Claim some time for your writing project! All writers are invited to our writing retreats on Fridays throughout the year. Come for an hour or stay all day. Just bring your laptop, plus your own food and drink. Retreat Dates: Fridays, Jan. 10, Feb. 7, and Mar. 20 (Cancelled) Time: Come by anytime during retreat […]
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Writing Across URI has an institutional license for Eli Review, a web-based platform that emphasizes peer learning through a straightforward process of implementing reviews and delivering feedback to each writer. Along with drafting and revising, frequent review is fundamental to effective writing, and one of the best ways to facilitate peer review is through Eli […]
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Claim some time for your writing project! All writers are invited to our writing retreats on Fridays throughout the year. Come for an hour or stay all day. Just bring your laptop, plus your own food and drink.
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Seven sessions facilitated by Heather Johnson and Karl Aspelund that explore strategies and practices any faculty member can use to help their students develop as writers.
Continue reading "Spring 2020: Writing Across the Curriculum Seminar"On April 5th, we welcomed URI alumni from the Writing & Rhetoric Department and Film/Media Program, who came to offer advice to current students. Panelists spoke about the importance of analytical and problem-solving skills gained in the course of their degrees. The alumni are working in public relations, brand development, non-profit foundations, film production, and […]
Continue reading "Writing & Rhetoric Alumni Return to Campus"Our Teaching Writing Workshop and Faculty Writing Retreat were a huge success! Here are a few images from the event.
Continue reading "2018 Teaching Writing Workshop"Writing Across URI’s first Faculty Writing Seminar was held in the fall semester of 2017. A group of 14 untenured assistants and lecturers from six different colleges or programs met twice a month to give each other support and suggestions to get writing done. Each member received a workbook titled Writing Your Journal Article in 12 Weeks, which […]
Continue reading "Faculty Writing Group"Hundreds of students participated in URI’s celebration of the National Day on Writing, Friday, October 20. With the theme of Write for your Life (#writeforyourlife), students could visit up to 5 stations to get their passports stamped. Students wrote on the Graffiti Wall;visited the Writing Center; listened to writers reading from their work; participated in […]
Continue reading "National Day on Writing was a big hit!"Writing Across URI is pleased to announce that Eli Review will now be provided for all URI students at no cost to them. If you would like to see better student writing, consider joining several faculty on campus who are already using Eli Review, an online peer review platform dedicated to peer learning and designed […]
Continue reading "Provost provides site license for Eli Review"On Wednesday, May 17 and Thursday, May 18 49 URI faculty members particpated in a Writing Boot Camp in the Library’s Active Learning Classroom (Room 166) and adjacent lobby area. Faculty could work alone quietly or make consulting appointments with a statistician, references librarians, or faculty with considerable experience with publication and editing.
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