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Marin Smith's "Karma-Yoga and Non-Attachment to the Fruits of Work: Tutoring in the University Writing Center" was published in the Fall 2014 issue of the student journal Tutors.

Jay D Sloan - Kent State University - From Praxis: "Consultants in the Kent State University Stark Campus Writing Center enter the "contact zone" in order to help each other and the writers they work with wrestle with diversity. Like many universities, Kent State University's Stark campus has taken "embracing diversity" as one of its primary initiatives."

An example of the University of Montana Writing Center's Annual Report (2014-2015 academic year). The purpose of this report is to showcase for administrators the scope of our work as well as make visible a handful of the Writing Center's programs that reach across the curriculum. Authored by Kelly Webster, Director of the Writing Center.

An extensive, detailed, widely viewed YouTube video on writing a literature review, by the Assoc. Director of the Writing Center at Texas A&M University

Another resource on plagiarism from Indiana University. Offers a quiz with immediate feedback on plagiarism, plus suggestions for how to recognize plagiarism.

University of Washington Bothell Writing and Communication Center blog, includes writikng prompts and writing resources

This page on the Indiana University Southeast Writing center links to a video introducing students to the writing center.

video on the Indiana University Southeast Writing Center website, explaining the services they offer. Clever drawing as she explains.

"The UW-Madison Writing Center launched Another Word in the fall of 2009 to give the writing center community a space to talk (write) about writing. All posts are written by members of our Writing Center staff, by alumni of our Writing Center, or by invited friends from writing centers around the world." All posts are written by members of our Writing Center staff, by alumni of our Writing Center, or by invited friends from writing centers around the world. Another Word is copyrighted by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, and does not accept advertising. You can learn more about our writing center on our website."

Defines plagiarism, as defined by the School of Education, at Indiana University-Bloomington

A series of instructional videos from the University of Evansville.

University of Michigan-Flint's Marian E. Wright Writing Center blog, posts written for students

University of Washington-Bothell Writing and Communication's resources on speaking, including finding a voice in the classroom, pointing, and taking a stand

University of Washington Bothell Writing and Communication Center's extensive list of ESL Instructional resources, Young-Kyung Min who wrote all the resources offers the following: "Over the last four decades, the demographics in US institutions of higher education have rapidly changed with an ever-increasing enrollment of non-native English speaking students. The enrollment of non-native English speaking students on our campus has greatly increased since its establishment. Creating a global learning environment is one of the main learning goals for our campus; thus, it is very important for faculty to continue learning about the particular needs and concerns of our non-native English speaking students and the campus resources available to assist faculty in helping students with their needs and concerns. Please continue to visit this website as more resources will be added to this section."

The University of Texas Writing Center has these short videos of sample consultations, including samples of bad consultations

University of Washington-Bothell Writing and Communication Center's resources on reading, including negotiating scholarly texts, close reading, keeping reading journals, creating conversations across texts, and reading poety

The Writing Centres of the University of Waterloo, the University of Guelph, and Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario, Canada, collaborated on the production of this online and publicly-available writing resource, www.WriteOnline.ca. Taking a WID approach, the website introduces students to writing three assignment genres -- a lab report, a case study report, and a reflective essay -- through descriptive text, models, and interactive activities.

University of Washington Bothell's list of workshops offered through their Writing and Communication Center. 

A guide for learners of English as an additional language (EAL/ESL) from the University of Adelaide. Topics cover grammar (voice, tense, prepositions, etc.) and oral presentations. Online guides supplemented with video.

Promo video and a few short videos on grammar, produced by students at the Texas A&M University Writing Center