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Conversation Partner Appointments Are Pretty Sweet

  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…

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How Do They Write Like That?

Before I started working at the UCWbL, I never, ever, ever, EVER listened to music while writing. I thought of it as a form of multitasking: a…

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Tutoring a Writer vs. Leading a Workshop

Tutoring a Writer vs. Leading a Workshop When I was accepted as a member of the Workshops Team this year, I expected to encounter a different side…

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Refashioning Written Feedbacks

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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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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UCWbL Workshops Update

The UCWbL Workshops Team is off to a busy start in the 2014 Autumn Quarter! We have already facilitated several in-class workshops on the topics of Digication,…

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UCWbLing 102 Staff Training

Agenda Share: what blogs do you read? Discuss: why does the UCWbL have a blog? Brainstorm blog topics in groups Read & Reflect: “How to Write an…

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Learning to be (not the) Queen of Social Media

“Learning…is life’s greatest adventure” – Taylor Caldwell, novelist This is something I’ve always believed in, and something I continue to discover and internalize during my first weeks…

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Uncovering Your Tacit Knowledge

As students, teachers, and writers, we know many things.  We know about events. We know information and data and facts.  Most likely, we are familiar with this…

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Fellowing as Fisticuffs: Why Being A Fellow Should Require Combat Training

The Writing Fellows program at the UCWbL is a direct example of our writing-across-curriculum (WAC) approach to academic writing here at DePaul. It can be wonderful to…