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Mental Health in the Writing Center: How to Help Writers and Ourselves

by: Isis, Meredith, and Bill As writing tutors, our job is to help everyone improve their writing skills, build their confidence, and achieve their goals in writing.…

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Multilingualism

Bilingual Bops, Trilingual Tunes, Multilingual Music

In the words of my favorite guilty pleasure movie, Talledega Nights, “I don’t even know what [it] means but I love it!” Well, that’s not entirely true.…

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ScrawlS11E18 Bye Megan!

Good morning Scrawl Nation! It was a bittersweet  morning as we said goodbye to one of our Scrawl co-hosts and fellow UCWbLers on the air. Megan is…

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ScrawlS11E15 The Big Debate

Good morning Scrawl Nation! Democracy is the reason for this season, and the best way to celebrate is with a good, hearty debate! Chicago’s Feb. 24th elections brought in…

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ScrawlS11E14 International Writing Centers Week at the UCWbL!

Good morning Scrawl Nation! This week we brought back Scrawl’s go-to guest, Carolyn Rudinsky, and James Niesen to talk about one of the UCWbL’s biggest events of…

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Peer Writing Tutoring Writing about Writing

Gifts for Your Book-Loving Sweetheart

I love love, and I love Valentine’s day. Other people– I’m looking at you, Patrick K.– like to remind me that Valentine’s day is a made up…

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SCRAWL S11E11 How to be an activist in 140 characters #slacktivism

Good morning Scrawl Nation! What’s trending nowadays? #Facebookdown? #BellLetsTalk? #collegefession?

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Outreach and Events Peer Writing Tutoring Writing about Writing

What’s your Type?

On Friday, October 3, 2014, an UCWbL leadership meeting merged with a freshmen EDGE  student meeting, which was led by Sarah Carbone, Assistant Director of Student Employment…

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Writing about Writing

Cracking the Block: 8 Suggestions for Defeating Writer’s Block

We’ve all been there. You have a paper due (tomorrow!), and as you sit there staring at your computer screen, the words just will not come. How…

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Don’t Ban Yourself from Banned Books Week! (Scrawl S11 E01)

Hello Scrawl Nation! We took a little break for summer, but now we’re BACK! We wasted no time getting into fascinating territory today by discussing the upcoming…