Writing Center Workshops
The Writing Center offers a variety of workshops that instructors may request for their classes. Workshops are an excellent way to introduce your students to the Writing Center and encourage them to visit on their own for help with writing assignments. The full list of workshops is provided below.
The best way to schedule a workshop is to submit an online request form. We will process your request and confirm the date and time with you within two business days. Be sure to tell your students to meet in the Writing Center on the day of your workshop, and let them know where we are located: 218 Eicher Hall, on Grant Street across from Wallwork Hall, near the large smokestack.
Introduction to the Writing Center
This workshop shows how tutors can help students with their writing. There’s also a short exercise for the class to work on and then discuss with their workshop leader. This is a great way for instructors to encourage their students to visit the Writing Center for tutoring.
Approximate time: 45 minutes
Ideal for students in ENGL 100 or 101
Proofreading
This workshop helps students build the kinds of careful reading skills that are needed to proofread their papers, including reading slowly, using A Writer’s Reference, and following rules of thumb.
Approximate time: 45 minutes
Ideal for students in any class
Word: Beyond the Basics
This workshop focuses on useful features of MS Word 2010 that are often overlooked or hard to find, such as re-numbering pages and modifying internal margins, as well as more complex formats like tables of contents, tables, and charts.
Approximate time: 45 minutes
Ideal for students in any class
Peer Review
In this workshop, students learn the concepts and practices of peer review. They will see examples of constructive and non-constructive feedback and learn why it’s not helpful to correct every mistake in a paper or to give only positive feedback.
Approximate time: 45 minutes
Ideal for students ENGL 100, 101, or any class
Google Scholar
Google Scholar is a powerful tool that students can use for intelligent searching of information on the Web. In this workshop, students learn to use Google Scholar to search academic literature and locate full-text articles.
Approximate Time: 45 minutes
Ideal for students in ENGL 202
MLA Documentation
This workshop introduces the MLA documentation style (7th edition), including how to quote and summarize from an original source. It is a hands-on workshop in which students see examples and do exercises. Topics include citing within the text, using signal phrases, creating the Works Cited page, and documenting online sources.
Approximate time: 45 minutes
Ideal for students in ENGL 202
APA Documentation
In this workshop, students are introduced to the APA documentation style (6th edition), including how to quote and summarize from an original source. It is a hands-on workshop in which students see examples and do exercises on their computers. Topics include citing within the text, using signal phrases, creating the References page, and documenting online sources.
Approximate time: 45 minutes
Ideal for students in ENGL 202
Hearing Voices
This innovative workshop illustrates some of the ways in which writing works like a conversation between “speakers” with different “voices.” Students are asked to identify the voices in a text and are invited to compose a piece of writing that incorporates their own voice with the voice of a source.
Approximate time: 45 minutes
Ideal for students in ENGL 100, 101, or 202
No Workshop
Would you like to reserve the computer lab area of the Writing Center so that you can teach the class or allow your students to work on their computers while you hold conferences with them? Just tell us you want a “No Workshop” workshop!
