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Virtual Conference Invitation: Water is Toxic and Food is Scarce. What Will We Do?
On behalf of Dr. Savitri Dixon-Saxon, Vice Provost, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences and Dr. William C. Schulz, III, Director, Walden Center for Social Change, you are hereby invited to an exciting event happening tomorrow, March 8th. Please join us for Walden University's free, virtual social change conference from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. eastern time.
The conference, A Social Change Challenge: Water is Toxic and Food is Scarce. What Will We Do?, will engage in a robust exploration and dialog related to the direct and underlying causes that contribute to ongoing food and water insecurity and quality problems across the globe. This virtual, interdisciplinary conference will support Walden University scholar-practitioners in their collaboration for positive social change.
You can find the detailed conference agenda here.
Click here to reserve your spot for the conference.
If you'd like to learn more about Walden's Center for Social Change, please follow this link.
We hope to see you tomorrow, March 8th.
The Walden University Center for Social Change is a connective hub that promotes, facilitates, and supports collaborative partnerships, action research, and projects that lead to purposeful action for sustainable positive social change.
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The conference, A Social Change Challenge: Water is Toxic and Food is Scarce. What Will We Do?, will engage in a robust exploration and dialog related to the direct and underlying causes that contribute to ongoing food and water insecurity and quality problems across the globe. This virtual, interdisciplinary conference will support Walden University scholar-practitioners in their collaboration for positive social change.
You can find the detailed conference agenda here.
Click here to reserve your spot for the conference.
If you'd like to learn more about Walden's Center for Social Change, please follow this link.
We hope to see you tomorrow, March 8th.
The Walden University Center for Social Change is a connective hub that promotes, facilitates, and supports collaborative partnerships, action research, and projects that lead to purposeful action for sustainable positive social change.
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Thursday Thoughts: We Have a Source for You!
APA
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Expert Advice
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Learning Styles
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Paper Review Appointments
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Scholarly Writing
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Walden University
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At the Writing Center, we know that Walden University attracts
students from all over the globe, which means that we want to provide students
with sources they can access 24/7, regardless of what time zone they live in. We
also know that students have their own unique learning style preferences, so we developed our different types of sources and services with student’s time zones and learning preferences in mind. For
instance, those who are auditory learners might enjoy our live or archived webinars, whereas those who are visual and or kinesthetic learners might
enjoy our interactive modules. Of
course, at the Writing Center, we believe all students benefit from our tier
one service—paper reviews!
Our sources are meant to be used on their own or to compliment feedback and revising from paper reviews. And, if students have questions about their paper review feedback, or want to ask a quick writing question, they can contact us through our writingsupport@waldenu email or our chat service.
Not sure what source is right for you? Check out our Writing Center Getting Started page for an overview of our sources and services!
The Walden Writing Center provides
information and assistance to students with services like live chat,
webinars, course visits, paper reviews, podcasts, modules, and the
writing center webpages. Through these services they provide students
assistance with APA, scholarly writing, and help students gain skills
and confidence to enhance their scholarly work.
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Our sources are meant to be used on their own or to compliment feedback and revising from paper reviews. And, if students have questions about their paper review feedback, or want to ask a quick writing question, they can contact us through our writingsupport@waldenu email or our chat service.
Not sure what source is right for you? Check out our Writing Center Getting Started page for an overview of our sources and services!
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Planning for Writing Center Sessions at Residencies
Whether you are planning to attend a doctoral in-person or virtual residency, the preparation process can be daunting. In terms of
logistics, you may have to plan to take time off from work, find accommodations
for family members or pets, or arrange a ride to the airport (just to name a
few!). Not to mention, you have to emotionally prepare to interact with peers,
faculty, and staff in a synchronous environment, which, for Walden students, is
not the normal, everyday educational experience.
The preparation process can be a lot to handle, but as a
doctoral student, you are used to preparing. For some, your entire doctoral
career could be viewed as a preparation process for the next step in your professional
career! So you know that preparing can pay off and result in a more productive
experience.
