The Writing Center
Regular Hours of Operation:
Monday: 8:30am-3:30pm
Tuesday: 12:00pm-7:00pm
Wednesday: 8:30am-3:30pm
Thursday: 12:00pm-7:00pm
Friday: 8:30am-3:30pm
Fall 2009 Workshops:
Please note that several of the on-campus workshops will be video-conferenced with the University Center in Greenville. We ask that those interested please call to reserve a seat.
Integrating Sources – APA Style This workshop helps students develop their own styles and voices when writing research papers by offering practice in integrating reliable source material. We discuss appropriate paraphrasing and quoting techniques and provide basic citation models as outlined by the American Psychological Association. We contrast examples of good source integration with poor ones to illustrate cases of inadvertent plagiarism.
Thurs., Sept. 17, 4:30-5:45 Upstate Campus: ADMIN 116; University Center of Greenville: 117
Wed., Sept. 30, 5:00-6:15 HEC 2035
Generating Ideas and Drafting This workshop provides strategies to help students improve writing fluency. We will discuss rhetorical situations, pre-writing techniques, writing plans, and ways to approach writing based on students’ own learning styles.
Tues., Sept. 22, 4:30-5:45 Upstate Campus: ADMIN 116; University Center of Greenville: 117
Integrating Sources – MLA Style This workshop helps students develop their own styles and voices when writing research papers by offering practice in integrating reliable source material. We discuss appropriate paraphrasing and quoting techniques and provide basic citation models as outlined by the Modern Language Association. We contrast examples of good source integration with poor ones to illustrate cases of inadvertent plagiarism.
Weds., Sept. 23, 5:00-6:15 HEC 2035
Tues., Sept 29, 4:30-5:45 Upstate Campus: ADMIN 116; University Center of Greenville: 117
Revision Strategies This workshop provides student writers with self-assessment strategies as well as ways to seek assistance from other readers. Various aspects of a draft are considered: focus, support, organization, coherence and clarity.
Thurs., Oct. 15, 4:30-5:40 Upstate Campus: ADMIN 116; University Center of Greenville: 117
Putting the Pieces Together: Long Paper Assembly and Review Designed with Senior Seminar students in mind, this workshop provides strategies to assist writers in managing material from numerous sources, eliminating un-related material, integrating material effectively and maintaining a personal voice.
Weds., Nov. 4, 4:30-5:45 HPAC 122
Thurs., Nov. 12, 4:30-5:45 HPAC 122
About The Writing Center: The USC Upstate University Writing Center is dedicated to assisting both experienced and inexperienced writers at all stages of the writing process, in any discipline. We assist students with pre-writing and revision strategies as well as with proofreading techniques. Tutors can offer help with global aspects of your writing such as organization or structure, or provide instruction on word choice, punctuation, and grammar. In addition, tutors assist with other writing projects such as resumes, cover letters, admissions essays, and scholarship letters.
Tutors are University faculty members and students who have been selected to work in the Center because of their outstanding writing and teaching ability. Students who come to the Writing Center benefit from sharing their writing with a fellow student who is both knowledgeable and service-oriented. By working with tutors, students have the opportunity to learn more about writing and to become better writers over time. Faculty: Recommend a Student for a Tutoring Position.
The Writing Center provides free 50-minute one-on-one tutoring sessions. Please bring your assignment instructions along with your paper draft. Appointments should be scheduled in advance with the Writing Center, but walk-ins may be occasionally accommodated.
The Writing Center Online Resources:
During mid-terms and the end of the semester tutors are very busy, please plan ahead and call the Writing Center at 503-5883 for an appointment!