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by Jennifer Rojas, Peer Consultant, University Writing Center If you are here reading a writing center blog, then you are probably interested in writing. Maybe you’re wanting to improve your writing skills. Maybe you have a story or poem that you’ve been working on. Or maybe somebody told you that your writing is choppy, wordy, …

by JJ Gramlich, Peer Consultant, University Writing Center I have to be honest; I suffer from ‘imposter syndrome.’ So when our writing center director told us about the East Central Writing Center Association (ECWCA)  conference, the first thing that popped into my mind was: Oh this is for the real consultants, grad students, and academics. …

Are you interested in working at the University Writing Center? Writing consultants have the opportunity to 1) work one-to-one mentoring and supporting writers from across campus, 2) build and sustain meaningful University Writing Center programming focused on digital resources, language and cultural diversity, writing center assessment, campus and community outreach, and writing across the curriculum, …

by Jennifer Rojas, Peer Consultant, University Writing Center The Maker’s movement, popularized by Make magazine and Adam Savage (among many others) has spurred a renewed interest in the skills required to produce something by hand. From mini-computers and robots to furniture and clothing, the Maker’s movement inspires people to learn through creating. Books such as …