WRMC Fall Hours!

Word of the Day: Phubbing (Special Edition)

We just couldn't help but post this word of the day because it is SO applicable to our students (and many students across the nation ;)) Thanks, Mededitor and Merriam-Webster! Happy Tuesday!

Phubbing (v.): Focusing on your phone while in a social setting. Portmanteau of "phone" and "snubbing." (as cited in Merriam-Webster, 2016).




                                                             References

 Mededitor. (2016). "Phubbing." Retrieved from: https://twitter.com/mededitor

 Meriam-Webster.(June 14, 2016). Re: Word watch, "phubbing" [blog post]. Retrieved from:

                https://twitter.com/MerriamWebster

Congratulations Spring 2016 Poster Presenters!

On April 14th, 2016, twenty-two students presented their research and finals projects at the university's Academic Showcase. The topics of presentations ranged from education to politics. In total, 3 schools were represented at the poster session: the School of Education, the School of Public and International Affairs, and the General Education Program. Below is a list of presenters and their topics.

School of Education:

Ala’a Ghaith (TESOL)

Does Motivation Lead to Code-Switching?

Kaewkhwan Srisang (TESOL)

The effect of learning vocabulary through a learner's preferred learning style 

Somprach Nawaruan (TESOL)

Flexibility of Learners' Belief and their motivation about Grammar Instruction after Being Expose to an alternative type of grammar instruction

Dil Kumar Deuja (TESOL)

The fluency of an introverted person gets directly affected by the kind of people he is speaking with

Sihui Shao (APLX)

A case-study on the relationship between presonality and willingness to communicate of a Chinese ESL student


School of Public and International Affairs

Ademola Onafuye (SPIA)

Insurgency and the Nigerian Government

AnneMarie Gasparik (SPIA)

Status of New Democracies Since the 2011 Arab Spring

Murat Bakir (SPIA)

Russia and Turkey: A Democratization Comparison

 Daniel Okabe (SPIA)

Comparing South African Politics vs Uganda Politics in relation to Uganda's recent 2016 elections and democracy in both countries.

Michael Okuh (SPIA)

Debates and discussions in the presidential primaries: A comparison of the sanders and trump campaigns



General Education Program

Fariha Binte Ashraf (GEC: LING 105)

Ethnolinguistic Portfolio: Teluga

Manikanta Duddu (GEC: LING 105)

Ethnolinguistic Portfolio: Mongolian

Sumanth Kudapa (GEC: LING 105)

Ethnolinguistic Portfoilio: Teluga

Humberto Alejandro Lazo (GEC: LING 105)

Ethnolinguistic Portfoilio: Italian

Zeshanuddin Mohammad (GEC: LING 105)

Ethnolinguistic Portfolio: Bengali

Jay Kalpeshbhai Patel (GEC: LING 105)

Ethnolinguistic Portfoilo: Hindi

Khusbu Rimal (GEC: LING 105)

Ethnolinguistic Portfoilio: Bengali

Jokhongir Siddikov (GEC: LING 105)

Ethnolinguistic Portfoilio: Russian

Israt Jahan Soniya (GEC: LING 105)

Ethnolinguistic Portfoilio: Nepali

Anudari Tsogtbayar (GEC: LING 105)

Ethnolinguistic Portfolio: Vietnamese

 Barakat Yusuf (GEC: LING 105)

Ethnolinguistic Portfolio: Spanish

For more information on our academic showcases, please see our webpage: http://www.viu.edu/wrmc/about-wrmc/events/2015-poster-sessions.html

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.