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Outreach and Events

Outposts Now Open for Winter Quarter

The Writing Center’s Loop Outpost is now open for tutoring Monday through Thursday from 4-6pm in the Adult Student Center (on the 11th floor of the DePaul…

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Writing about Writing

Stay in & Chat with a Tutor!

With all this precipitation, trudging through the snow to the Writing Center might seem a little daunting. Luckily, the Writing Center is only a click away! The…

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Outreach and Events

Oak Forest gains a new Writing Group

The UCWbL’s increasingly popular Writing Groups program will be adding a new Suburban Campus Writing Group this coming Monday, January 16. On top of the regular Saturday…

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Writing about Writing

Welcome Back!

It’s a new term and we’re excited for Winter 2012 here at the UCWbL, so remember – it’s never too early in the year to get some…

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New Media

Read The Page

Have you read the latest issue of The Page, the Collaborative for Multilingual Writing and Research’s e-newsletter? In this nicely designed PDF, you’ll learn more about what…

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Writing about Writing

It’s Procrastination Time Again!

What’s this, another post about procrastination during finals season?  A total surprise, I know.  But, dear UCWbLers, I have something to confess:  I had a really hard…

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Writing about Writing

Things to do with those textbooks you can’t sell back

Did you spill coffee on the pages of Wuthering Heights? Did the campus book store clerk reject your pristine copy of Intro. to Biology, claiming that a new and…

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Peer Writing Tutoring

A prescription for the flustered writer who strives for “little animal icons”: 750words.com

Does anyone use 750words.com? I came across an article in the Writing Lab Newsletter this week that explains and discusses the “web-based application.” Jackie Grutsch McKinney from…

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Scrawl Radio

Make A Wish (Scrawl S2 E9)

From this past Friday, 11.11.11, the Scrawl team discussed the news of the momentous day. For this word of the day, there is a twist! Not only…

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Peer Writing Tutoring

When in doubt, ask a question!

One tutoring technique I find useful, whether the appointment is written or face-to-face, is asking a question as a way of overcoming an obstacle. It is not…