QWC tutoring appointments are now available for Summer Session I. We will be open M-F, 9-4, in Kimpel 316. Graduate tutors are available for one-on-one and online tutoring May 21 through June 29. We will be closed Memorial Day and Friday, June 1 (Walmart Shareholders Meeting). You may login to the scheduler to set your appointment [...]

Many students tell us they can’t find open appointment times in April and May. Fortunately, our software upgrade has a new waitlist function. We encourage students to try using the list during peak times. Clicking on the clock dial above each date on the scheduler opens the sign-up form. After a user registers, the system [...]

We’re having the busiest week of our tutoring year. Many students have joined the waiting list, and our hardworking staff is doing a great job keeping up with the heavy traffic. By week’s end, some calm will return. We wish all students success with their semester-ending paper assignments. The QWC’s Mullins tutors will complete spring duty this Thursday evening, [...]

We are proud to announce that QWC graduate tutor Alice Stinetorf, a first-year fiction writing student in the MFA Program in Creative Writing, has been awarded the prestigious Walton Family Fellowship in Fiction. The $10,000 prize will provide Alice a year off from her duties as an English Department teaching assistant, but she will continue [...]

The Writing Center has teamed up with the Office for Campus Sustainability (OCS) to create Greenbloggers, a 90-day blogging competition for University of Arkansas students interested in sustainability issues. The winning Greenblogger will be awarded $500. Competitors register on the OCS site and then receive an OCS email with simple instructions and rules. Greenbloggers visit the UITS site [...]

Amy Hardin, who serves as the University Libraries’ English subject specialist, has informed us of a useful new database. Students writing papers in Composition II and other literature based courses should pay a visit to Gale’s Literature Criticism Online. Users can narrow search by date, author, or title of work. The resource has criticism on short fiction, poetry, [...]

Andrea Lunsford, author of the The St. Martin’s Handbook, and publisher Bedford St. Martins provide great online support resources. Included are the Andrea Lunsford Videos, which cover topics from argumentative writing to plagiarism. Students experiencing difficulty starting a paper might benefit from Lunsford’s Writer’s Block, a short film that features a variety of students discussing their techniques for [...]

Students working on senior papers, Honors theses, and long research projects should drop by Mullins 102 on a Monday evening to catch a Zotero presentation. Zotero is free Firefox plugin that helps you gather, organize, and cite your research. Developers have even created Android and iPhone mobile apps with scanning capability. Beth Juhl, Web Services [...]

This year’s nationwide RecycleMania has begun, and for the fifth consecutive year the University of Arkansas is pitted against our SEC foes. Last year we brought home first place in the Grand Champion category. To help the Razorbacks repeat as recycling champs, register online with the Office for Campus Sustainability. Faculty who would like a class presentation also may contact [...]

We highly recommend “APA Exposed,” a web-based tutorial presented by Dr. Wendy K. Mages of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The 51-minute tutorial has four modules: APA Formatting Basics, Citing Sources, Reference Citations in Text, and References. Dr. Mages clearly explains the key issues of APA style. Each module also includes a quick quiz [...]

QWC tutors return to our Mullins Library Satellite Center Monday, January 30. Located on the library’s ground floor, our satellite is open Monday through Thursday, 2:00–8:00 p.m. Graduate and peer tutors are available by appointment on our web-based scheduler. Students new to QWC services will need to register with the scheduler, a process which takes just a few [...]

The QWC welcomes all student writers back to the University of Arkansas campus. We hope you had a happy holiday season and a relaxing break. Our tutors resume service 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 18, in our Kimpel Hall location. We will offer a light schedule of 9-5 hours for the first two weeks, and then [...]

Many student clients have mentioned how challenging it can be to schedule tutoring time in November and December. Fortunately, our software upgrade has a new waitlist function. We encourage students to use the function during peak times. Clicking on the clock dial that appears above each date on the scheduler opens access to the waiting [...]

 Here’s what you need to know about recent changes in the university’s academic integrity policy. The changes improve the consistency and timeliness of response regarding incidents of academic dishonesty. For more detailed information, visit http://provost.uark.edu/245.php

Colin Beavan, author of No Impact Man, visits the University of Arkansas this week for a series of One Book., One Community events.  Thursday, October 20, Beavan conducts an afternoon Q&A session with the several thousand freshmen reading No Impact Man in Comp I, and Thursday evening Beavan makes his major public appearance in the Arkansas [...]

Yoon-Na Cho, a doctoral marketing researcher in the Walton College, is interested in developing a labeling format that would communicate the sustainability impact of food products. Imagine stopping in the cereal aisle, picking up your favorite brand of flakes, and reading data on the calories, the fiber, the sugar, and the impact that production of the cereal has on the environment. [...]

The QWC proudly welcomes Hannah Bethel (left) and Laura Gold (right), our new undergraduate peer tutors. Hannah, a junior, is a Spanish, French, and European studies triple major. She is recipient of the Toller Fellowship and the Arkansas Governor’s Distinguished Scholarship.  Hannah looks forward to starting work on her senior Honors thesis project, which will explore the effects of [...]

Each night this week at 7 pm, the Office for Campus Sustainability is  screening a free documentary film in the Union’s Arkansas Programs Theatre.  The films are being shown in collaboration with the One Book, One Community project, which this year features Colin Beavan’s No Impact Man. Monday night begins with Garbage Warrior, followed by Tapped on Tuesday. Climate [...]

Each evening this week, Monday the 12th through Thursday the 15th, The Office for Campus Sustainability and the One Book, One Community project present the Conspicuous Non-consumption Week Lecture Series. Monday evening, Dr. Christy Slay and Mike Slay present “Biodiversity in Northwest Arkansas: The Importance of Life above and below Ground.” Tuesday, Dr. Sidney Burris and Geshee Dorjee [...]