The Graduate Writing Center provides several workshops each semester to help graduate students learn about a variety of writing topics. You can also visit our YouTube Channel to view filmed workshops.

Here, you will find handouts and PowerPoint slides from our most popular workshops. You can use them to better understand writing points on your own or to refresh your memory of a recent workshop.

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Application Writing

Cover Letters and Résumés (Fall 2017)

• Resumes and Cover Letters Presentation
• Resumes and Cover Letters Packet

CVs, Personal Statements, and Research Statements

• CVs, Personal Statements, and Research Statements Presentation
• CVs, Personal Statements, and Research Statements Packet

CVs and Résumés

• Creating CVs and Resumes
• Creating CVs and Resumes–PowerPoint
• CVs and Personal Statements Presentation (Fall 2016)
• CVs and Personal Statements Packet (Fall 2016)

Message Box: Telling a Research Story

• Telling Your Research Story – PowerPoint
• Message Box Worksheet
• Recording of Workshop

New Media Professional Networking

• New Media Professional Networking Notes
• New Media Professional Networking–PowerPoint

Publishing Research Articles

Full Overview

• Revising for Publication – featuring examples from various fields

Snapshot of Publishing

• Best Practices for Publication (packet)
• Publication Process (PowerPoint)

Revising for Audience: Coherence & Clarity

• Handout for July 2018 workshop
• Recording of workshop

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Academic Writing

Academic Genre Guide

• Academic Genre Guide

Abstract Writing

• Writing an Abstract Presentation
• Writing an Abstract Packet

Coherence in Academic Writing

• Achieving Coherence in Academic Writing

Communication for Researchers ~ ©Michael Alley

Presenting Your Research

• The Craft of Scientific Presentations Packet (Summer 2018)
• Recording of Workshop

Writing about Your Research

• The Craft of Scientific Writing Packet (Spring 2018)
• Crafting Sentences to Convey Your Research_Slides (Spring 2019)

Drafting & Revising Academic Writing

• Strategies for Drafting & Revising Academic Writing
• Strategies for Drafting & Revising Academic Writing–PowerPoint

Introductions & Conclusions

• Revising for Publication: Introducing your Research Packet
• Revising for Publication: Introducing your Research Slides
• Writing Conclusions

Forming Writing Groups

• Starting and Maintaining Writing Groups–PowerPoint

Genre

• Genre Workshop by EPPIC and GWC  – Slides
• Genre Worksheet
• Workshop Recording

Literature Reviews

Latest Edition: Strategies for Writing Literature Reviews

• Literature Review Packet Summer 2018
• Literature Reviews Slides Summer 2018

Recorded Edition: Writing Literature Reviews

• Recording on YouTube
• Writing Literature Reviews Presentation
• Writing Literature Reviews Packet

Rhetoric of Academic Writing

• The Rhetoric of Academic Writing–PowerPoint

Style in Academic Writing

Starting the New Year in Style

• Starting the New Year in Style Presentation
• Starting the New Year in Style Workshop Handout

Style and Craft of Academic Writing

• The Style and Craft of Academic Writing–PowerPoint

Thesis, Dissertation, and Conference Proposals

• Writing Thesis, Dissertation, and Conference Proposals
• Writing Thesis, Dissertation, and Conference Proposals–PowerPoint

Writing in English as a Nonnative Language

• Corpus Linguistics: Powerpoint, Handout 1, Handout 2, Handout 3
• Academic Writing 4th Version: Packet, Powerpoint
• Academic Writing 3rd Version: Powerpoint, Google Slides
• Academic Writing 2nd Version: Powerpoint, Handout 1, Handout 2, CSE Citation Guide
• Academic Writing 1st Version: Powerpoint, Packet