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  • Chicago/Turabian Documentation Style

    Webex Virtual Meeting

    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.  For more information, contact Priscilla Tovey, ptovey@ramapo.edu.  Register

  • Annotating and Outlining

    Webex Virtual Meeting

    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 […]

  • Time Management Workshop

    Webex Virtual Meeting

    As a college student, you have a lot to do, so planning is essential. Learn ways to become more efficient and reduce your stress. This 45-minute workshop will address time-management strategies and tools, including goal-setting, using an organizer, planning weekly, addressing priorities, and limiting distractions. All students welcome. For more information, contact Priscilla Tovey, ptovey@ramapo.edu. Register

  • Note Taking

    Webex Virtual Meeting

    We all know it is important to take notes during class and while reading. Attend this 45-minute workshop to learn not only how note-taking helps improve your academic performance, but also for tips, tricks, and methods that will help you become an effective note-taker.  This workshop is open to all students. For more information, contact […]

  • 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. For more information, contact Priscilla Tovey, […]

  • Study Skills to Start the Semester Strong

    Webex Virtual Meeting

    This 45-minute workshop will address valuable strategies for academic success, including note-taking, annotating, managing time, and taking care of yourself. Tips on where, when, and how to study will also […]

  • Study Skills to Survive the End of the Semester

    Webex Virtual Meeting

    This 45-minute workshop will address study skills to help with end-of-the-semester assignments & exams, including reading, annotating, and recall strategies, time management, taking care of your health, and using campus […]

  • Reading for the Research Paper

    Webex Virtual Meeting

    This 45-minute workshop will address reading strategies for conducting research, including how to read scholarly sources. Determining source credibility will also be discussed. All students welcome.  For more information, contact […]

  • Annotating and Outlining

    Webex Virtual Meeting

    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 actively working with a text.  For more information, contact Priscilla Tovey, ptovey@ramapo.edu. Register

  • 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 welcome. For more information, contact Priscilla Tovey, ptovey@ramapo.edu. Register

  • Chicago/Turabian Documentation Style

    Webex Virtual Meeting

    This 45-minute workshop will address Chicago/Turabian documentation style, including page formatting, source integration, footnotes, bibliography, and using the style manual. All students welcome.  For more information, contact Priscilla Tovey, ptovey@ramapo.edu. Register

  • Avoiding Plagiarism

    Webex Virtual Meeting

    Learn how to successfully paraphrase, summarize, and directly quote the sources used when writing papers, articles, presentations, speeches, etc. This 45-minute workshop will define plagiarism in its various forms, including Ramapo’s policy on academic integrity. Open to all students. For more information, contact Priscilla Tovey, ptovey@ramapo.edu. Register