This fall 14 new CLC student tutors joined our staff in the Writing Center. As part of our Peer Writing Tutor Program, they are taking a 3-credit English class, English 260 (Intro to Writing Center Theory and Practice) this fall while they work their first semester as writing tutors. Meet Alex, Juan Jose, Jacqueline, Xiomara, and Noelle!
Continue reading “Meet Our New Peer Writing Tutors – Part 1”Conversation Circles are (so) back!
Conversation Circles started up again last week! Sessions were held at the Grayslake, Lakeshore, and Southlake campuses on Monday and Tuesday, and were well attended by CLC’s ALE, ELI, and ESL students.
Conversation Circles are a weekly event sponsored by the CLC Writing Center, the ELI, and the ESL Departments. The goal is to provide a space where English language learners (from all backgrounds and proficiencies) can practice their English speaking and listening skills in a low-stakes environment. These sessions are hosted by writing center staff at all three CLC locations.
Continue reading “Conversation Circles are (so) back!”Night (and Afternoon) Against Procrastination
On Thursday, December 1, 2022, the CLC Writing Center hosted a successful write-in event to help students (and CLC faculty and staff) fight procrastination.
Three separate write-in events were scheduled–one on each campus and writers had the opportunity to work for anywhere from two to four hours. Snacks were provided and door prizes were awarded.
Continue reading “Night (and Afternoon) Against Procrastination”National Day on Writing – 2022
Here are some scenes from our celebrations of the National Day on Writing on Thursday, October 20, 2022 at the Grayslake and Southlake Campuses.
Continue reading “National Day on Writing – 2022”Meet the New Peer Writing Tutors – Part 1
Back in June, we interviewed over 30 students for our Peer Writing Tutor Program. Though our Fall 2022 cohort is smaller than usual, our staff of ten new writing tutors is already mighty. They have been working in the Writing Center since August while also taking English 260 (Intro to Writing Center Theory & Practice), our tutor development course.
Please meet four of our new tutors as well as our the new Tutoring Coordinator for the Writing Center.
They Came. They Wrote. They Won.
The CLC Writing Center hosted another successful Night Against Procrastination Virtual Write-In on Wednesday, April 27, 2022 from 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm.
We had thirty-three (33) writers participate in the event and twenty-nine (29) of them were student writers. Four (4) faculty members also joined us to get work done.
CLC Writing Center Celebrates International Writing Centers Week 2022
Created in 2006 by the International Writing Centers Association (IWCA), International Writing Centers Week focuses on promoting and celebrating writing centers and writing center work in schools and communities across the United States and internationally.
CLC has been celebrating International Writing Centers Week every year since 2009 and we have some exciting events planned for 2022. We hope you will join us.
Another Successful Night Against Procrastination!
The CLC Writing Center hosted another successful Night Against Procrastination Virtual Write-In. Twenty CLC students and one CLC faculty member worked for over 90 total hours over two nights. For more numbers, see the infographic below:
Continue reading “Another Successful Night Against Procrastination!”Night Against Procrastination Virtual Write-In
Got Looming Deadlines?
We can help!
Got essays needing revision? Are you trying to finish your final research project in any CLC class? Have a writing task you just can’t seem to complete?
Don’t Go It Alone!
CLC’s Writing Center is once again sponsoring
a two-night
Night Against Procrastination Virtual Write-In.
Continue reading “Night Against Procrastination Virtual Write-In” Saying Farewell to Kim Voss, “Writing Center Junkie”
By Dr. Jenny Staben, Faculty Coordinator, CLC Writing Center
I procrastinated writing this for as long as I could because putting these words on paper makes it real. After 21 years, Kim Voss will be leaving CLC and the writing center, and it’s hard for me to imagine. The fabric of my own 21-year history with CLC and the CLC Writing Center has always had Kim woven into it.
Voices from the CLC Writing Center 