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Fall 2026 Workshops

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Writing Center Workshop Calendar
Date & Time Workshop What It Covers Location
Tues., Sept. 15,
1:00–2:00 PM		 Understanding the Assignment & Planning Your Approach Reading prompts, identifying requirements, breaking assignments into manageable steps, and reducing paper stress through planning. Pollak Library North, 1st Floor
Mon., Sept. 21,
2:30–3:30 PM		 Thesis Statements & Organizing Your Paper Developing a focused thesis and using it to determine the paper's major points and overall organization. Pollak Library North, 1st Floor
Fri., Sept. 25,
12:00–1:00 PM (Online) 		Descriptive Writing: Creating Detail & Specificity Using concrete details, sensory language, and specificity to make writing clearer and more engaging. Zoom
Wed., Oct. 7,
1:00–2:00 PM		 Research Databases & Finding Sources Developing search terms, navigating academic databases, evaluating sources, and moving beyond general web searches. Pollak Library North, 1st Floor
Mon., Oct. 19,
10:00–11:00 AM		 Development: Building a Draft Developing ideas beyond the outline, incorporating evidence and analysis, and identifying areas that need additional development. Pollak Library North, 1st Floor
Thurs., Oct. 22, 4:00–5:00 PM Business & Professional Writing Audience, purpose, concision, tone, organization, and conventions of common professional documents. Pollak Library North, 1st Floor
Wed., Oct. 28, 2:30–3:30 PM Introductions & Conclusions Creating effective openings and conclusions that establish context, purpose, and significance without simply repeating ideas. Pollak Library North, 1st Floor
Fri., Nov. 6,
2:30–3:30 PM (Online) 		Grammar & Mechanics Sentence-level concerns including tense, agreement, punctuation, word choice, and common challenges for multilingual/ESL writers. Zoom
Sat., Nov. 14,
11:30–12:30 PM
(Online) 		MLA Formatting Document formatting, in-text citations, Works Cited entries, and common MLA questions and errors. Zoom
Thurs., Nov. 19, 10:00–11:00 AM APA Format & Abstract Writing APA conventions, paper organization, in-text citations, references, and writing an academic abstract. Pollak Library North, 1st Floor
Wed., Dec. 2,
4:00–5:00 PM		 Timed Writing & Final Exam Writing Interpreting prompts quickly, planning under time constraints, prioritizing ideas, drafting efficiently, and reviewing under pressure. Pollak Library North, 1st Floor
Tues., Dec. 8,
1:00–2:00 PM		 Revision & Final-Paper Triage Distinguishing revision, editing, and proofreading while prioritizing the highest-impact improvements as deadlines approach. Pollak Library North, 1st Floor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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