Time Left to Register!

If you have not registered for the Iowa Writing Center Consortium 2013 Retreat yet, don’t forget to do so atwww.uiu.edu/IWCC. We look forward to seeing everyone next Friday in Fayette, Iowa.

Enclosed are links to maps that may assist you in getting here.

The Consortium will take place on Upper Iowa University’s Fayette, IA, campus (http://mapq.st/14yhub1).  Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. in the Student Center. The Explore Fayette link on the left side of the consortium web page will allow you to access a campus map (http://uiu.edu/resources/fayettemap.html). On it, you will be able to identify Washington Street, the Student Center, and the parking lot beside the Student Center off of Washington Street, identified with the letter G on the map. Another location for parking is identified with an F, off of Union Street and near the afternoon location of Consortium events. You are welcome to park in either lot.

Please let me know if you need any more information.

Caroline Ledeboer
UIU Writing Center Director
Phone: (563)425-5854
Ledeboerc@uiu.edu

Take this Survey for Presentation at 2013 IWCC

Three tutors from the Monmouth College Writing Center will be giving a presentation on vocation in the Writing Center.  We are curious to get a better idea of your tutors’ background and experience on our topic, so we can cater our presentation accordingly.  You can find our survey, along with IRB information, at the following link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1SuSbOx5jkL2ZfkjvY9AHvnn1YO3_XiiUzezYhzPwj6c/viewform.

Thank you for sharing this survey with your tutors!  We look forward to seeing you in Fayette on April 5th.

The registration link for the IWCC conference day is now active

www.uiu.edu/IWCC

Links on the left-hand side of the page include information on directions to Upper Iowa University, accommodations and amenities available in Fayette, as well as a registration link.

Please let us know if you have any questions or if you have comments on the page.

Caroline
UIU Writing Center  -  writingcenter@uiu.edu

Reminder:Iowa Writing Center Consortium 2013, Call for Proposals

Just a note to remind everyone that the proposal submission date for the 2013 Iowa Writing Center Consortium is January 15, and only a few weeks away. (See Nov. post below) While we will be on break the next couple of weeks, if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to forward them to us. A registration page for the conference with all the information you may need will also be set up by the end of January, if possible.

Happy Holidays!

Caroline Ledeboer
Writing Center Director
Upper Iowa University
Ledeboerc@uiu.edu

2013 Iowa Writing Center Consortium – Call for Proposals

Linked is a call for proposals for the 2013 Iowa Writing Center Consortium to take place April 5th, 2013 at Upper Iowa University. Please let us know if you have any questions regarding the Consortium. If you have never heard of it, it is a loosely organized consortium of all stripes of Iowa writing centers and writing support folks. Please feel free to forward or distribute the call for proposals to anyone (inside or outside of Iowa) who might be interested. If you have staff or peer tutors working for you who might be interested in proposing a session, please also forward the message directly on to them.

Many thanks and best wishes for a great rest of the semester,

The Upper Iowa University Writing Center Consultants

2012 IWCC

IWCC Participants:

The writing consultants at Wartburg College are busy preparing for the 2012 IWCC next Friday, March 30, 2012, and we are excited that you will be joining us!  Before you arrive on campus, we would like to share some information that will hopefully make the day go more smoothly.  Please see the following documents about the schedule for the conference.

IWCC Schedule

Wartburg campus map

Directions to Wartburg College:

From the North
Take Highway 27/218 South; take exit 205; turn left to merge with Business 218; turn left at the stop sign onto Highway 3 (Bremer Ave.) and turn North on Wartburg Boulevard.

From the East
Take Highway 3 West (Bremer Ave.) into Waverly; turn North on Wartburg Boulevard.

From the West
Take Highway 3 East (Bremer Ave.) into Waverly; turn North on Wartburg Boulevard.

From the South
Take Highway 27/218 North; take exit 198 to merge with Business 218; turn left onto Highway 3 (Bremer Ave.) and turn North on Wartburg Boulevard. Neumann Auditorium will be on the left.

Click on the following link for a map of Waverly and additional directions: http://www.wartburg.edu/visitors/directions.html

Parking:

When you arrive on campus, please park in either E lot or F lot (see attached Wartburg College campus map).  Parking is free, and no parking pass is necessary in these lots.

Special dietary or mobility requests:

We will have a light breakfast available as you arrive, and we will go to the cafeteria (located in the student center) for lunch.  Our cafeteria (called the “Mensa”) has many dining options, but please let us know in advance if you have any allergies or special dietary needs.  Elevators are marked in green on the campus map attached, but please contact us if you need further mobility assistance.

Technology:

Wireless internet is available throughout campus.  When you arrive, we will provide you with directions to connect to the internet.

We will have laptops and projectors available for those of you who are presenting.  Please bring your presentation on a flash drive or e-mail it to yourself; our Information/Technology Service has asked us not to plug other computers into the projectors.  If you have questions or concerns about this, please let us know in advance.

Handouts and Contact information:

Please bring 10-15 copies of any handouts you will be using, and others from your center you would like to share, and any contact information you would like to provide (we can make more copies if necessary).  We will have a table at our final reception to share your handouts and information.

Again, we look forward to spending the day with you!  Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns. 

The Wartburg College Writing/Reading/Speaking Lab Consultants

Jette Odgaard Irgens

2012 annual meeting of IWCC!

We are finally done (we hope) with the construction of the registration link  

So, please go ahead and join us for a day of learning, teaching, and socializing – you should find the needed information by clicking on the registration link.

Date: March 30, 2012

Location: Wartburg College  •  Wavery, IA

Time: 9-4

Meeting place: Ballrooms in Student Center

The peer consultants and I are much looking forward to see you!

Click below to register

Registration

 

Jette Odgaard Irgens

Save the Date!!

This is an early reminder to put the upcoming Iowa Writing Center Consortium 2012 meeting in your calendar.

The meeting will take place March 30th from 9-4:30 at Wartburg College

Rules for Writing Well

Posted by IAIN D CAMPBELL

some basic rule’s of grammar to which we would all Do well to adhere, to:

26 Golden Rules for Writing Well

1. Don’t abbrev.

2. Check to see if you any words out.

3. Be carefully to use adjectives and adverbs correct.

4. About sentence fragments.

5. When dangling, don’t use participles.

6. Don’t use no double negatives.

7. Each pronoun agrees with their antecedent.

8. Just between you and I, case is important.

9. Join clauses good, like a conjunction should.

10. Don’t use commas, that aren’t necessary.

11. Its important to use apostrophe’s right.

12. It’s better not to unnecessarily split an infinitive.

13. Never leave a transitive verb just lay there without an object.

14. Only Proper Nouns should be capitalized. also a sentence should begin with a capital letter and end with a full stop

15. Use hyphens in compound-words, not just in any two-word phrase.

16. In letters compositions reports and things like that we use commas to keep a string of items apart.

17. Watch out for irregular verbs that have creeped into our language.

18. Verbs has to agree with their subjects.

19. Avoid unnecessary redundancy.

20. A writer mustn’t shift your point of view.

21. Don’t write a run-on sentence you’ve got to punctuate it.

22. A preposition isn’t a good thing to end a sentence with.

23. Avoid cliches like the plague.

24. 1 final thing is to never start a sentence with a number.

25. Always check your work for accuracy and completeness.

http://www.reformation21.org/blog/2010/01/rules-for-writing-well.php

Assistant Director of Writing Center

The University of Iowa is now taking applications for Assistant Director of the Writing Center at the University of Iowa. The complete job description can be found at Jobs@Iowa  through Friday, May 27.