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Writing Support Guidelines

How Do I Make Sure I Understand an Assignment?

How Do I Decide What I Should Argue?

How Can I Create Stronger Analysis?

How Do I Effectively Integrate Textual Evidence?

How Do I Write a Great Title?

What Exactly is an Abstract?

How Do I Present Findings From My Experiment in a Report?

What is a Run-on Sentence & How Do I Fix It?

How Do I Check the Structure of My Argument?

How Do I Write an Intro, Conclusion, & Body Paragraph?

How Do I Incorporate Quotes?

How Can I Create a More Successful Powerpoint?

How Can I Create a Strong Thesis?

How Can I Write More Descriptively?

How Do I Incorporate a Counterargument?

How Do I Check My Citations?

Minor in Writing

Project Gallery

Peer Writing Consultant Program

Vision, Mission, and Guiding Principles

Linguistic Justice Statement

2025 Writing Prizes

The Red Envelope

Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa

Childhood as a Concept: Shifting, Fluctuating, Evolving

Were Cinderella's Slippers Glass or Gold?

Queer Lexicons: A Study of Gay Argots and Their Impact on Global Communities

The National School Lunch Program: An Analysis and Recommendations for Improvement

Do Chimpanzee Have an Economy?

Death Through a Maternal Lens

H...Held in the Possible

2024 Writing Prizes

Persuasive Rhetoric in “Ebonics, King, and Oakland"

Mother’s Tongue Mutilated

Religion in Public Education: Teaching for a Change

Thailand and Tribulations

I Keep Writing about Fish

Redefining Global E-Waste Management: How Can We Learn from Agbogbloshie?

Plugging the [Brain] Drain

Tepfirah Rushdan: an Unprecedented Appointment Gives Urban Agriculture in Detroit New Hope

