student writing support

upcoming workshops for students

No more workshops will be offered during Spring 2008. Check back in August for Fall workshops.

recent workshops for students

writer's block, or how I learned to love cleaning the bathroom

Monday, March 31, 2008
3:00-5:00 pm
Location TBA

Sitting down to a blank sheet of paper (or empty computer screen) can be so daunting that anything, even cleaning the bathroom, can seem more urgent and appealing. In this workshop, participants will consider (1) how and why writing efforts can become stalled, and (2) what practical strategies they might use to focus their energies, drop their mops, seize their pens (or keyboards), and write on!

Presenters:

• Anne Carter, Ph.D., Coordinator of Writing Enrichment Programs, The Graduate School
• Jayashree Kamble, Ph.D. candidate in English and writing consultant, Center for Writing

For more information, contact Noro Andriamanalina.

overcoming writer's block seminar

Friday, February 22
10:00-12:00
110 Blegen Hall

Sitting down to a blank sheet of paper (or empty computer screen) can be so daunting that anything, even cleaning the bathroom, can seem more urgent and appealing. In this workshop, participants will consider (1) how and why writing efforts can become stalled, and (2) what practical strategies they might use to focus their energies, drop their mops, seize their pens (or keyboards), and write on!

Presenters:

• Anne Carter, Ph.D., Coordinator of Writing Enrichment Programs, The Graduate School
• Jayashree Kamble, Ph.D. candidate in English and writing consultant, Center for Writing

writing a conference proposal in the humanities and social sciences: a panel presentation & workshop

Tuesday, November 13
12:30–2:00 p.m.
12 Nicholson Hall

Are you interested in presenting at a conference? Wondering how to write a proposal? Join us for this session where our panel will describe the proposal review process, explain some of the basic rhetorical moves that conference committees expect proposals to make, and present and critique calls for papers as well as accepted and rejected proposals from conferences from a variety of disciplines. In the workshop, you will have an opportunity to discuss your work with the panelists and other attendees.

Participants should bring a call for papers, a proposal draft, or even an idea for a proposal. If you are willing, please consider submitting your call or proposal in advance for possible large-group workshopping during the session (please use subject line: “example for proposal workshop”).

Workshop Leaders: Tom Friedrich (Curriculum & Instruction), Jayashree Kamble (English), Peter Susag (Linguistics)

Invited Panelists: Laura Gurak (Chair, Department of Writing Studies), Gina Rumore (History of Science)

an introduction to APA documentation & editorial style

This workshop is offered twice:

Monday, October 1
1:00–2:00 pm
Magrath Library, room 81
 
Wednesday, October 3
2:00–3:00 pm
Wilson Library, room S30C

Learn the basics of the American Psychological Association’s (APA) documentation and editorial style through discussion, handouts, and exercises.