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…
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
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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,…
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…
“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…
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…
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…