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Peer Writing Tutoring Writing about Writing

You Got Internet in my OED!

So recently the Oxford English Dictionary has added “LOL,” “OMG” and a heart symbol as new additions to the English language. A fellow UCWbLer expressed trepidation over…

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Peer Writing Tutoring Writing about Writing

Bringing People Together: Help for SNL writers and UCWbL tutors

Does this scenario sound familiar?   An SNL (School for New Learning) writer comes into the writing center and sits down with a tutor to work on…

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Peer Writing Tutoring

A Whole New Semi-Hybrid Animal

This might be my last post as a “new tutor.”  I am returning to the writing center without the cap on hours or the training or the…

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Outreach and Events

Tonight! Henry A. Giroux—Youth in a Suspect Society: Coming of Age in an Era of Disposabil​ity (via Ex Libris)

Henry Giroux, a leading cultural critic and prolific author, is speaking at 5:30 pm at the DePaul Student Center, Room 120AB. Check out the event flyer and/or…

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Outreach and Events Peer Writing Tutoring

Become an UCWbLer!

The University Center for Writing-based Learning has officially opened the hiring season for the 2011/12 Academic Year. DePaul undergraduate and graduate students interested in becoming a peer…

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Outreach and Events Writing about Writing

Script It!

It looks like writing communities love the symbolism that comes with Spring–new beginnings, fresh starts, germination, rebirth, etc. Not only is April National Poetry Month, as fellow…

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Writing about Writing

Happy National Poetry Month!

Welcome to a new quarter, everyone, and welcome as well to April, National Poetry Month! In 1996, the Academy of American Poets designated the first National Poetry Month, and it…

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Scrawl Radio

Listen Y’all (Scrawl S1 E4)

Earlier today Scrawl Radio aired during its new time slot on Radio DePaul, from 11 am to 12 pm. That’s right, folks, the radio gods have deemed…