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Writing Center + New Library = Awesome

My favorite session at SWCA was one where Lee Van Orsdel, Dean of University Libraries at Grand Valley State University, and Ellen Schendel the Director of the Writing Center at Grand Valley discussed the process and the principles behind the design of the their new campus library which is...

James Jackson
1 year 12 weeks ago
What I learned at MWCA is...

I attended an MWCA conference back in September, although it seems like eons ago. My goal for the conference was to figure out what Writing Center people like to talk about. What is new, novel, and interesting? What do people already know? What part of the conversation can I join?

michaelt
1 year 19 weeks ago
What research can look like

Our writing center is well known as a space where peers come together to talk about writing. What I think is lesser known is the amount and type of research that happens in our centers and by our consultants.

This is not a new problem. Everytime I go home, I'm asked what I'm doing in...

michaelt
1 year 19 weeks ago
Grammar, anyone?

"Grammar's boring!" A common thought among students who struggle with grammar, not only is this perception is prevalent among writing center consultants, English teachers, and professional writers, it is also (not surprisingly) wide-spread in the general public.

But I prefer a different...

Corinne
1 year 22 weeks ago
Just Playing Around

I took particular joy in presenting at the IWCA@NCTE workshop day in November. Though I'd checked out the website for Catalyst Ranch (where we were going to be all day), when I stepped out of the elevator onto our floor, I was amazed at the environment. It was the perfect place to talk about how...

elena.adkins
1 year 22 weeks ago
Spaces of Play, Spaces of Comfort

Last month, I had the opportunity to present with a group from our center at the International Writing Centers Association Gathering at the National Council for the Teachers of English Conference in Chicago. We were presenting about how our center has embraced the idea of play as something that...

marilee
1 year 22 weeks ago
Reflections on IWCA @ NCTE for the Workshop Workshop

One of the projects that Gradutate students and other WC mentors have been working on this semester is a "Workshop Workshop" of sorts, essentially a foray into developing better training to prepare writing center staff to approach workshops more effectively and comfortably. Workshops are no...

The Writing Cen...
1 year 23 weeks ago
Waking Up: A reflection on my first Writing Center conference

Last week, I went to my first Writing Center conference. We were meeting at 7am, so I walked out to my car around 5 till. Unfortunately, when I got there, my car had unknowingly died since the last time I used it. So I walked. I walked from Brody down Harrison to Crescent. I thought Crescent was...

L.Hagan
1 year 29 weeks ago
Scheduling BACK UP

Hi everyone,

The scheduling system appears to be back online.  Thanks for your patience as our offsite suppliers worked to get things working again.

The Staff

Dianna
1 year 37 weeks ago
AOP: What I've Learned
  1. I am old. Imagine this. Your alarm goes off at 6:30 AM. You hit snooze. You hit snooze again, five minutes later. Then you finally get up at 6:40 AM or some other appropriately absurd hour after waking up at random intervals throughout the night because you were afraid you'd oversleep and...
lamkien
1 year 49 weeks ago