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Study Skills to Start the Semester Strong

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Do you need to brush up on study skills? This 45-minute workshop will address valuable strategies for academic success, including note-taking, annotating, managing time, and taking care of yourself. Tips […]

Critical Reading Strategies

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  This 45-minute workshop will address how to critically read a text, including pre-viewing, questioning, annotating, using background knowledge, and rereading. All students are welcome.   Register

How to Develop an Argument & Thesis

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This 45-minute workshop will address planning and drafting strategies for writing an argument paper. Identifying key ideas and concepts through quote selection will serve as the foundation for developing an […]

Annotating and Outlining

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This 45-minute workshop will address strategies for annotating and outlining a text. Critical thinking will be emphasized, including discerning author’s purpose, evaluating claims, raising questions, and using prior knowledge in […]

Evaluating Resources: The Questions to Ask

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Sponsored by the Library and the Center for Reading and Writing, this 45-minute workshop will address strategies for evaluating print and news sources, including authority, accuracy, reliability, and timeliness.  Fake […]

Improving Sentences

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This 45-minute workshop will address proofreading and editing sentences, including making grammar user-friendly, moving from the macro to the micro level,  reading aloud, and visiting the CRW for help. All […]

How to Develop an Argument & Thesis

Webex Virtual Meeting

This 45-minute workshop will address planning and drafting strategies for writing an argument paper. Identifying key ideas and concepts through quote selection will serve as the foundation for developing an […]

Avoiding Plagiarism

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This 45-minute workshop will address how to successfully paraphrase, summarize, and directly quote the sources used for writing papers, articles, presentations, speeches, etc. Plagiarism in its various forms will be […]

MLA Documentation Style

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This workshop has been rescheduled for 10/22 at 1:15.   Please see that date for registration information.

Critical Reading Strategies

Webex Virtual Meeting

This 45-minute workshop will address how to critically read a text, including pre-viewing, questioning, annotating, using background knowledge, and rereading. All students are welcome.   Register

Chicago/Turabian Documentation Style

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This 45-minute workshop will address Turabian/Chicago documentation style, including page formatting, source integration, footnotes, bibliography, and using the style manual. All students are welcome.   Register

Managing Academically During a Virtual Semester

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Now that you've completed a few weeks of classes, join Vice President Joe Connell to learn strategies to succeed for the rest of the semester. You'll explore tips for self-managing your […]