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Get tips on using evidence effectively in essays at April 8 workshop
The final Writing Resource Center General Campus Workshop Series of the semester will be held Friday, April 8, from 12:35 to 1:35 p.m. in Bellflower Hall, Room 102. English lecturers Matthew Burkhart and Joseph Cheatle will lead the workshop on “Using Evidence Effectively” to help students…
Find out how national security and modernist literature are linked at April 15 lecture
The 2016 Edward S. and Melinda Melton Sadar Lecture in Writing in the Disciplines will be held Friday, April 15, at 3 p.m. in Bellflower Hall, Room 102. Greg Barnhisel, professor and chair of the Department of English at Duquesne University, will present “Norman Holmes Pearson: Rewriting America…
Faculty Development, Latina/o Alliance of Northeast Ohio to host writing retreat for faculty March 18
The Office of Faculty Development and the Latina/o Alliance of Northeast Ohio (LANO) invites Latina/o faculty, and faculty whose scholarship or research engages Latina/o populations or communities (within or outside the U.S.), to participate in a one-day writing retreat Friday, March 18, from 9…
Nominations for excellence in writing instruction awards due March 7
The Writing Program is accepting nominations until March 7 for two campuswide teaching awards that recognize excellence in writing instruction. The Jessica Melton Perry Award for Distinguished Teaching in Disciplinary & Professional Writing This award recognizes teaching that has contributed to…
Sharpen your writing skills at Feb. 5 workshop
Hone your writing skills at the Writing Resource Skills General Campus Workshop Friday, Feb. 5, from 12:35 to 1:35 p.m. in Bellflower Hall, Room 102. English Lecturers Malcah Effron and Martha Schaffer will lead the workshop, which will feature the topic "Continuing Your Writing Process.” Pizza…
Get tips on revising essays at next Writing Resource Center workshop
The Writing Resource Center will hold the final General Campus Workshop of this calendar year Friday, Nov. 20, from 12:35 to 1:35 p.m. in Bellflower Hall, Room 102. Megan Jewell, instructor of English, and Molly Zacour, graduate student in the Department of English, will lead the workshop on…
Kick off National Novel Writing Month with today’s event
Ever thought about writing a novel? November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). The goal of NaNoWriMo is to write 50,000 words between Nov. 1 and Nov. 30. Cedar Residential College and the Writing Resource Center will hold a NaNoWriMo kick-off event today (Nov. 2) from noon to 3 p.m. in…
Undergraduate students: Discover how to use evidence to effectively support arguments
The Writing Resource Center General Campus Workshop series will continue today (Oct. 30) from 12:35 to 1:35 p.m. in Bellflower Hall, Room 102. John Higgins and Joseph Cheatle, both lecturers in English, will lead the workshop, which is titled "Considering the Source." The workshop will help…
Prepare to submit your SAGES Writing Portfolio with help from upcoming workshops
SAGES Writing Portfolios are due the semester after completion of the second University Seminar (Nov. 1 and March 1)—which means it’s almost time for many students to submit their work. Eric Chilton, English lecturer and portfolio coordinator, will lead workshops to help students complete their…
Faculty: Find out how you can help improve student writing skills
Over the past eight years, faculty readers of SAGES writing portfolios have indicated that Case Western Reserve University students are writing academic essays that meet grammatical and stylistic expectations, but demonstrate weaknesses in argumentation and critical thinking. Join the University…