Writing Groups Starting this Saturday at Loop, Naperville, Oak Forest and O'Hare

Writing Groups are a great way to make progress on ILPs and Advanced Projects as well as to get help with papers for your classes. Here is what SNL students have had to say about their participation in Writing Groups:

“This was a perfectly timed and very positive experience for me. When I say that Morgan “saved my life,” I am exaggerating only slightly.  I had been carving away at the block marble and trying to find the “angel” within it before he led me to the answer. Following that meeting, my instructor recognized the improvement between successive drafts, and my submitted final earned a good deal of praise from her.”

“Tom and Morgan were knowledgeable, polite, enthusiastic, and they appeared to really enjoy what they were doing.  Their engagement with each of us created a comfort zone. I felt and saw in other participants a willingness to share ideas and to address specific writing challenges… I enjoyed the immediate and warm connection between all of us and felt that newcomers immediately became part of the group. I saw courtesy, respect, patience and encouragement. I saw (and felt no lack of my own) excitement when ‘something clicked.’ I just wanted to run right home and get to work, rather than avoid the assignment as happened when I lacked focus.“

The Writing Center's Writing Groups will meet on the Loop, Naperville, Oak Forest, and O'Hare campuses on the following Saturdays during the spring term:

• April 10th, 17th, and 24th
• May 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th

While you are not required to attend all eight sessions, we do request that you make some commitment to the groups, since our goal is to help you become a more effective writer through consistent collaboration and conversation.
Groups meet at the following times on each campus:

• Loop: 10:00-11:30 am
• Naperville: 10:00-11:30 am, 12:30-2:00 pm
• Oak Forest: 10:00-11:30 am
• O'Hare: 10:00-11:30 am

If you are interested in joining a group or would like more information, please email the Writing Groups coordinator. Be sure to include your campus and preferred session.

Tom McNamara
Writing Groups Coordinator
Email: tmcnamar@depaul.edu
Phone: 708.692.7078

Got an A on a paper?

Good for you! Please consider submitting your paper to SNL's Writing Showcase. The Writing Showcase celebrates the outstanding writing SNL students do for their classes and Independent Learning Projects. Excellent submissions are recognized at the Spring Awards Luncheon. 


Please consider submitting your paper today. The deadline for submissions this year is April 1st.  You can find the submission form here: http://snl.depaul.edu/writing/WritingShowcase.html 

Writing Center Outpost in Loop Adult Student Center

The UCWbL is pleased to announce that the Writing Center will have a new Outpost location in the Loop campus beginning Tuesday, March 2. Like our Lincoln Park Outpost in Richardson Library, the Loop Outpost will serve writers on a walk-in basis only. The new Outpost is located in the Adult Student Center, room 11017 of the DePaul Center. It is open to all students and will operate on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4 to 6 p.m. 


To learn more about the Writing Center's many on-campus and online services, see http://condor.depaul.edu/~writing/index.html

Having trouble with citations? Wondering what the heck MLA and APA are?

For many of your papers, you will need to use sources. When you use sources, you'll need to cite them. You can find information about how to do this on the Writing Help page.  However, you might also find these videos helpful: