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Student Workshops

The Center for Reading and Writing offers a variety of reading, writing, and study skills workshops facilitated by Center staff, faculty, and consultants. These 45-minute workshops run throughout the fall and spring semesters. Workshop topics include the following:

  • MLA Documentation Style
  • APA Documentation Style
  • Chicago/Turabian Documentation Style
  • Avoiding Plagiarism
  • Annotating and Outlining a Text
  • Critical Reading Strategies
  • Study Skills
  • Improving Sentences: Avoiding Fragments, Run-ons, and Comma Splices
  • Writing About Research
  • Time Management
  • Developing an Argument & Thesis
  • Evaluating Source Credibility
  • Reading for the Research Paper
  • Email Professionalism
  • Note-Taking
  • Academic Success Strategies
Ramapo

Fall 2025 Student Workshops

Registration opens on 9/2/25

Fall 2025 Student Workshops Schedule

 

Sep. 15
01:15 pm - 02:00 pm

This 45-minute workshop will address planning and drafting strategies for writing an argument paper.  Identitying key ideas and concepts through quote selection will serve as the foundation for developing and argument and thesis. All students are welcome.

Register

 

Sep. 17
11:00 am - 11:45 am

You have a lot to do, so planning is essential. Learn ways to become more efficient and reduce your stress. Sponsored by the Center for Reading and Writing, 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 are welcome.

Register

Sep. 18
01:15 pm - 02:00 pm

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, ptovey@ramapo.edu.

Register

Sep. 22
10:00 am - 10:45 am

If you are writing an MLA paper, this workshop is for you! Sponsored by the Center for Reading and Writing, the workshop will address MLA documentation style, from page formatting to in-text citations, source integration, and the Works Cited page. All students are welcome.

Register

Sep. 23
10:00 am - 10:45 am

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 argument and thesis. All students are welcome.

Register

 

Sep. 24
01:00 pm - 01:45 pm

Sponsored by the Center for Reading and Writing, this 45-minute workshop will address 5 key strategies for optimal academic performance, from planning to using essential campus resources. Open to all students. 

Register

Sep. 24
02:00 pm - 02:45 pm

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 Priscilla Tovey, ptovey@ramapo.edu.

Register

Sep. 29
01:15 pm - 02:00 pm

Sponsored by the Center for Reading and Writing, this 45-minute workshop will address proofreading and editing sentences, focusing on some of the most common errors: fragments, run-ons, and comma splices. For more information, contact Priscilla Tovey, ptovey@ramapo.edu.

Register

Sep. 30
03:00 pm - 03:45 pm

This 45-minute workshop addresses strategies for annotating and outlining a text. Critical thinking is emphasized, including discerning the 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

October 2025
Oct. 02
01:15 pm - 02:00 pm

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, ptovey@ramapo.edu.

Register

Oct. 06
01:15 pm - 02:00 pm

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 Priscilla Tovey, ptovey@ramapo.edu.

Register

Oct. 07
01:15 pm - 02:00 pm

You have a lot to do, so planning is essential. Learn ways to become more efficient and reduce your stress. Sponsored by the Center for Reading and Writing, 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 are welcome.

Register

 

Oct. 08
11:00 am - 11:45 am

This 45-minute workshop addresses strategies for annotating and outlining a text. Critical thinking is emphasized, including discerning the 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

Oct. 08
12:00 pm - 12:45 pm

Sponsored by the Center for Reading and Writing, this 45-minute workshop will address how to use APA documentation style, including page formatting, in-text citations, and references. All students are welcome. For more information, contact Priscilla Tovey, ptovey@ramapo.edu

REGISTER

Oct. 14
10:00 am - 10:45 am

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 argument and thesis. All students are welcome.

Register

Oct. 15
11:00 am - 11:45 am

If you are writing an MLA paper, this workshop is for you! Sponsored by the Center for Reading and Writing, the workshop will address MLA documentation style, from page formatting to in-text citations, source integration, and the Works Cited page. All students are welcome.

Register

Oct. 20
01:15 pm - 02:00 pm

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

Oct. 28
10:00 am - 10:45 am

Sponsored by the Center for Reading and Writing, this 45-minute workshop will address proofreading and editing sentences, focusing on some of the most common errors: fragments, run-ons, and comma splices. For more information, contact Priscilla Tovey, ptovey@ramapo.edu.

Register

Oct. 29
11:00 am - 11:45 am

Sponsored by the Center for Reading and Writing, 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 defined and discussed, including Ramapo’s policy on academic integrity. Open to all students. 

Register

November 2025
Nov. 05
10:00 am - 10:45 am

If you are writing an MLA paper, this workshop is for you! Sponsored by the Center for Reading and Writing, the workshop will address MLA documentation style, from page formatting to in-text citations, source integration, and the Works Cited page. All students are welcome.

Register

Nov. 06
01:15 pm - 02:00 pm

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

Nov. 12
11:00 am - 11:45 am

Sponsored by the Center for Reading and Writing, 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 defined and discussed, including Ramapo’s policy on academic integrity. Open to all students. 

Register

Nov. 12
12:00 pm - 12:45 pm

Sponsored by the Center for Reading and Writing, this 45-minute workshop will address how to use APA documentation style, including page formatting, in-text citations, and references. All students are welcome. For more information, contact Priscilla Tovey, ptovey@ramapo.edu

Register

Nov. 18
01:00 pm - 01:45 pm

As college students, you want to include the most reliable information in your papers, projects, and presentations, but at times it can be difficult to discern crediblity. We are inundated with information through a wide variety of media. How do we determine which sources are trustworthy? This 45-minute workshop will help answer this question by addressing strategies for evaluating print and various online news sources.  We will discuss essential questions to pursue in finding reliable information.  All students are welcome. 

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Nov. 19
12:15 pm - 01:00 pm

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

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Nov. 20
01:15 pm - 02:00 pm

Sponsored by the Center for Reading and Writing, this 45-minute workshop will address planning and drafting strategies for writing about research. Learn how to integrate research into a paper through quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing source information.  All students are welcomed. For more information, contact Ramon Reyes, rreyes@ramapo.edu

Register

Nov. 24
01:15 pm - 02:00 pm

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 resources. All students are welcome.  For more information, contact Priscilla Tovey, ptovey@ramapo.edu.

Register

Nov. 25
10:00 am - 10:45 pm

Sponsored by the Center for Reading and Writing, this 45-minute workshop will address planning and drafting strategies for writing about research. Learn how to integrate research into a paper through quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing source information.  All students are welcomed. For more information, contact Ramon Reyes, rreyes@ramapo.edu

REGISTER

December 2025
Dec. 02
01:00 pm - 01:45 pm

Sponsored by the Center for Reading and Writing, 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 defined and discussed, including Ramapo’s policy on academic integrity. Open to all students. 

Register

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Faculty Workshops

Professional development workshops for faculty to support Writing-Across-the-Curriculum (WAC) initiatives may also be offered during the academic year.  See Faculty Resources for further information.