Thank you to all who participated in helping the CLC Writing Center celebrate National Day on Writing last Monday, Oct. 20! We had about 70 people in total, including students, staff, and faculty, who came out to share why they write with us. Some students and faculty wrote poems using magnetic poetry, and others had a blast with our giant, pencil-shaped word search!
We also want to shout out our social media blitz and raffle winners, too! A special thank you and congrats to the following: Daniel Killins, Jose Zavaleta de Lopez, Diego Martinez, and Lucas Liu!
We are incredibly thankful to the CLC community who participated and helped make National Day on Writing a special day at CLC. We’re extra grateful to Nick Schevera, Nick Bennett, Sadie Saller, and Miguel Jimenez who donated their time and tabled with us. We’re also thankful to Ann Rintz who let us borrow one of the art gallery’s folding displays during our event.
Please enjoy the slideshow below, and we’ll see you next October 20th!
On Wednesday, June 18, the Writing Center hosted separate events at the Southlake and Lakeshore campuses to provide fun opportunities for Adult Ed. students to stretch their English-speaking skills.
Alanna Phillips, Lead Tutor, Lakeshore Campus Tutoring Center
Hi. My name is Alanna Phillips, and I am the Lead Tutor at CLC’s Lakeshore Campus Tutoring Center. I tutor in writing, reading, speech, English, as well as study & technology skills. I am an artist and aspiring educator learning to think clearly & openheartedly in a confusing and disheartening world.
The CLC Writing Center celebrated International Writing Centers Week this past February 10th through the 15th. This annual event was created by the International Writing Centers Association in 2006 to celebrate writing and to spread awareness about the important roles that writing centers play in schools, on college campuses, and within the greater community.
We celebrated by hosting a tabling event at the Grayslake Campus on Monday, February 10, where we had handouts for students to fill out. Prompts included “What writing advice would you give new students at CLC?” and “Who or what inspires you to write?” We also had writing center-themed word searches for participants to enjoy.
We hosted a week-long ‘work with a writing tutor raffle’ at all three campuses. We had a total of 102 students visit the Tutoring Center. They worked with our writing tutors in-person and online on things like college transfer essays, assignments for CMM, ENG, and other courses at CLC, and attended Conversation Circles! Our three winners included a student who attended Conversation Circle at the Southlake Campus, a student who worked with a tutor in-person at the Grayslake Campus, and a student who submitted their work for written feedback.
We’re eternally thankful to all the students, staff, and faculty who helped promote and participate in International Writing Centers Week this year, and we’re excited to come up with more activities for the CLC community next year!
Participant at the Grayslake Campus’ International Writing Centers Week table on Feb. 10, 2025
Participant at the Grayslake Campus’ International Writing Centers Week table on Feb. 10, 2025
Participant at the Grayslake Campus’ International Writing Centers Week table on Feb. 10, 2025
Participant at the Grayslake Campus’ International Writing Centers Week table on Feb. 10, 2025
Participant at the Grayslake Campus’ International Writing Centers Week table on Feb. 10, 2025
Participant at the Grayslake Campus’ International Writing Centers Week table on Feb. 10, 2025
Participant at the Grayslake Campus’ International Writing Centers Week table on Feb. 10, 2025
Participant at the Grayslake Campus’ International Writing Centers Week table on Feb. 10, 2025
Participant at the Grayslake Campus’ International Writing Centers Week table on Feb. 10, 2025
Participant at the Grayslake Campus’ International Writing Centers Week table on Feb. 10, 2025
Participant at the Grayslake Campus’ International Writing Centers Week table on Feb. 10, 2025
Participant at the Grayslake Campus’ International Writing Centers Week table on Feb. 10, 2025
Participant at the Grayslake Campus’ International Writing Centers Week table on Feb. 10, 2025
Participant at the Grayslake Campus’ International Writing Centers Week table on Feb. 10, 2025
The CLC Writing Center wrapped up another successful round of Night Against Procrastination events on 11/19/24 and 11/20/24 🥳🎊
Collectively among the three campuses, we had 36 participants: 32 students, 2 community members, 1 staff, and 1 faculty member. Of the 32 student participants, 16 were new students who hadn’t been to the tutoring/writing center during this semester 🎉🙌🏻 Hopefully we see them around the center before the end of Fall 2024. 🤭
The CLC Writing Center wrapped up a week of celebrating National Day on Writing (Oct. 20) on Saturday October, 26th.
To celebrate, we hosted tabling events at all three campuses on 10/21 where students, staff, and faculty filled out fliers letting us know why they write. You can see some of their responses in the slideshow below. We also shared information about upcoming events at the college and new classes for the Spring 25 semester.
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.
Voices from the CLC Writing Center 