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Inaugural Flash Fiction Contest

The University Center for Writing-based Learning hosted its inaugural flash fiction contest during the 2019 autumn quarter. All DePaul students, faculty, staff, and alumni were invited to…

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What Type of Appointment Should You Make?

The Writing Center offers five types of appointments: Face-to-Face, Written Feedback, Online Realtime, Screencast Video Feedback, and Conversation Partners. While all five appointment types are versatile and…

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Transformative UCWbLer Stories

Writing is not a single-step process. The UCWbL’s fifth core belief explains that sharing and revising work can be beneficial to all writers, regardless of experience. It’s…

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Recruitment Effort Origin Stories

Right now, the Outreach Tabling Team is hard at work making the DePaul community aware that the UCWbL will be hiring soon for the next school year.…

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Friendly UCWbL Origin Stories

With collaboration as one of our core values and rapport-building as one of our core practices, it’s no wonder that the UCWbL is a place to build…

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Classy UCWbL Origin Stories

Welcome to the UCWbL Origin Stories Blog Post Series! To celebrate International Writing Centers Week, which runs from February 10-16, we are putting up a new blog…

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UCWbLers Pilot their Peer Journeys

On Friday, October 26, multiple peer tutoring and mentoring departments from across the university came together for the Peer Tutor & Mentor Summit, an annual day of…

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Scrawl S19 E5: Peer Tutor and Mentor Summit

Good Day Scrawl Nation! Today we sat down with our fellow peer tutors, Will and Andrew, to chat about the Peer Tutor and Mentor Summit! The Peer…

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Scrawl S19 E1: Banned Books Week!

SCRAWL Radio had a great first show today talking about banned books with certified best librarian ever Holly Cerney and our very own Savy Leiser! We talked…

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Outreach: A Year in Review

I have had an amazing year as the Outreach Graduate Assistant, and look forward to returning next year as well! This past fall, I was looking forward…