Congratulations to Dr. Perini on his new book!

The Writing, Research, and Media Center would like to echo SED's sentiments and applaud our Managing Director, Dr. Michael Perini, on the publication of his book, The Academic Librarian as Blended Professional: Reassessing and Redefining the Role. Certainly a stellar accomplishment!




The blog post below was taken from a previous blog written by Virginia International University's School of Education and the original copy can be found on this blog: http://blogs.viu.edu/2016/04/congratulations-to-dr-perini-on-his-new-book/


The SED would like to congratulate Dr. Michael Perini on his book coming out later this month!  His book is titled The Academic Librarian as Blended Professional and offers a compelling look at the role of the librarian in higher education institutions.
 
What a great achievement!

You can obtain a copy of the book through Amazon: http://amzn.com/0081009275.

CANCELED: Using Conditionals in the English Language 03/01 at 11:30am

Please note that our workshop, Using Conditionals in the English Language has been canceled. Please look back at our website for more updates and offerings!

February Workshops! (Times and location included)

VIU Community,

Check out the list of upcoming WRMC events for February (below).  All events are from 11:30 am-approximately 12:30pm and will be held in the Student Center. They are free and open to the public (registration preferred by e-mailing wrmc@viu.edu). 

February 9^th: E-mail Etiquette

The purpose of this event is to help students understand how to communicate with faculty, staff, and employers via e-mail. This presentation will

show students the difference between formal and informal e-mails, and word choice that helps create strong e-mails. (Instructor: Aziza Mirkhanova)

February 16^th: APA Formatting

 This event is intended to help students understand how to format their papers as per APA style guidelines. Students will understand how to set up APA, headers, levels, titles, and sections. 

(Instructor: Allison Millward)

February 23^rd: Essay Structure Workshop

This event will help students understand the basic components of a college level, academic essay. Students will understand how each component related to the other, for example, how topic sentences relate to the thesis statement. (Instructor: Loubna Salagh).

If you have any questions about the events, please contact Allison Millward at wrmc@viu.edu.

Looking for a few, good student writers (volunteer opportunity!)

The Writing, Research, and Media Center (WRMC) at VIU would like to invite students to write guest blogs about the importance of writing in their majors, careers, or just lives in general for its website (www.viu.edu/wrmc). The Center is looking to update posts every few weeks or once a month, so multiple contributors are welcome. Writers would get the by-line, and it'd be a nice attribute to put on their resumes in terms of writing abilities. The Center is seeking writers who'd like to write between 200-300 words on the importance of writing. The writers may be graduate or undergraduate in any major or ESL program. Interested students may contact the Writing, Research, and Media Center at wrmc@viu.edu for more information.

First look: Fall 2015 Student Research Showcase!

That’s right, it’s back! 

The Writing, Research, and Media Center is proud to announce that it is once again hosting the Research/Final Paper Showcase for the Fall 2015 semester. The showcase invites students to create posters that explain an important paper or piece of research the student wrote in the past semester and present them at the showcase. Students do not have to give a speech or presentation; rather they stand by their posters so spectators have questions about the students’ projects. This is a great way to be involved in the VIU community, celebrate your hard work, and practice for possible conferences in graduate school!

The Research/Final Paper Showcase will be Tuesday, December 1^st from 6PM-8PM in the Library Student Room. If you are interested in making a poster to showcase, please register by Friday, November 20th at 5:00PM.

For more information, please e-mail wrmc@viu.edu 

or visit the showcase's website: http://www.viu.edu/wrmc/about-wrmc/events/2015-poster-sessions.html 

Examples of a poster session:

 

From University of North Dakota

From College of the Mines

From: Wikipedia

That's Right, We Have Writing Center Hours in Pender!

That's Right, We Have Writing Center Hours in Pender!

      Welcome back to an exciting new school year! The WRMC has been working hard to expand and provide the students with quality writing services and instruction. One way we're doing this is to make sure we are accessible to all students! In that respect, while VIU is transitioning from our 3-building campus on Waples Mill Road to our new building on Village Drive, the WRMC will be offering hours at both campuses to accommodate our Pender students!

For the immediate future, the WRMC will have these hours at the Village Drive campus:

Tuesday: 8:30AM-2:30PM
Thursday: 8:30AM-2:00PM
Friday: NOON-6PM 

The WRMC will have hours at Pender these following times:

Thursday: 2:30PM-4:30PM


Where is The WRMC Located at These Campuses? 
        The WRMC is located on the second floor in the Village Drive Building. It is where the offices are, so if you see the classrooms, you've gone the wrong way! Exit the elevator or the staircase on the second floor and go through the door that is right across the hall (next the library). When you walk through that door, you will notice that the WRMC is the 3rd door to your right.
         The Pender office is where the old School of Business used to be! If go to the front desk at Pender, you will notice two hallways. Go down the hallways to your left. At the end of that hallway is an open space. We are the first door you will see as you walk down the open space (see the picture below).

Peer Review is back!

On August 5th, 2015, the WRMC will be holding peer review groups. Peer review is a great way to meet people with different perspectives who can help enrich your project, paper,and/or research. The WRMC will form peer review group, teach students how to peer review, then give students an opportunity to peer review each others' papers.

How will peer review work? Students can contact the WRMC  at wrmc@viu.edu by August 3rd  to be asked to be placed in a peer review group. They should attach their papers, or parts of the papers, in the e-mail, and the rest of the group will be given the paper to read and review. Then they will all meet on August 5^th for a corrective feedback session lead by the WRMC coach. 

Please also tell us the following in your e-mail:

What class are you writing the paper for?

Did your professor give specific instructions? 

When is your paper due (optional)?

What can I submit for peer review? Any written work, complete or incomplete: papers, assignments, summaries, theses, projects. As long as it is not an exam, you may submit it!