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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?
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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
Graveyard
Refusing Echo
Writing Prize Credits
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Feinberg Family Prize for Excellence in First-Year Writing
Your Education is Your Power
Beyond Eden
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
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M2 Protein
The Only White Man in the Room
Land Rights on Mauna Kea
Moral Anger and Compassion
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Linguistic Justice and GenAI
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Using ChatGPT for Basic Research
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Assigning and Managing Collaborative Writing Projects
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Integrating Low-Stakes Writing Into Large Classes
Motivating Students to Read and Write in All Disciplines
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Sequencing and Scaffolding Assignments
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Teaching Multimodal Composition
Adapting the Framework: Infographics
Adapting the Framework: Podcasts
Beyond Infographics and Podcasts: Further Applications
Some Considerations for Multimodal Assessment
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A Message from Sweetland's Director
Generative Artificial Intelligence Working Group
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Writing 160 Courses Host Zine Mini Convention
Behind the Scaffolding - A Podcast
Scott Beal Named Director of Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts
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Congratulations to Minor in Writing and Peer Writing Consultant Graduates
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Welcome to the 2023-2024 Digital Rhetoric Collaborative Fellows
2023 Undergraduate Writing Prize Winners
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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
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Looking Back at 2023: Sweetland's Annual Newsletter
Read the winning 2024 Undergraduate Writing Prize essays
Dissertation ECoach enrollment opens August 26th
U-M Faculty Support begins here! Class visits, workshops, and more
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Join the Minor in Writing and Peer Writing Consultant Program this Winter!
Sweetland's Undergraduate Courses for Winter 2025 have arrived
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2016
January 2016
Statement of Purpose Writing Workshop
2015
December 2015
Core Skills: Publishing Articles in Academic Journals for the Humanities
November 2015
Word²: Writer to Writer with Bruce Conforth
Core Skills: Writing Clear and Persuasive Arguments
October 2015
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
September 2015
North Quad Open House
Minor in Writing Fall 2015 Cohort Welcome Meeting
Festifall
April 2015
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
March 2015
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
February 2015
Upper-Level Writing Requirement Proposal Workshop
January 2015
Effective Writing Plans and Goals
Peer Writing Consultant Welcome Meeting
Copyright and Your Dissertation
Minor in Writing Winter 2015 Cohort Welcome Meeting
2014
December 2014
Minor in Writing Commencement
November 2014
Word²: Writer to Writer with Laura Kasischke
October 2014
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
September 2014
Peer Writing Consultant Welcome Meeting
Peer Writing Center Grand Opening
North Quad Open House
Minor in Writing Fall 2014 Cohort Welcome Meeting
August 2014
Writing Successfully at Michigan
June 2014
Ann Arbor Book Festival
May 2014
Minor in Writing Commencement
April 2014
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
March 2014
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
February 2014
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
January 2014
Writing Persuasive Personal Statements
Peer Writing Consultant Welcome Meeting
Minor in Writing Winter 2014 Cohort Welcome Meeting
2013
November 2013
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
October 2013
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
September 2013
Effective Writing Plans and Goals
Peer Tutor Center Welcome Meeting
North Quad Open House
Minor in Writing Fall 2013 Cohort Welcome Meeting
August 2013
Guide to Writing Support
June 2013
Poetry Reading with Scott Beal at Neutral Zone
May 2013
Minor in Writing Commencement
April 2013
First-Year and Upper-Level Writing Prize Award Ceremony
Jump-start Your Paper Writing Workshop
Writing Your Way Through the Dissertation
Poetry Writing Workshop
March 2013
Effective Writing Plans and Goals
Academic Writing in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Disciplines
How I Write: Sweetland Writing Prize Winners
February 2013
Writing Persuasive Personal Statements
Teaching Collaborative Writing
How I Write: Conjuring an Effective Pop Narrative
Academic Writing in the Social Sciences & Humanities
January 2013
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
2012
November 2012
How I Write featuring Thomas Hager and "Writing Compelling Non-Fiction"
Writing Persuasive Personal Statements
Academic Writing in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Disciplines
October 2012
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
June 2012
Last Day for Sweetland Spring Services
May 2012
Closed for Memorial Day
Peer Tutoring Center Opens for Spring
Sweetland Writing Workshop Opens for Spring
April 2012
George Cooper Retirement Celebration
Poetry Reading
Poetry Reading Featuring Sweetland Faculty Raymond McDaniel
"Poetry and Difficulty" - A Panel Discussion
March 2012
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
February 2012
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
January 2012
Sweetland-Rackham Workshop for Academic Writing in the Social Sciences & Humanities
Sweetland-Rackham Grants and Fellowship Workshop for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
2011
May 2011
Computers & Writing Conference
April 2011
Living Writers with T Hetzel
The 2010/2011 Sweetland Writing Prizes Celebration
How I Write
Living Writers with T Hetzel
Living Writers with T Hetzel
Living Writers with T Hetzel
Understanding and Avoiding Plagiarism
March 2011
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
February 2011
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
January 2011
Living Writers with T Hetzel
How I Write
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
2010
December 2010
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
How I Write
November 2010
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
October 2010
How I Write
Writing and Completing the Dissertation
Academic Writing: Reviewing the Essentials (SS/Hum)
September 2010
Academic Writing: Reviewing the Essentials (STEM)
Writing Law School Application Essays
June 2010
Sweetland Initial Event
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