The College of Lake County Writing Center decided to expand the National Day on Writing (which falls on Sunday, October 20th) this year, so that we are celebrating all things writing for a full week.
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Meet Our New Peer Writing Tutors – Part 2
Meet Andie, Morgan, Jose, and Michael! They are four more of the 14 new CLC student tutors who joined our staff in the Writing Center this fall. 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) while they work their first semester as writing tutors.
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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!”Hello (again!)
Happy fall semester all! My name is Susie Mendez, and I’m the new(-ish) Writing Coordinator in the Tutoring Center. I’ve been in this role since February 2024. I want to take the time at the start of the new semester and school year to introduce myself to you all.
I am a CLC native; I went straight to CLC out of high school because I knew I wanted to get a degree in something, but I didn’t know what that was straight out of high school. I knew CLC was a good place for me to feel things out. I initially signed up to pursue a career in mortuary sciences, but I quickly changed career paths after taking my first creative writing course. At the end of the semester, my instructor recommended the whole class to apply to be writing tutors, and that one decision changed the course of my education and career for the better.
Continue reading “Hello (again!)”Game Day for English Language Learners
On Wednesday, June 12, the CLC Writing Center hosted its first ever ESL Game Day event at the Southlake Campus. Three teams of students competed against each other in a game of Scattergories. The nine participants enjoyed snacks and the opportunity to practice their conversational skills and stretch their working vocabularies.
The event was a fun way to augment our ESL Conversation Circles offered in the fall and spring semesters. We hope to host more ESL Game Days in the future, expanding to the other campuses and trying a variety of language-based games.
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.
Why Be a Peer Writing Tutor?
Here are some responses to that question from our current staff.
Greta S. started as a writing tutor in 2016 and has continued to work in the writing center since she graduated from CLC. She plans to start at Lake Forest College this fall.
Voices from the CLC Writing Center 