The Writing Programs’ New Resources for Students in First-Year Seminar Courses
First-Year Seminar Tutors
Our First-Year Seminar tutors are experienced writing tutors who are here to help you out! They hold drop-in office hours in Bennet Hall, to which students of all class years can bring their work at any stage of the writing process. If you’re taking a First-Year Seminar course you’re welcome to attend these sessions for your convenience—and equally welcome to come to office hours in any of our other Writing Workshop locations.
First-Year Seminar Workshops
We are also offering a series of workshops for freshmen:
Peer Editing Workshops
Thursday, October 8
Noon in 41 Wyllys, room 114
and 4:15 p.m. in 41 Wyllys, room 112
Friday, October 9
Noon in 41 Wyllys, room 114
and 4:15 p.m. in 41 Wyllys, room 112
The Writing Programs’ First-Year Seminar tutors and Graduate Fellows will provide guidelines to help edit your work and others’. Bring in a paper (an essay you’re working on now or one from high school) and get some feedback from your peers!
Publishing Workshop Series
Thursdays, October 15, 22, and 29
At 4:15 in the CFA Lab
Join Ford Fellow Elana Rosenthal for a workshop series on starting a campus publication. Workshops will cover InDesign basics, including layout and typography, as well as procedures for actually funding, printing, and distributing one’s publication. Bring a piece of your own writing and leave with a self-designed, printed booklet!
More workshops to follow, including:
— How to Write a Sentence: a workshop on prose style
— How to Write a Research Paper: a workshop on organization, using evidence, and university research resources
— What is an Argument?
— Politics and the English Language: a discussion on George Orwell and good writing