What's New in the Writing Center?

Excitement is in the air at the Writing Center as we get to work on new initiatives for 2015! Here’s what’s happening:

New website

We recently launched a new Writing Center website, which features much of the same content but improved organization. Check out the new site and update any Writing Center bookmarks you have saved. Bookmarking the main page or favorite pages is a great way to access them quickly.

Check out the new Writing Center website!
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Relocated WriteCast page

We’ve moved the WriteCast page to the new website as well. Starting today, you can access all episodes and transcripts on the WriteCast podcast page. We’ll continue to let you know about new episodes here on the blog.

Two myPASS appointments per week

Students submitting undergraduate or graduate coursework for review in myPASS can now make two appointments per week. Just remember that we still ask students to actively revise their work, making an effort to apply feedback between appointments.

If you’re writing your dissertation or doc study, we have several resources to help you with your writing. In particular, we want to highlight the new doctoral writing workshops along with the Walden Capstone Writing Community, a great space to connect with fellow students and chat with a Writing Center editor.

Small Writing Groups

The pilot of our Google+ private writing groups kicked off today! If you signed up to be part of a group, don’t forget to accept your group invitation, which came to your Waldenu.edu e-mail address.

Post-Webinar Facebook Chat

Join us for our first live Facebook chat with writing instructors Matt, Beth, and Anne following Wednesday’s “Building and Organizing Academic Arguments” webinar. The chat will take place from 7-7:30 p.m. Eastern Time on our Facebook page. You don’t need to preregister or attend the webinar to participate, though you can get the most out of the chat by attending the webinar. Need a reminder? Register for the webinar and add it to your calendar, and/or RSVP to our Facebook event. 

2015 is off to a great start! We're looking forward to what this new year will bring, and we hope you are, too.

Anne Shiell is a writing instructor and the coordinator of social media resources at the Walden Writing Center. Anne also produces WriteCast, the Writing Center's podcast.

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