Succinate Dehydrogenase: The Stylistic Interconnection of Aerobic Metabolism

Writing Prize Credits

2023 Writing Prizes

Feinberg Family Prize for Excellence in First-Year Writing

Your Education is Your Power

Fortune May Not Favor the Brave

The Matt Kelley Prize for Excellence in First-Year Writing

Radio Waves Vs. Buggy Brains

Little Shop of Horrors and the Consequence of Choice

Prize for Excellence in Upper-Level Writing

The Only White Man in the Room

Land Rights on Mauna Kea

Moral Anger and Compassion

Writing Prize Credits

First-Year Writing Requirement

First-Year-Students

Transfer Students

Approved Transfer Courses List

Not-Approved Transfer Courses List

Upper-Level Writing Requirement

International Students

Transfer Students

★ The Writing Workshop

Writing Support Guidelines

Rackham / Sweetland Workshops

Dissertation ECoach

Dissertation Writing Groups

Dissertation Writing Institute

Fellows Seminar

Teaching Support and Services

Guides to Teaching Writing

Teaching Writing with Chatbots

List of GenAI Tools

GenAI In The Writing Process

GenAI Multimodal Projects

Citation Conventions for GenAI and Chatbots

Writing Genres and GenAI

Writing Assignments in STEM

GenAI and Writing in Engineering and Technical Communication

Linguistic Justice and GenAI

Sample U-M Syllabus Statements

Using ChatGPT for Basic Research

ChatGPT Response to Sample Essay Prompt

Call for Test Cases

Steps for ChatGPT Sample First-Year Writing Course Essay Test Case

Assigning and Managing Collaborative Writing Projects

Cultivating Reflection and Metacognition

Giving Feedback on Student Writing

Integrating Low-Stakes Writing Into Large Classes

Motivating Students to Read and Write in All Disciplines

Providing Feedback and Grades to Second Language Students

Sequencing and Scaffolding Assignments

Supporting Multimodal Literacy

Teaching Argumentation

Teaching Citation and Documentation Norms

Teaching Multimodal Composition

Adapting the Framework: Infographics

Adapting the Framework: Podcasts

Beyond Infographics and Podcasts: Further Applications

Some Considerations for Multimodal Assessment

Teaching Project-based Assignments

Teaching with ePortfolios

Using Blogs in the Classroom

Using Peer Review to Improve Student Writing

OpenAI ChatGPT 3.5 vs UM-GPT: Test Case

Support for FYWR Courses

Support for ULWR Courses

Fellows Seminar

Writing Prize Nominating

Alums & Friends

Minor in Writing Alums 2020-

Minor in Writing Alums 2013-19

PWC Alums 2020-

PWC Alums 2010-2019

PWC Alums 1994-2009

M-Write Fellows

Giving Opportunities

2025 Newsletter

A Message from Sweetland's Director

Sweetland Participates in CRLT Undergraduate Learning Assessment Project

Introducing New Lecturer, Zainab Hussein and New Chief Administrator, Soilo Arroyo

The Graduate Team Behind Some of Our Initiatives

Student Advisory Board Leads Accessibility Efforts

Congratulations to Minor in Writing and Peer Writing Consultant Graduates

First-Year Writing Requirement Course Receives LSA Race & Ethnicity Certification

Facilitating the Transfer Process for Undergraduate Students

Exciting Updates to Sweetland’s Appointment Software

What's New with the Digital Rhetoric Collaborative?

U-M Sweetland Faculty Accolades & Updates

Announcing the 2024 Undergraduate Writing Prize Winners

Updates from Minor in Writing, Peer Writing Consultant, and M-Write Alums

2024 Newsletter

A Message from Sweetland's Director

Generative Artificial Intelligence Working Group

New “How to Grad Student” Workshops

Writing 160 Courses Host Zine Mini Convention

Behind the Scaffolding - A Podcast

Scott Beal Named Director of Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts

U-M Faculty Accolades

Congratulations to Minor in Writing and Peer Writing Consultant Graduates

Sweetland Alum Updates

Welcoming New Sweetland Staff

Welcome to the 2023-2024 Digital Rhetoric Collaborative Fellows

2023 Undergraduate Writing Prize Winners

2023 Newsletter

From the Director

Sweetland Welcomes a New Associate Director: Simone Sessolo

Highlights from the Anti-Racist Task Force

Accessible Writing Center Project

The Dissertation Writing Institute Celebrates its 20th Anniversary!

Dr. Laura Clapper named Peer Writing Consultant Program Director

Minor in Writing and PWC Graduates

A Look Inside Writing 160

New Digital Rhetoric Collaborative Fellows & Upcoming Books

In Praise of Colleen LaPere

Faculty & Staff News

2021-2022 Undergraduate Writing Prizes

2022 Newsletter

2021 Newsletter

2020 Newsletter

2019 Newsletter

2018 Newsletter

2017 Newsletter

2016 Newsletter

2015 Newsletter

2014 Newsletter

2025 MiW Commencement

2024 PWC Graduates

2024 MiW Commencement

2023 MiW Commencement

2023 PWC Graduates

2022 MiW Commencement

2021 MiW Commencement

2020 MiW Commencement

News and Events

John Sweetland 1933-2020

Looking Back at 2023: Sweetland's Annual Newsletter

Read the winning 2024 Undergraduate Writing Prize essays

U-M Faculty Support begins here! Class visits, workshops, and more

Winter Workshop Series for Graduate Students

Dissertation Writing Groups now forming for Spring/Summer 2025

Sweetland Undergraduate Writing Courses for the Fall 2025 are Here!