Here are a few steps you can take to prepare for residency
sessions led by Writing Center staff to improve your experience:
Bring Your Laptop
Now, if you are attending a virtual residency, you are
likely not going to forget to bring your computer to residency sessions. But if
you are preparing to attend an in-person residency, do make sure to bring your
laptop to all Writing Center-led sessions. At both in-person and virtual
residencies, you’ll be asked to complete activities, some of which require
internet access. You might be asked to format an online journal article reference list entry, find a DOI number for a source, or add analysis to a MEAL Plan paragraph. Having the ability to view supporting materials and
activity instructions from your laptop during residency sessions can be very
convenient, especially if you’re nearsighted, like I am!
Bookmark the Writing Center’s Website
Speaking of the benefits of bringing a laptop to Writing
Center-led sessions, bookmarking the Writing Center’s website home page on your primary web browser before the residency can save
you a lot of time. In many Writing Center-led sessions, staff will guide you
through the Writing Center’s website to find helpful resources, such as
information about paper review appointments and what it means to synthesize. If you are able to easily access the Writing
Center’s homepage, you can then follow along with the staff member as they
navigate the Writing Center’s website. And once you know how to bookmark a
webpage, you can bookmark webpages of specific interest to you as the Writing
Center staff member shows you where to find answers to your APA and
writing-related questions.
Write Down Your Questions
Have a burning APA question you want to ask an expert? Or
maybe you’d like to know more about scholarly writing. Write it down! Create a
Microsoft Word document or a note in your phone and type up all of your
questions. Chances are we’ll answer many of your questions during the Writing
Center-led sessions you attend at the residency, but if we don’t, feel free to
ask! Writing Center staff are happy to answer your questions during residency advising
sessions, during presentations, or after residency sessions (if your question
is a little more intricate). As a bonus for those of you attending a virtual
residency, if you have all of your APA and writing-related questions typed up,
you can simply cut and paste them into the chatbox of the virtual environment in
which we meet!
Even though, as a residency presenter, I find I am able to
answer the majority of students’ questions without having to look up the
answers, I still learn something new at every residency. So if you stump me with
a question, good for us! We can locate the answer together. In any case, if you
record your questions somewhere, you’re less likely to forget to ask them. And
if you come up with questions after the residency ends, send them our way at writingsupport@waldenu.edu.
Your time is valuable, and spending some of your valuable
time prepping for Writing Center-led residency sessions can help you get the
most out of our sessions! We so look forward to seeing you at your next
residency.
Ellen Zamarripa is a Writing Instructor and the Coordinator of Residency Planning for Walden University's Writing Center. She loves to teach and especially enjoys working with students asynchronously through paper reviews and then meeting them synchronously at residencies.
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Thursday Thoughts: Writing Goals for the New Year
Happy New Year! What are your 2019 goals? Maybe your goals
are related to old goals you’ve been putting off for years, goals that weren’t
met last year, or new goals. Goal setting can be both exciting and stressful, especially
when it comes to academic goals. The Writing Center understands this, especially in terms of writing goals, as
students often have several responsibilities outside of their academic ones.
To
help you with your 2019 academic goals, the Writing Center has tips for How to Achieve Your Writing Goals.
The Walden University Writing Center provides
information and assistance to students with services like live chat, webinars,
course visits, paper reviews, podcasts, modules, and the writing center
webpages. The center supports students through all stages of the writing
process and develops the writer as well as the writing.
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Happy New Year!
The Walden University Writing Center will be closed tomorrow, January 1st. We'll return on January 2nd with renewed energy and purpose to continue helping Walden writers on their educational journey.
Thank you for reading our blog this past year. We hope it has been inspirational and educational. We'll continue to provide helpful, student-focused writing in the new year. Here's to positive social change in 2019 and beyond!
Keep Writing. Keep Inspiring!
