The WaLC provides in-class, interactive workshops on the topics listed below. To request a workshop, please submit the Workshop Request Form (PDF) at least two weeks before your preferred workshop date. NOTE: You MUST have the latest version of Adobe Reader to fill out the workshop requset form. Questions? Contact us.
Getting to the Sweet Things: Time Management for College Students
Do your students routinely arrive late for class or fail to turn in assignments on time? Do they tell you they don’t have enough time to complete the assignments and readings for your class? This workshop will help students to analyze how their time is spent, to define goals, and to prioritize activities that lead to academic success.
Learning to Learn: Diverse Strategies for Absorbing and Understanding Information
Do your students realize that true learning requires considerable time and effort? This workshop introduces students to a variety of strategies they can use when studying on their own and with other students.
Listening for the Write Stuff: Tips for Effective Listening and Note-Taking
Do your students miss out on important information because they haven’t developed an effective method for taking notes in class? “Listening for the Write Stuff” provides students with strategies for identifying important information during lectures and for organizing lecture notes into a useful study tool.
You Snooze, You Lose! Staying Focused Through Your Reading Assignments
Do your students miss out on important information from reading assignments because they haven’t developed effective reading habits? Participants in this workshop will learn helpful strategies for making meaning out of reading assignments.
Don’t Get TESTY! Improve Your Test Preparation and Test Taking Strategies
Do your students get tripped up by multiple choice tests, freaked out by essay questions, or anxious about timed exams? This Workshop introduces students to the best test preparation and test taking strategies.
Walk the WaLC: Using Campus Resources to Maximize Your Success
Do your students believe tutoring services are only for students who are struggling academically? This workshop shatters the remedial stigma associated with tutoring and helps students define realistic expectations for services offered by the Writing and Learning Commons and the Mathematics Tutoring Center.
Top 10 Grammar Mistakes in College Papers
A rundown of comma rules, homonym tips, and common style and grammatical problems
Tackling the ___________________________ (Insert any assignment type, e.g. book review, research paper, annotated bibliography)
A tailor-made workshop to assist students with planning, revising, and editing specific types of writing projects.
Raising Your Game: Rules for Writing in College
This workshop helps students understand the rhetorical situations of the college classroom, introduces them to academic writing, and explains some of the differences between high school and college papers.
Avoiding Plagiarism
Information on research methods, crediting authors, and summarizing, paraphrasing, and quoting effectively. (Note: before requesting this workshop, please review our online anti-plagiarism guide and other plagiarism resources.)
Peer Review Workshop
WaLC staff can lead your students in a peer editing session, with tips and strategies for being and learning from a “second pair of eyes.”
Research and Documentation (MLA, APA, AMA, or Turabian)
Any style, at any level, from freshman to graduate. WaLC staff can go over the brass tacks of simple citation, the theory behind and approach to advanced research in a given discipline, and/or anything in between.