April was National Poetry Month! Though we’re past April, the Outreach Team is still recovering from our awesome month of nonstop celebrating. National Poetry Month celebrates the…
Category: Outreach and Events
Reports on events and experiences organized by the Outreach team or other writerly institutions
On February 3, our Outreach and Workshops teams collaborated to represent The UCWbL at this year’s Thesis and Dissertation Conference. The conference, organized by DePaul’s Office of Adult,…
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Get to Know UCWbLina
Who is UCWbLina? She’s a nice gnome and a good writer! Check out her peer tutor profile! How old is she? She’s 300 in gnome years,…
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UCWbLers in Space!
Last Quarter, the Outreach Team helped facilitate and attended one of their biggest events of the year: the Peer Tutor & Mentor Summit! This year’s summit theme…
This year Banned Books Week took place September 24th through the 30th. The Outreach Team participated by celebrating free speech, literature, and ending censorship with Banned Books…
I don’t usually get nervous about presenting information to a sea of students, especially when I feel confident about the content. But giving an in-depth presentation about…
Near the end of last quarter, the UCWbL staff had the opportunity to participate in International Writing Centers Week (IWCW). According to the International Writing Centers Week website,…
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Meet the Outreach Team!
A big project for the Outreach team this quarter is reaching out (like we do) to every corner of the university, and one of our goals in…
Last week, the UCWbL held a staff appreciation event, as well as a celebration of our ten-year anniversary as a writing center here at DePaul. The event…
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Mentor Magic
The Peer Tutor and Mentor Summit, an annual event held near Halloween for peers and tutors to collaborate and learn from each other, was held last Friday…