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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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What’s a Writer?

A Conversation “You changed your major!?” “Yeah..its not a huge deal or anything.” “Can you keep your job at the Writing Center?” I dunno…can I? A Memory…

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Rallying Rebels – Banned Books Week 2014

Rebels, Unite! You might not know it, but you’ve almost certainly read a challenged or banned book in your lifetime: The Great Gatsby, The Giver, Harry Potter, The…

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Writing about Writing

So Fresh and So Clean: Maddie N’s Brainstorming Playlist

When I write, I like to start with brainstorming ideas and then to turn those ideas into an outline. After rounding up a copious supply of writing…

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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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Cracking the Block: 8 Suggestions for Defeating Writer’s Block

We’ve all been there. You have a paper due (tomorrow!), and as you sit there staring at your computer screen, the words just will not come. How…

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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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Live From DePaul, It’s SNL! (Scrawl S11 E02)

Hello Scrawl Nation! This week’s episode of Scrawl Radio was all about SNL. And while this SNL doesn’t have Tina Fey or Amy Poehler as alumni, the…

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Peer Writing Tutoring Writing about Writing

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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Peer Tutor and Mentor Summit 2014: Interview with Keynote Speaker, Raul Palma

The Outreach Team is excited to start talking about DePaul University’s fifth Peer Tutor and Mentor Summit, which will be taking place on Friday, October 31, 2014…