Tag: School of Professional and Continuing Studies

PCS Workshop: Writing A Research Paper

As the semester winds down, deadlines for your term papers are likely beginning to look larger.  But don’t stress!  Instead, bring those assignments with you to to the writing center;’s final workshop of the semester.  In this session, we will work on finding useful sources to put your bibliography together as well as strategies for integrating More …

PCS Student Workshop: Academic Integrity and Avoiding Plagiarism

Do you need to learn when and how to cite sources?  Do you have questions about avoiding plagiarism?  Bring any questions or concerns to our workshop where we will go over writing and research strategies for maintaining academic integrity.  This workshop is mandatory for students who are starting in the Spring 2018 term.

PCS Workshop: They Say/I Say: Entering the Academic Conversation

Join us for the final Writing Center workshop of the semester where we will raise the stakes from where we began with properly citing sources.  Building off the popular writing manual They Say/I Say, we will practice how to best position your argument within a larger debate on your topic that includes your sources and More …

PCS Workshop: Social Justice Forum Discussion: Assimilation and our Educational System

The post-World War II era provided many opportunities for assimilation, particularly in the suburbs and on college campuses.  Assimilation has been a force that shaped the United States even after periods of dissent and marked policy changes meant to eliminate racial and socio-economic disparities (i.e. Reconstruction, Brown v. Board of Education).  Assimilation became connected to More …