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When to Judge: on Evaluation in Tutorials

I try not to be too evaluative in my tutorials (or even my Written Feedback).  Of course, there’s always a time to reassure the writer that they’re…

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Tutoring with Visual Rhetoric

Last Friday my fellow Faculty Development and Research team members and I explored our artsy-fartsy sides with an inservice titled “Tutoring with Visual Rhetoric” in preparation for…

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Internships: Taking the Next Step

Two weeks ago I started a new internship with a literary agency.  Writing and editing are my passions, and after working at the Writing Center for the…

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Writing about Writing

ICW Tips for Tutors: Establishing Rapport

No matter how comfortable you are talking to people you’ve never met, sometimes standing up in the classroom in front of completely foreign faces can be daunting.…

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Towards a Linguistic “Glocalization”: A Geographic Approach to Writing Center Theory.

In 1997, geographer Erik Swyngedouw challenged the way that scholars viewed globalization with the publication of “Neither Global nor Local: ‘Glocalization’ and the Politics of Scale.” The…

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ICW Tips for Tutors: Setting Objectives

The In Class Workshop Team is all set to begin a new quarter, and we’re more eager than ever as we’ve added four new members to our…

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What Do I Talk About?: Making the Most of Your Time

As writing center tutors, we want to help writers as much as we can.  We want to make sure that if a writer makes a one-hour appointment…

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Resume Advice: Should a Tutor Push the One-page Rule?

In the process of an overwhelming internship search, I have been updating, rearranging, and tailoring my resume to fit the perceived expectations of prospective employers in both…

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Taking Another Look At Editing as Tutoring

When I first signed up for my literary editing course, I didn’t really think it would have much in common with my tutoring job.  I mean, we’re…

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Outpost and Short Tutorials: Challenges, Strategies, and Pitfalls

While it’s nice to finish a conference in under thirty minutes and return to meebo until the next student arrives at the outpost, short tutorials take a…