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Thursday Thoughts: January Webinar Schedule
It's the beginning of a new year and a new month! Congratulations on making it this far. Why not mark your calendars to attend and participate in one of our Live Webinar Events in January. We have a whole host of scholarly writing-related sessions planned for you this month. Plus, as a bonus, we've partnered with our friends across Walden University's Center for Academic Excellence for an extra-special student success webinar event! View our listings below and click any of the session titles for more information on how to register.
If you are unable to attend any of these sessions in person, we post recordings of every Live Webinar Event on the Walden University Writing Center website here. The recordings of these sessions are posted 24 hours after they take place, and you can watch them free and on-demand. Search our entire Live Webinar library for other important scholarly writing tips.
The Walden University Writing Center produces webinars that teach APA guidelines and writing skills for all Walden students, along with webinars specifically for undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral capstone students. Webinars offer live writing instruction, as well as an opportunity for students to connect via Q&A and chatting with staff and other Walden students, and each webinar is recorded for later viewing.
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Webinar Calendar
The Walden University Writing Center produces webinars that teach APA guidelines and writing skills for all Walden students, along with webinars specifically for undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral capstone students. Webinars offer live writing instruction, as well as an opportunity for students to connect via Q&A and chatting with staff and other Walden students, and each webinar is recorded for later viewing.
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Special Webinar Event: Essential Academic Skills & Resources for a Successful First Year
The Walden University Center for Academic Excellence is excited to share a brand new webinar event taking place on January 16th, 2019. The three offices that make up Walden's CAE, Academic Skills Center, Library, and Writing Center, collaborated to create this session that introduces first-year students to the skills and tools needed to thrive in their first year at Walden. We hope you can join us!
Follow this link if you would like more information about this Live Webinar Event
Here is the description of the event for you to look forward to: Welcome to Walden, first-year students! In this webinar, join specialists from the Library, Writing Center, and Academic Skills Center for a discussion on essential scholarly skills such as finding required readings, searching databases, writing in a scholarly fashion, reading effectively, and using good online etiquette. The discussion will also cover where you can find resources to help you achieve academic excellence in your first year, and beyond.
Come prepared to learn about strategies for success, share your educational experience, and prepare to achieve academic excellence in your time at Walden University!
The Walden University Writing Center is one of three divisions that make up the Walden University Center for Academic Excellence. Each of these three are dedicated to the success of Walden students in all facets of their educational journey and provide resources, support, and information that is indispensable as students proceed through their degree programs.
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Follow this link if you would like more information about this Live Webinar Event
Here is the description of the event for you to look forward to: Welcome to Walden, first-year students! In this webinar, join specialists from the Library, Writing Center, and Academic Skills Center for a discussion on essential scholarly skills such as finding required readings, searching databases, writing in a scholarly fashion, reading effectively, and using good online etiquette. The discussion will also cover where you can find resources to help you achieve academic excellence in your first year, and beyond.
Come prepared to learn about strategies for success, share your educational experience, and prepare to achieve academic excellence in your time at Walden University!
The Walden University Writing Center is one of three divisions that make up the Walden University Center for Academic Excellence. Each of these three are dedicated to the success of Walden students in all facets of their educational journey and provide resources, support, and information that is indispensable as students proceed through their degree programs.
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Happy Thanksgiving from the Walden University Writing Center!
The Walden University Writing Center is closed November 22-23, 2018 to allow our staff to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with their families. We look forward to seeing you again on Monday, November 26!
Even when our Writing Center is closed, there are lots of resources available to you! Check out our website, webinar archive, interactive modules, and other posts here on our blog.
This Thanksgiving and every day, we in the Writing Center are grateful for you, our readers and students. Thank you for being part of this community!
The Walden University Writing Center supports writers at all stages of their degree programs and writing processes. Walden University students are encouraged to participate and practice their scholarly writing skills with one of our instructors or editors.
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Update on Writing Center Services for Friday, November 2nd, 2018
The Walden Writing Center's Writing Support email, chat, and paper review services are closed on Friday, November 2nd, 2018 for staff training. We will reopen on Monday! If you're looking for writing support in the meantime, check out the writing resources on our website.