Archived Events

Statement of Purpose Writing Workshop

Core Skills: Publishing Articles in Academic Journals for the Humanities

Word²: Writer to Writer with Bruce Conforth

Core Skills: Writing Clear and Persuasive Arguments

Core Skills: Managing Your Literature Review

Iron Writing Challenge

Minor in Writing Information Session + Showcase

Core Skills: Organizing Your Writing

Core Skills: Writing Your Way through the Dissertation

North Quad Open House

Minor in Writing Fall 2015 Cohort Welcome Meeting

Minor in Writing Commencement

Writing for Blogs and Digital Media Workshop

First-Year and Upper-Level Writing Prize Ceremony

Defying the Odds: Writing Winning Research Proposals from the Reviewers' Perspectives

Word²: Writer to Writer with Phoebe Gloeckner

Open House: Working Effectively with Multilingual Writers in the University Classroom

Minor in Writing Information Session + Showcase

Offering Feedback to Multilingual Writers

Upper-Level Writing Requirement Proposal Workshop

Effective Writing Plans and Goals

Peer Writing Consultant Welcome Meeting

Copyright and Your Dissertation

Minor in Writing Winter 2015 Cohort Welcome Meeting

Minor in Writing Commencement

Word²: Writer to Writer with Laura Kasischke

Writing Persuasive Personal Statements

Iron Writing Challenges - National Day on Writing

Writing Your Way Through the Dissertation

Sweetland Minor in Writing Information Session

Upper-Level Writing Requirement Proposal Workshop

Academic Writing in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Disciplines

Peer Writing Consultant Welcome Meeting

Peer Writing Center Grand Opening

North Quad Open House

Minor in Writing Fall 2014 Cohort Welcome Meeting

Writing Successfully at Michigan

Ann Arbor Book Festival

Minor in Writing Commencement

First-Year and Upper-Level Writing Prize Ceremony

Open House: Working Effectively with Multilingual Writers in the University Classroom

Open House: Working Effectively with Multilingual Writers in the University Classroom

Academic Writing in the Social Sciences & Humanities

Writing for Blogs and Digital Media

Feedback, Grades, and Multilingual Writers: An Introduction

Interactive Language-Learning Software Assistance for Multilingual Students

Open House: Working Effectively with Multilingual Writers in the University Classroom

Writing Your Way Through the Dissertation

Interactive Language-Learning Software Assistance for Multilingual Students

Sweetland Center for Writing - Minor in Writing Information Session

Academic Writing in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Disciplines

Interactive Language-Learning Software Assistance for Multilingual Students

Open House: Working Effectively with Multilingual Writers in the University Classroom

Feedback, Grades, and Multilingual Writers: An Introduction

Upper-Level Writing Requirement Proposal Workshop

How to Understand an Essay Assignment Workshop

Grants and Fellowship Workshop for STEM

Sweetland Word²: Writer to Writer with Professor Maria Cotera

Writing Persuasive Personal Statements

Peer Writing Consultant Welcome Meeting

Minor in Writing Winter 2014 Cohort Welcome Meeting

Academic Writing in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Disciplines

Academic Writing in the Social Sciences & Humanities

How I Write with internationally acclaimed writer Lorna Goodison

Student Learning and Analytics at Michigan (SLAM): Online Learning Resources in the Humanities and Engineering: Making and Measuring

Writing Your Way through the Dissertation

Sweetland Write-A-Thon on the Diag

Minor in Writing Info Fair

Upper-Level Writing Requirement Proposal Workshop

Grants and Fellowship Workshop for STEM

Writing Persuasive Personal Statements

Effective Writing Plans and Goals

Peer Tutor Center Welcome Meeting

North Quad Open House

Minor in Writing Fall 2013 Cohort Welcome Meeting

Guide to Writing Support

Poetry Reading with Scott Beal at Neutral Zone

Minor in Writing Commencement

First-Year and Upper-Level Writing Prize Award Ceremony

Jump-start Your Paper Writing Workshop

Writing Your Way Through the Dissertation

Poetry Writing Workshop

Effective Writing Plans and Goals

Academic Writing in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Disciplines

How I Write: Sweetland Writing Prize Winners

Writing Persuasive Personal Statements

Teaching Collaborative Writing

How I Write: Conjuring an Effective Pop Narrative

Academic Writing in the Social Sciences & Humanities

Grants and Fellowship Workshop for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

