Writing Center Events

Events for Faculty

Designing Reflective Writing Assignments

When used effectively, reflective writing can reinforce learning objectives and help to promote student development. This workshop reviews strategies for building reflective writing assignments that support these goals. Faculty are invited to bring and workshop ideas for reflective writing in particular courses.

Responding to Student Writing

Faculty have the opportunity to help students develop as writers and thinkers through the feedback that they provide on papers – especially when feedback is formative.  Join us for a conversation about methods of responding that encourage students to think more critically and revise more substantively.

Tackling Grammar

This session begins with a short diagnostic that focuses on some of the more common errors in student writing. The ensuing discussion helps faculty members prioritize these errors and develop vocabularies to help students understand and avoid them.

Faculty Writers’ Retreat

By application only

“Our writing workshop had a huge impact on my quality of life.  Without this intentional commitment of time to write, there’s no way I could have finished up my research analysis, which was long overdue.” – Dr. Robert Hackey

Events for Students

Personal Statements for Medical School

Part I:

Introduction to writing personal statements for medical school applications

Part II:

Medical school personal statement revision workshop

Personal Statements for Graduate School Applications, Fellowships, and Scholarships

By appointment only:

Please contact Will Toner, Sr. Associate Director of the Writing Center, at wtoner@providence.edu to schedule personal statement (or cover letter) consultations for graduate school, fellowship, scholarship, or professional applications.

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