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"This is a site for discussion about writing sponsored by the Writing Center and the Writing Across the Curriculum program at Eastern Illinois University."

Eastern Illinois University Writing Center's blog, "EIU Writes"

EIUWrites - The Eastern Illinois University Writing Center blog

Shelley Powers from the University of Texas at Austin talks about how consulting on technical writing projects can make liberal arts-trained writing consultants nervous. However, technical writing is more familiar territory than we might think.

Monica Jacobe, a graduate consultant at the American University Writing Center, takes center stage.

Joseph Hill University of California Davis From Praxis: "Being a philosophy minor and English major, I constantly look at interactions that take place between the different disciplines and ways in which life can be approached from a philosophical standpoint. Existentialism is a philosophy that piqued my interest with its reliance on the precedence of the individual and the consequentiality of man's choices."

Michigan State U. Writing Center's podcasts on citations, poetry, primary sources, resumes, and thesis statements.

Discussing whether faculty are required to be present during in-class workshops

From Praxis: "The warm glow of a computer screen can never replace face-to-face training courses, workshops, or advice from colleagues. But electronic training resources can be engaging supplements; they give us perspectives from outside the walls of our own centers, and they let us move at our own pace through training activities."