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Looking for an icebreaker for your next event? Interested in promoting self-reflection opportunities? Curious about the relationship between mistakes or failure and resiliency?
This is the toolkit for you!
[Note: Excellent mistakes not included!]
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?
The six word story initiative invites members of the SFU community to celebrate their "excellent mistakes."
It's a New Year and it's time for a new installment of our Grammar Camp series!
SLC Writing Coordinator Amanda Goldrick-Jones, PhD, is back with a glossary of useful grammar terms to help you with your writing... and with breaking the ice at your next party!
Part-two of Eric Cai's top tips for excelling in university classes that require math and problem-solving.
Want to know more about Eric? Read his In Common welcome interview here.
Many university classes require a lot of math and problem-solving. Eric Cai, the former SLC Peer and guest blogger who we introduced just before the holiday closure, shares his top tips on how to excel in these challenging courses in a two-part series.
In Common welcomes former SLC Peer Eric Cai as a guest blogger. In his posts, he will focus on study and communication skills for students in math and science. Learn more about Eric in the following email interview.
Check out these videos created by Alina K., SFU alumni and former Social Media Assistant for Student Central Channels.
Thank you Alina!
By Daniel Chang
PhD candidate and SLC Graduate Writing Facilitator Daniel Chang offers some important reminders and tips to help take you through the end of the Fall 2018 academic term.
By Alexandra Patzak, SLC Graduate Learning Facilitator & PhD Candidate in Educational Psychology
Your assignment is due next week.
It’s totally okay to put it off for a while... Right?
In this blog post, Alex takes a close look at procrastination and how it can stop you from accomplishing your goals and result in unnecessary stress.