For a new writing center employee, walking down the brick paths of the SAC to your first shift at the UCWbL can be a thrill-ride of anxiety…
Retired UCWbLing Editor
When I was first beginning to consider applying for a job at the UCWbL, one part of the job that really caught my eye was the…
When you ask UCWbL tutors which writing resources they turn to most often, most of them will respond with sites like the Purdue Owl or Grammar Girl. …
As peer writing tutors at the UCWbL, we  have to keep in mind all of our core practices and readings when collaboratively participating in our sessions with writers.…
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Hear Me Out!
It isn’t often that I get stuck when writing essays. Writing is something that has always come naturally to me, especially if it is about literature. I’m…
They say possession is nine-tenths of the law. But nine-tenths of possession is culture. The ideas that surround and police concepts like “intellectual property” and “academic integrity”…
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Birth of English Café
On a cold, Chicago winter afternoon, when the sun had already set far earlier than most Chicagoans would have preferred, some hardworking members of the Collaborative for…
Writers love to get into heated debates about the best environments for writing. Many insist that the only way to avoid distraction is to be locked up…
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Research Round Up
In his article “Critiquing the Center: The Role of Tutor Evaluations in an Open Admissions Writing Center,” William Burns grapples with aligning the institutional goals of the…
On Friday, October 3, 2014, an UCWbL leadership meeting merged with a freshmen EDGE Â student meeting, which was led by Sarah Carbone, Assistant Director of Student Employment…