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Introduction to the Graduate Writing Project

Introduction to the Graduate Writing Project. Danielle Cunniff Plumer Graduate Writing Project Consultant Spring 2003. GWP History. 1993 The UWC opens to serve undergraduates in English and Rhetoric courses 1994 The UWC expands to serve all undergraduates

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Introduction to the Graduate Writing Project

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  1. Introduction to the Graduate Writing Project Danielle Cunniff Plumer Graduate Writing Project Consultant Spring 2003

  2. GWP History 1993 The UWC opens to serve undergraduates in English and Rhetoric courses 1994 The UWC expands to serve all undergraduates 2000 The UWC explores the possibility of serving graduate students

  3. GWP History 2001 The UWC forms a partnership with IE to form the Graduate Writing Project 2001 The GWP implemented in Engineering, Ed Psych, and Nursing 2002 The GWP implemented in the GSLIS and Theater

  4. GWP Philosophy • Ownership • Process-based writing • The writer as active • The consultant as audience • Improving the writer, not the paper • Non-evaluative

  5. Who we are • We are second year GSLIS Master’s students • We are trained writing consultants with graduate degrees in English and training and experience as teachers of writing

  6. What we do • We offer suggestions, advice, support, resources, and strategies • We respect your privacy and are sensitive to your writing concerns • We need your input to provide the services you need

  7. What we do not do • We do not guarantee better grades • We cannot interpret instructor comments • We do not offer editing and proofreading services • We do not have all the answers

  8. What to expect • Consultations • Professional writing support • Confidentiality • An hour-long appointment • Workshops • Discussion • Interaction

  9. When to see your professor • If you have a question about course content • If the assignment is not clear • If you have a question about the grade your assignment will receive

  10. Upcoming Workshops • APA BootcampWednesday, Feb. 5, 2-3 pmSZB 556 (conference room) • Writer’s Discussion GroupWednesday, Feb. 5, 5-6 pm, SZB 454 (GWP office) • Avoiding PlagiarismMonday, Feb. 10, 5-6 pmSZB 554 (Computer classrm)

  11. Contact us SZB 454 • Carla Darocy Hultberg cdarocy@mail.utexas.eduOffice hours: Tuesday 3-5 p.m.,Wednesday 1-3 p.m., & by appt. • Danielle Cunniff Plumer dcplumer@ischool.utexas.eduOffice hours: Monday 2-4 p.m., Tuesday 4-6 p.m., & by appt.

  12. Resources • GWP Website http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~gslisgwp • Online Writing Labs (OWLs) • Purdue University http://owl.english.purdue.edu • Washington State Universityhttp://owl.wsu.edu • University of Texas at Austinhttp://uwc.fac.utexas.edu

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