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A Blog of WLN: A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship
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Summer 2020 Newsletter Issue
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2020 is turning out to be a monumental year with unprecedented changes in our professional and personal lives. Whether you are planning to or have already moved your writing center online or you are still adapting to remote tutoring and social distancing, we're here for you! At CWCAB, we want to ensure that you stay up-to-speed with the conversation happening in our global writing center community and can connect with other tutors, writing center professionals, and writers.
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Our newsletter is a digest of some of the contributions that our writing center colleagues from around the world have shared on our CWCAB blog. For this summer issue, we bring you writing center spotlights from Lebanon, Kenya, and Turkey, writing center wellness and research to share with your tutors, and videos from Ben Rafoth, Ron Maxwell, and Jamilla Lyiscott to use in your training and discussions on tutoring practices.
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Thanks to all of our contributors to the blog this past Spring, especially to Dr. Genie Giamo (Middlebury College) and Yanar Hashlamon (Ohio State University), Anita Moutchoyan (Hagiazian University), Brenda Wambua (DayStar University), Jeff Gibbs and Stephen Freer (Hisar School), and Dr. Lucie Moussu (University of Alberta).
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Writing Center Wellness and Carework in Turbulent Times | Part 1 & Part 2
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WLN: Since our last interview with Genie in April 2018, the world has changed considerably… we have all become a lot more aware of how fragile our status quo really is and how much we all take for granted. We thought we’d jump right in with a question that we feel gets right to the heart of the matter.
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WLN's Newly Released Digital Edited Collection on Transfer in Writing Centers
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Global Writing Center Spotlights
Our colleagues Anita Moutchoyan (Hagiazian University), Brenda Wambua (DayStar University), and Jeff Gibbs and Stephen Freer (Hisar School) introduce us to their writing centers.
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The Haigazian University Writing Center
Beirut, Lebanon -- Anita Moutchoyan shared about the Haigazian University Writing Center in Lebanon which she directs. The Haigazian University Writing Center is affiliated with Haigazian University which was established as a liberal arts institution in 1955 in Beirut, Lebanon.
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The Hisar Writing Center
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The DayStar Writing and Speech Center
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Nairobi, Kenya -- The Daystar University Writing and Speech Centre (WSC) is affiliated with Daystar University, a chartered Christian University in Kenya. The university has six schools and approximately 5,000 students. English is the main language of instruction in the University although other languages like Kiswahili and French are taught.
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Your Writing Center Here!
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Would you like to tell the community about your writing center? Send us an email at writinglabnewsletterblog@gmail.com!
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Moving Online? Some Resources for You!
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Tutoring online might become a staple for the writing center community as we continue coping with this COVID-19 world. Your colleagues have shared some resources to help you navigate tutoring online and tutor training for the digital center.
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Our colleagues over at the Purdue University Online Writing Lab have blown us away by generously recording these video tutorials. We thank Tammy Conard-Salvo for letting us share them with you. Watch them here!
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In this presentation, Dembsey and Rogers offer some important questions and tips for writing center administrators as they prepare to use more technology in the writing center.
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Tutoring Advice That's Always A Propos!
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We would like to thank Dr. Lucie Moussu (University of Alberta) and others for curating and sharing a list of videos from which we found the three featured in this newsletter. A curated list of videos will be coming to the blog soon, so stay tuned! For now, we've selected three that we thought you'd appreciate.
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Just like it's not easy to share feedback with our writers, it's not easy to receive it. In this short interview, Maxwell shares why it is important to respect the writer. Watch Here!
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Before you assume that Standard American English is the way to go, remember that your students can have different kinds of English. TEDTalk, tri-lingual orator Jamila Lyiscott challenges us to reconsider how we define the word "articulate" and this advice can extend to what we expect our students to sound like as they write. Watch here!
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In this keynote address at the 2012 Mid-Atlantic Writing Center Association, Rafoth reflected on the simple yet powerful tool all tutors have - the opportunity to have a real conversation with the writer. Listen and watch as Rafoth explains why we don't want to forget this gift. Watch here!
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Welcome Weijia Li!
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The WLN and CWCAB editorial teams have added a new member! Please welcome Weijia Li who hails from the University of Rochester where she is completing a doctorate in teaching and curriculum. Weijia will coordinate a special WLN project (see below!) regarding writing center experiences in the era of COVID-19. In addition, she will help address the technical elements of our Wordpress platform.
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CWCAB and WLN Projects
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Want to get involved? You can! Here are some projects we are working on and we need you to help us successfully complete them! Email us at writinglabnewsletterblog@gmail.com!
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The editors of the WLN blog, CWCAB, would like to invite you to tell us how you and your writing center are practicing resilience during this COVID-19 time. Send a video or a note or a picture to post on our blog. To find out more about this project and its deadline, please read more below.
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The editors of the Writing Lab Newsletter: A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship would like to invite short stories and reflections regarding your experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on your writing center. To find out more about this project and the deadline, please read more below.
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