Getting feedback for your writing
Asking for feedback for your writing sounds great. But how do you do it? How do you know what helps and what doesn't?
In Common: The SLC blog
The Student Learning Commons blog is your online writing and learning community
The difference between Conversational and Academic English
Words are just words. Or are they? Writing & Learning Peer Angelica Y. writes about the differences between conversational and academic English and gives us some tips for improving our everyday conversations.
5 Steps to Help You Recover from Midterm Season
Communications major and SLC Writing and Learning Peer, Ayomide G. is back with a companion piece to her post on having a successful midterm season.
We at the SLC hope you have all come through the midterm season well, and hope that you enjoy these 5 steps for effective midterm-recovery!
(and we promise not to mention how close finals are now... okay, maybe we'll mention it once...)
The common comma: Part 1
Perhaps you are starting to gear up for term paper writing? If so, you might be wondering when you are REALLY supposed to be using commas...
SLC Writing Coordinator Amanda Goldrick-Jones, PhD, returns to help us understand that common piece of punctuation, the comma... and maybe, just maybe, how to save our relationships?
Five ways to get the most out of office hours
By Dal Sohal, MA, SLC Learning Services Coordinator
Attending a professor or TA’s office hours is probably one of the most underutilized success strategies at university. Many students are aware that office hours exist but don’t fully understand how visiting their professors and/or TAs during office hours can help to improve their academic results.
In this post, Dal explains how to get the most of office hours, and gives you five pro-tips to help you start off the fall 2018 term on the right foot!
The Summer Semester is almost over! Get a jump on Fall...
By Daniel Chang
It's summer and the semester is almost over! But before you take that well deserved break, have a look at these housekeeping reminders to make sure you are ready for next term.