University Writing Center Blog

Happy Fall Break! Take this time to drink your Pumpkin Spice Lattes, go pumpkin patching, buy halloween candy, and catch up on homework! Use this break to enjoy the fall air, and everything else fall, you deserve it! The Writing Center will be open on Friday Oct. 12th in both locations from 8 a.m. to …

Yes, midterms are here you are not imagining it. Now that we have claimed our unassigned assigned seats, done a few a assignments, and in a groove we’ve come to the middle of the semester. There’s nothing to freak out about when it comes to midterms, but they are something you have to keep in …

UWC Blog: Welcome Back! Written by: James The University Writing Center is excited to welcome all new and returning students back to campus for another wonderful Fall Semester at IUPUI. We will be taking our normal appointments next week. In the meantime, here are a few tips and tricks that some of our veteran consultants …

Today is the last full day of school! Yay! While we aren’t completely out of the woods yet with finals coming up we have awesome news. We’re open during finals week! Where ever you in the writing process we can help, all you have to do is make an appointment! We also have even more …

Finals Week. The week all we college students dread the most. As we fill in these last two weeks of the semester with late nights, Monsters, RedBull, and coffee there are a few things you need to remember. Breathe Even though it may not seem like it there is still some time. If you start …

The Misconceptions of the University Writing Center (UWC) By: Hannah Hallock The University Writing Center is a place most commonly known for English majors to get help writing papers, but this isn’t the only thing the Writing Center does.  Understanding the misconceptions of the UWC can help benefit the centers and the clients alike. English …

Written by: Sydney Sparks It was the second week of December, and all my papers were due. As is common for many of my fellow English majors, I had put off nearly all of them. I mean sure I had worked on them in the previous weeks… but not nearly as much as I should …

Written By: Jessica (Aoxuan) Cao A current master student in Applied Communication. UWC consultant for 6 months. What’s in my name? I am one of the 21 IUPUI presenters in ECWCA conference this year. While others may call their ECWCA experience an academic presentation or research experience, I would regard mine as a self-discovering journey. Back …

Kayla is from New Whiteland, Indiana and has been working with the University Writing for two semesters now.  She is currently majoring in Creative Writing here at IUPUI, and loves working with writers and being able to encourage them about their writing. Kayla has been working on a few interesting projects through the center including Mental …

“Effects” and “Affects” Written By: Haneen Aldebasy Learning the differences between “EFFECTS” and “AFFECTS” can positively affect your grades in school and effect changes in your written expression. Students are constantly confusing these two terms.  Let’s remember that both terms operate as nouns and verbs and that the meanings of each one change notably depending …