The Connection Between Writing and Mental Health
How many of you knew that mental health awareness week was this month? My guess is not many of you. Unlike other health issues that receive more attention, such as breast cancer and heart disease,...
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From The Noun Project: Pictures for Everything
Have you ever wanted to find the perfect image to represent a word? Well, The Noun Project would like to help you out. They have small black and white images to represent just about any noun you can...
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Delicious is Delicious
Working in The Writing Center, I first heard the word “delicious” relating to technology stuff when I realized we use the Delicious Library software to keep track of and lend out books. But about two...
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Writing Resources: visuwords.com
Visuwords is an online visual dictionary and thesaurus. It is a great resource to use when you feel stumped during the brainstorming process, if there’s that one word that’s on the tip of your tongue,...
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Writing Resources: Son of Citation Machine
Son of Citation Machine is a great resource for making citations in MLA, APA, Turabian, and Chicago citation styles. Here’s a step-by-step walkthrough to quick and easy citations. Notice the bar on the...
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Writing Resources: Giant Golden Buddha (and 364 more 5 minute writing exercises)
Giant Golden Buddha and 364 more 5 minute writing exercises is a series of writing prompts by author C.M. Mayo. Here’s how it works. There is a prompt for each day of the year. After reading the daily...
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Writing Resource: Fallacy Files
Our new writing resource for this installment is The Taxonomy of Fallacies located at fallacyfiles.org. Let’s jump right in! For starters, what are fallacies? Simply put, fallacies are arguments with...
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Trendspotting: A Cup of Coffee
Another week come and gone here at The Writing Center. October has suddenly appeared, making this past week’s trendiest accessory a hot cup of coffee. The middle of the semester is almost upon us,...
View ArticleFeatured Resource: TED Talks
This week we will be introducing a new bi-weekly article to our website users. The featured resource entry will cover different resources to help our clients more effectively construct and execute...
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Trendspotting: Résumés
Any guesses as to what THE must-have accessory was last week? Résumés, résumés, résumés! Many of the appointments students made at The Writing Center were to review and improve their résumé writing...
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