UCM Writing Center

04/12/2017

04/05/2017

Are you working on your thesis? Click over to our blog to learn how to write a literature review in this video lecture.

The literature review can be one of the trickiest parts of your thesis or research project. It's the space where you ground your research into the academic conversation and show how your work relates...

03/01/2017

"The road is made entirely out of words."

1) Write. There is no substitute. Write what you most passionately want to write, not blogs, posts, tweets or all the disposable bubblewrap in which modern life is cushioned. But start small: write…

02/28/2017

Graduate writers! Join the UCM Writing Center on Sunday, March 5th and make some progress on your thesis, research project, and other writing tasks!

02/27/2017

Graduate students, faculty, and staff from all disciplines are encouraged to present their research at the annual Graduate Scholars Symposium at the University of Central Missouri. This symposium takes place Wednesday, April 19th, 2017 at the Elliot Student Union in room 240.

The deadline for proposals has been extended, so there's STILL TIME to submit your work!!!

02/05/2017

Today is graduate writing day! If you can't make it to campus, you can view some of our resources online! https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B7tBUw9L1abTaHgxM25zNGc1N1E?usp=sharing

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02/01/2017

We do our best work when we care for ourselves.

Don't push through; take a break!

(Image Credit: Chibird)

01/26/2017

Graduate students are taking over the Learning Commons on Sunday, February 5th! Graduate Writing Day offers a dedicated time and space for graduate writers to make progress on their theses, research projects, and other writing tasks. With both quiet and more interactive work-spaces available, graduate students will have opportunities to focus on their writing and to collaborate with other writers.

01/18/2017

6 rolling white-boards just arrived in the Writing Center! They're perfect for brainstorming, free-writing, outlining, and putting your thoughts in order before beginning your next writing project.

01/17/2017

Our tutors have returned! Bring your paper to the Writing Center in JCKL 3160 for personalized writing instruction. We'll answer your questions and help you identify areas of improvement on any writing assignment.

01/10/2017

Behold! An extensive, compelling, comprehensive, dazzling list of modifiers. It may be very useful to you this semester. ;-)

We're really, truly, highly interested in helping you improve that lazy vocabulary.

01/09/2017

Welcome, students! Spring 2017 is going to be a fantastic semester!