Writing Center
Workshops
Workshops
Overview
The following workshops were offered in Fall 2007 and will be offered again in Spring 2008. Dates and times will be posted here and in campus announcements as soon as they are available.
Documentation Workshops
Introduction to APA Style
APA is the documentation style used by the social sciences and required in many fields such as psychology and social work. This workshop will give you an overview of how use the APA standards for documenting your sources and formatting your paper.
Introduction to MLA Style
MLA is the documentation style required in most literature and humanities courses. This workshop will give you an overview of how to document your sources using MLA—how to create in-text citations and a "works cited" page, as well as how to format your paper according to MLA standards.
Writing Better Sentences Workshops
Write effective sentences so you can write effective essays! These workshops focus on writing at the sentence-level. We identify common patterns of errors in sentences and discuss strategies for spotting and avoiding them. You will be given multiple examples and models and receive handouts and worksheets to help you develop your skills further.
These workshops build off and complement each other, but it is not necessary to make it to every one.
Writing Better Sentences I
Components of a sentence; independent and dependent clauses; fragments and run-ons.
Writing Better Sentences II
Writing with clarity and precision: wordiness, passive voice, misplaced and dangling modifiers.
Writing Better Sentences III
Sentence structure and variety.
Research Paper Clinics
Go to the main Writing Center page for more information about our ongoing drop-in "clinics" for individualized assistance.
Give us a suggestion!
We want our workshops to meet your needs. If you have an idea for a workshop topic that you could benefit from, we would love to hear it. Simply follow this link to share your suggestion, and we will do our best to accommodate you.