It’s amazing to me how seeing so many writers come in with their resumes has influenced me to reevaluate the transferable and unique skills I might be…
Category: Peer Writing Tutoring
Reflections on tutor’s professional experiences and poignant advice about the role itself; challenges they faced and/or victories with their important teachings; the divergent writerly genres one might encounter; and the scope of such position beyond the Writing Center
I recently read an article in The New York Times by Jeffrey Selingo titled Six Myths About Choosing a College Major. I transferred to DePaul from Lake…
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Do You Really Need a Major?
While the question of whether or not a college major is necessary can seem incredibly loaded and puzzling, it’s a valid one given the current trend of…
Journalists can be portrayed as persistent, relentless questioners who hardly take the time to breathe before their next question, but that image doesn’t tell the whole story.…
For my research project in WRD 395, the class that new tutors take during their first quarter at The UCWbL, I chose to examine the relationship between…
As a Political Science major, I am often surrounded by heated discussions. Politics is one of those wonderful constructs that has the power both to unite people…
When it comes to journalistic sources, people have very different preferences. The sources I turn to look different from the sources my mom uses, which are different…
As a rapid consumer and fan of all things design, I like to consider how the things we look at are determined visually; for example, I…
Since becoming a tutor at The Writing Center, I have been curious about how The UCWbL’s Core Practices play out in my everyday life, specifically in Public…
In both financial advising and peer tutoring, there are differences between any two appointments. The clients advisors work with are never the same, assignments tutors help writers…