Recent Podcasts

Writing Center Session Models

Below are model videos of Writing Center sessions.  They are not perfect models but they are presented to promote discussion and examination of the many possibilities that exist in any given consultation session.

Session 1

Lauren, and MSU senior, is in the draft stage of her medical school application. She is looking for help with organization, clarity, and focusing her many ideas.

6 weeks 4 days
Virtual Writing Center in Second Life

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13 weeks 4 days
Resume Pt. 1

In this MSU Writing Center produced podcast, writing consultant Elena discusses how to get your resume started.  Have an idea to make your resume better. Leave us a comment below.

19 weeks 6 days
Thesis Statements

Transcript

Hey! This is Abby from the MSU Writing Center here to talk to you about a couple quick tips about thesis statements. So you can have your best write ever. Thesis Statements(x3). I am here to talk you about how to conceptualize and how to craft the best one for your writing.

38 weeks 2 days
Haiku

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1 year 7 weeks
Citations

Hey, This is Julia from the MSU Writing Center with some quick tips to help you have your best write ever. You just have been assinged the dreaded essay and your professor has required that you use sources. How dare they, right? So now you have to scramble to find peer review sources and how to cite them. Well before you begin panic, lets talk about some different ways to cite sources. Well first, why do we even need to cite things. Well we need to give credit people to who worked so hard to write the sources we now need to read.

1 year 39 weeks
Primary and Secondary Sources

This podcast explores the distinctions between primary, secondary and even tertiary sources.

1 year 40 weeks