Workshops

The Writing Center has designed this workshop for new collegiate writers who desire extra academic writing guidance outside of the classroom. The series aims to help students understand the basic conventions of U.S. academic writing and arm them with strategies to improve their own work. It will cover basic “nuts and bolts” topics, such as verb choice and paragraph structure, that might not be covered in many college classrooms and offer supplemental material for classes that do. It is intended for students who need basic assistance with American Academic writing. This session will discuss Flow, Structure, & Punctuation!

The Writing Center has designed this workshop for new collegiate writers who desire extra academic writing guidance outside of the classroom. The series aims to help students understand the basic conventions of U.S. academic writing and arm them with strategies to improve their own work. It will cover basic “nuts and bolts” topics, such as verb choice and paragraph structure, that might not be covered in many college classrooms and offer supplemental material for classes that do. It is intended for students who need basic assistance with American Academic writing. This session will discuss Style & Paragraph Structure!

Learn to use this web-based bibliographic management tool to organize journal, book, or other references for any research or writing project. RefWorks is compatible with numerous library research databases to enable you to quickly compile a database of references, which can then be automatically formatted in APA, MLA, or hundreds of other bibliographic formats. The Write-N-Cite plugin for Microsoft Word provides automatic formatting of in-text citations and bibliographies. Many other features promote collaboration and save time!

RefWorks is available at no cost to all UConn students, staff and faculty.

Our Personal Statements workshop focuses on the Personal Statement (or Statement of Purpose) as a genre of writing. Graduate schools, fellowships, grants, and other competitive programs often require each applicant to submit a short essay about her history and goals. These essays are sometimes written in response to very specific questions; sometimes, they're written in response to a generic prompt. In both cases, a good personal statement carefully balances its author's history and aspirations. This two hour workshop will arm students with the knowledge to craft an effective personal statement for a variety of applications – from graduate school to study abroad programs. The first hour will feature a lecture on the general genre conventions of the personal statement. The second will offer hands on assistance with an experienced tutor with a draft the student brings in.