workshop for Researchers” (ENGL 186), a two-credit-hour individualized writing workshop/tutorial. The seminar meets on Tuesday from 4:30 to 5:20 p.m. and individual tutorials will be held for participants for 50 minutes per…
April 09, 2015
The Writing Research Center will hold a workshop on “Research Papers: Using Evidence Effectively” Friday, April 10, from 12:35 to 1:35 p.m. in Bellflower Hall. English lecturers Joseph DeLong and Matt Feinberg will lead the workshop. The workshop will teach students more about the research…