Thank you to all our readers. We are very excited to return on Monday even better-prepared to support your writing journey here at Walden University!
The Walden University Writing Center supports writers at all stages of their degree programs and writing processes. Walden University students are encouraged to participate and practice their scholarly writing skills with one of our instructors or editors.
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Thank you to all our readers. We are very excited to return on Monday even better-prepared to support your writing journey here at Walden University!
The Walden University Writing Center supports writers at all stages of their degree programs and writing processes. Walden University students are encouraged to participate and practice their scholarly writing skills with one of our instructors or editors.
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How Rubrics Fit Into Your Writing Process
Many course assignments at Walden University include grading
rubrics. Rubrics are different than the assignment prompt itself—a rubric
describes traits the final work should have, whereas the assignment prompt
describes the content. The Writing Center has some great
resources on using your assignment prompt effectively that you can review,
but today I’ll focus more on those grading rubrics and how they can fit into
your writing process.
A grading rubric describes various areas of your work and
what would achieve success in those areas. For example, a rubric section on organization
might have various descriptions like “ideas are well-organized and clearly
explained”. These descriptors may be a little confusing or hard to puzzle out
as you’re writing your draft itself. So, I suggest reviewing your rubric before
you write your first draft to get an idea what components of your work are most
important for that assignment, then I suggest putting your rubric aside and
focusing on the assignment and the writing itself. Once you’ve written your
draft and checked that you’ve completed all of the important content components
from the assignment prompt, then might be a good time to work your rubric back
into your writing process.
One important thing to consider about rubrics is that,
ultimately, what aspects in your work add up to what score is up to your
faculty. That means that you shouldn’t stress too much about the rubric as
you’re writing and as you look back over your work—especially at the start of a
course. However, your rubric can be a great tool for revision of an individual
paper.
Here are my overall tips for using your paper assignment’s
rubric at different stages of the writing process:
Before You Turn in Your Draft
1. Read over your rubric after you finish a polished draft of
your work that you believe meets the components of the assignment.
2. Consider if you think you are accomplishing the descriptions
in the rubric (again, it might be hard to know at this stage—but give it a once
over as part of your polishing up process).
3. If there’s an area you think is lacking, try revising on
your own, review some of our resources, or make a Writing Center paper review appointment if you have time before the assignment is
due.
After You Have Your Grade
1. Take a look at which areas of your rubric most needed
work—maybe it’s organization, grammar, APA, or another category. Read the
description of the area where you scored lower than you’d like to, then read
the area in the next point category up.
2. Review your draft and consider how you might fit the
description area you were scored for and also any ideas you have for ways to
move up to the next point area.
3. Try revising a bit on your own, or come to the Writing
Center for a paper review appointment. Only your faculty knows for certain why
they gave you a particular grade, but we’ll do our best to focus on that
category and suggestions to help you enhance that aspect of your writing.
4. Keep this paper review in mind as you write your next draft
and work on applying similar skills.
Throughout the Semester and Beyond
1. Rubrics and areas where you score higher or lower aren’t
just valuable for individual assignments, you can keep track of your score
areas to work towards building a writing goal.
2. From draft to draft, you can pay attention to areas you
scored lower or higher on previously and keep track on your own of what aspects
of your writing you’d like to work on being more consistent.
3. Come to the Writing Center with your goal in mind and we’ll
focus specifically on that area of your writing with you to assist you in
working towards advancing your skills as well as working to meet whatever your
rubric scores have indicated is a good area to focus on.
Remember, a rubric is just another tool to help you set some
writing goals, use the Writing Center and some of the strategies above to work
on achieving your goals!
Claire Helakoski is a writing instructor at the Walden Writing Center. Claire also co-hosts WriteCast, the Writing Center's podcast. Through these multi-modal avenues, Claire delivers innovative and inspiring writing instruction to Walden students around the world.
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