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Graphic Design Crash Course, Part 2: Balance

It’s ePortfolio season at DePaul. Programs that require students to submit portfolios as graduation requirements are wrapping up, job and internship applications are being prepared as the end…

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Workshops and Transferable Skills

If you’ve ever had an in-class workshop, you may have thought “Great! Time to sit back and relax while we go through another useless presentation and then class…

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Deciding to Join CMWR: My Experience Being an ESL Tutor

Since last spring quarter, I have spent every Wednesday night tutoring an adult immigrant in English as a Second Language at a Chicago branch of Heartland Alliance,…

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Pinterest Your Life: UCWbL Style! Part 1

I’ll admit, I am a Pinterest junkie. Most might identify Pinterest as a hub for DIY (do-it-yourself) projects. That is true, but it’s also a handy source…

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Forgive Me Tutor, For I Have Syntax Issues

I’m not Catholic, but sometimes I feel like I should be with all the guilt I hold. Whenever I make a mistake, or back down on a promise, or even forget to say hello to someone, I’ll find myself compelled to apologize, and try to make it up in someway.

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New Media Peer Writing Tutoring Research Writing about Writing

Graphic Design Crash Course, Part 1: Color

It’s ePortfolio season at DePaul. Programs that require students to submit portfolios as graduation requirements are wrapping up, job and internship applications are being prepared as the end…

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Writing about Writing

5 Tips to Help You Write the Best Research Paper of Your Undergraduate Career

It’s 12 hours before a paper is due and you are frantically searching databases for more articles to add to your paper in order to reach the…

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Scrawl Sneak Peek: Leader of the Pack! S12 E02

Greetings DePaul students and faculty! On this week’s episode of the lovely Scrawl Radio show, we will be discussing leadership and what it takes to be a…

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Application Essays: Getting Everyone to Fall in Love With You Through Words

We all wondered how Tom Hanks got Meg Ryan to fall in love with him via AOL in “You’ve Got Mail” – especially because AOL was slow as…

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Apply Yourself (Scrawl S12 E01)

Hello Scrawl Nation! We’re back for the final season of the 2014-2015 academic calendar, and we’ve started off with a bang! Today we welcomed UCWbL head writing…