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…
Category: Professional Development
Insightful summaries of tutor’s research about writing and tutoring writing performed for the Writing Center’s trimestral Professional Development workshops.
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…
The UCWbL is for everyone, and in embodying the value of “collaboration” that is at the heart of our mission, the Workshops team is central to creating…
Jen Fi. led an inservice titled: “What is This and How Do I Talk About it? Confidence and Empowerment in Tutoring Grammar” on October 6th from 4-5:30pm in LPC and…