Statement of Purpose Writing Workshop

Minor in Writing Welcome Meeting

Write-in for the Dream

How I Write featuring Thomas Hager and "Writing Compelling Non-Fiction"

Writing Persuasive Personal Statements

Academic Writing in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Disciplines

Effective Writing Plans and Goals

How I Write features Shelia Murphy, Assistant Professor, Department of Screen Arts & Cultures

Academic Writing in the Social Sciences & Humanities

UM + HS Meet-up

Turning the Tables: Students Grade Faculty Writing

Social Media Contest

ULWR Course Proposal Workshop for Faculty

Pizza Chat/Information Session to learn about the Minor in Writing

Writing Your Way Through the Dissertation

Grants and Fellowship Workshop for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

Last Day for Sweetland Spring Services

Closed for Memorial Day

Peer Tutoring Center Opens for Spring

Sweetland Writing Workshop Opens for Spring

George Cooper Retirement Celebration

Poetry Reading Featuring Sweetland Faculty Raymond McDaniel

"Poetry and Difficulty" - A Panel Discussion

Peer Tutor Program Applications Due

Dissertation Writing Institute Applications Due

John U. Bacon Speaks at How I Write

Blogging in the Classroom: A Co-Sponsored CRLT & Sweetland Workshop

Minor in Writing: Mass Meeting for Prospective Applicants

Sweetland-Rackham Presents Beyond Plagiarism: The Role of Citation Norms in Establishing Scholarly Credibility

How I Write: Writers We Love

Upper-Level Writing Requirement Proposal Workshop

Sweetland-Rackham Workshop on Writing Clarifies the Dissertation Writing Process

Sweetland-Rackham Workshop for Academic Writing in the Social Sciences & Humanities

Sweetland-Rackham Grants and Fellowship Workshop for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

Computers & Writing Conference

Living Writers with T Hetzel

The 2010/2011 Sweetland Writing Prizes Celebration

Living Writers with T Hetzel

Living Writers with T Hetzel

Living Writers with T Hetzel

Understanding and Avoiding Plagiarism

Authorship and Publication

Living Writers with T Hetzel

Living Writers with T Hetzel

Living Writers with T Hetzel

How I Write: An Evening with 826 Michigan

Writing a Research Grant Proposal: STEM Fields

Academic Writing in Support of Your Career

Writing Grant and Fellowship Proposals: Social Sciences & Humanities

Living Writers with T Hetzel

Living Writers with T Hetzel

Living Writers with T Hetzel

Copyrights, Citations, Acknowledgements and Publishing Essentials

Living Writers with T Hetzel

Whose Ideas, Whose Words? Advanced Research Methods

Living Writers with T Hetzel

Living Writers with T Hetzel

Living Writers with T Hetzel

Refining Your Academic Writing: STEM

Refining Your Academic Writing: Social Sciences & Humanities

Living Writers with T Hetzel

Living Writers with T Hetzel

Living Writers with T Hetzel

Living Writers with T Hetzel

Living Writers with T Hetzel

Michael Byers reads from his novel "Percival's Planet" on 88.3, Living Writers, with host and Sweetland lecturer T Hetzel

Writing Grant and Fellowship Proposals: SS/Hum

Effective Writing Plans and Goals

Apply for SWC 630: Advanced Writing for Graduate Students

Writing a Research Grant Proposal: STEM

Writing and Completing the Dissertation

Academic Writing: Reviewing the Essentials (SS/Hum)

Academic Writing: Reviewing the Essentials (STEM)

Writing Law School Application Essays

Sweetland Initial Event

Overview of MWrite

Research on MWrite

Participating U-M Faculty, Courses, & Prompts

The MWrite Team

MWrite Resources

Getting Involved

Peer Writing Center Consultants

Executive Committee

Topics in Writing Podcast

Writer to Writer