You got accepted! Congratulations! I knew if you tried you could certainly do it. So, what happens now? Part of the process of preparing for that presentation…
Category: Professional Development
Insightful summaries of tutor’s research about writing and tutoring writing performed for the Writing Center’s trimestral Professional Development workshops.
Every quarter, tutors at the UWCbL attend at least one inservice. Inservices are 90-minute workshops that focus on a specific aspect of writing or tutoring. Sam G.…
A few years back I attended a presentation from a tenure-track candidate in DePaul’s WRD program. I knew the candidate, Dr. Schneider, well—I had taken courses with…
You found a conference? Awesome! But now they’re asking that you submit a proposal and you have no idea how or why you ought do this. It’s…
If you’ve been following this series, you might be at the point where you are ready to submit your work. However, you also might find yourself now…
Short Answer: Yes. But the most important part of any answer typically revolves around the why. It is no secret that academic conferences have an air…
One of the biggest challenges students encounter when they attend college or universities is getting involved. While getting involved socially is always advertised in student involvement fairs…
Every year at the UCWbL we set goals at the beginning of fall quarter. During my first year at the UCWbL, my goal was to present at any…
Last quarter we chose to focus Coffee and Commenting on time management. Coffee and Commenting is a professional development event that all UCWbL tutors are required to…
Over the last two years I have had the privilege of finding my voice and place among the Peer Mentor and Tutor community at DePaul University. As…