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Over the past year, our main writing center location has been home to a variety of craft and activity stations designed to promote self-care among WC staff and students. Read about the intentions behind these community-building efforts and peek into Katie’s journey to present a guide for folks looking to develop stations of their own.

Learn more about Michigan State University's Writing Center Professional Development (PD) Series focused on the intersections of writing centers and ecology! Drawing inspiration from ecological systems and environmental justice, our PD workshops this year have integrated experiential learning in environmental settings to foster reflection on power dynamics, decision-making, and social factors within writing center ecosystems.

Monique Yolder, one of our Graduate Coordinators and Writing Consultants, got the opportunity to present “Be curious! Writing center research curiosities” at the Michigan Writing Centers Association (MiWCA) annual conference, which took place at Grand Valley State University on October 28, 2023. This was their first time presenting at a writing center conference.

The Michigan Writing Centers Association (MiWCA) annual conference took place at Grand Valley State University on October 28, 2023. This was the first time since pre-COVID-19 pandemic where writing centers from around the state could get together to exchange ideas, renew relationships, and welcome newcomers at an in-person conference. A few MSU Writing Center consultants were themselves newcomers to this conference. Monique Yoder asked them to share what the conference was like and what their main takeaways were.

Ceili is one of our writing consultants and has been at the MSU Writing Center for several years. During their time, they have developed an easy set of guidelines for application materials that center the client’s narrative in the formulaic style of writing application materials. In this blog post, they will walk through the top three pieces of advice they usually tell clients as they work through application materials. The advice can be applied to any sort of application; jobs, scholarships, study abroad, Broad business, medical school/residency statements, etc.