by Julia Lewis If you have been following the Bentley Writing Center on social media, you have likely seen us sharing the winning photos from this spring's Bentley University Writing Center Photo Contest. Each year the Bentley Writing Center has the exciting opportunity to engage the entire Bentley community by inviting students to submit instances of … Continue reading Writing Center Photo Contest Winners
Recently a few tutors reflected on their experiences as Writing Center tutors. Here are two different perspectives. One is from a senior who has worked at the Writing Center for almost three years, and the others is written by someone who just started working there this semester. Sixth and Final Semester As I am writing … Continue reading Being a Writing Center Tutor
by Roma Gujarathi Some words have an allure of their own. Sometimes it’s the way a word sounds, like mellifluous; the letters flow so smoothly together. Other words, like hiraeth, are surrounded by a sense of mystery. Yet still, there are words like sonder that make you pause in wonder. Each of these words is … Continue reading A Word Is Worth A Thousand Pictures, Too
When new students came to the Writing Center open house this year, we asked them to do one of two things: add their own thoughts to a collaborative exquisite corpse story or respond to some images we had on the wall. Here's what it looked like: And here are some closeups with the clever, thoughtful, and … Continue reading Writing Center Open House Pictures
Today the Writing Center participated in the library's open house, and when new first-year students visited us, they were asked to participate in one of two writing projects. One of them was an exquisite corpse project where they were only able to see a portion of what was written previously. What follows started with the … Continue reading Library Open House Exquisite Corpse Project
by Greg Farber-Mazor At the end of every year, as the graduating senior Writing Center tutors are preparing to move on from the confines of the library basement (and Bentley), I typically write them a short note of thanks and wish them well in their future endeavors. This year, for reasons I can’t quite put … Continue reading Good Luck! 3 Pieces of Advice for Graduating Seniors
By Alison Fortier Bentley definitely prepares us well for the business world with all the GBs and even CDI, but we’re left to figure out other things on our own. For example: writing professionally for day-to-day business. Don’t worry if this part of business isn’t your favorite thing in the world because there are several … Continue reading The Dos and Don’ts of Professional E-mails
