Power and authority seem to have nothing to do with writing tutoring or writing centers, the place well known for its three Cs: “coffee, cookies, and couches”…
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As rewarding as being a Peer Writing Tutor can be, the constant influx of research essays, rhetorical analyses, and other typical academic papers can get a bit…
ADHD is one of the most commonly diagnosed disorders among students, and because the Writing Center is a service that works for the student body, it is…
I’ve been a Writing Center peer tutor since my sophomore year at DePaul, and I can easily say that working here has been one of the most…
At one point or another, you will open WC Online and find that a writer wants your advice on making an essay more “personal.” Maybe a writer…
I’ve been a creative writer for seven years and have submitted my short pieces to multiple academic workshops for critique and revision. And it’s not easy. Never easy. Whether…
Hello fellow UCWbLers, my name is Megan L., and post is going to contain some strategies I have developed for tutoring a literature review after doing a…
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My Experience as a Student Abroad
During the summer of 2014, I embarked on a two-week journey to a foreign country. I was in high school at the time so I was only…
I will be using New Historicism in Literary Studies and the principles underlying New Historicism used in Classical Studies to examine the need for questions here at…
Imagine this. You’re working at the UCWbL and you have a face-to-face appointment come in. You shake hands (in a pre-COVID era), introduce yourselves, build rapport, bada…