Upcoming Events – Center for Writing Excellence /center-for-writing-excellence Wed, 18 Feb 2026 17:28:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 Spring 2026 Writing Workshops /center-for-writing-excellence/2026/02/18/spring-2026-writing-workshops/ /center-for-writing-excellence/2026/02/18/spring-2026-writing-workshops/#respond Wed, 18 Feb 2026 17:28:07 +0000 /center-for-writing-excellence/?p=120553 The Center for Writing Excellence will provide a series of online workshops to help develop writing skills you can use now and in the future. Zoom with us on Mondays at 2:00pm: .
Workshops are 45 minutes long and do not require advance preparation. All students, faculty, staff, and alumni are welcome to attend.
To learn more about the CWE, visit our website:Ìý.

Brainstorming Boosts
Mon»å²¹²â,Ìý¹óebruary 16, 2:00pm
Brainstorming not only helps you start writing, it also guides you through the revision process. Learn techniques to help you choose topics, find creative solutions, develop your ideas, and more.
Active and Passive Voice: Understanding the Difference
Mon»å²¹²â,ÌýFebruaryÌý23, 2:00pm
The difference between active and passive voice is crucial to know for clear, concise writing and communication. This workshop will discuss the difference, purpose, and importance of active and passive voice.

Introduction to APA style (7th edition)
Monday,ÌýMarch 2, 2:00pm
This overview will help familiarize you with APA citations—an important part of academic writing in social science fields such as Business, Nursing, Psychology, Linguistics, Sociology, Economics, and Justice Studies. Bring your Reference pages and questions for extra help.

Introduction to MLA style (9th edition)
Mon»å²¹²â,ÌýMarch 16, 2:00pm
This overview will help familiarize you with MLA citations—an important part of academic writing in areas of the humanities such as English, Foreign Language and Literatures, Literary Criticism, and Cultural Studies. We will also review updates included in the 9th edition. Bring your Works Cited pages and questions for extra help.

Common Errors for Multilingual Writers
Monday, March 23, 2:00pm
If you are in the process of learning English or if English is not your native tongue, there are common writing errors that you will find in your writing. This workshop reviews the grammar rules for some of the most common errors made by multilingual writers. Join us to review strategies for catching preposition usage mistakes and more.

Splice Up Your Life: Understanding Comma Splices
Mon»å²¹²â,ÌýMarch 30, 2:00pm
Commas and semicolons are among the trickierÌýpunctuation marks to master. Whether you are struggling to understand their purpose or just need a refresher, this workshop will cover when and where to use those pesky punctuation marks.

Polishing and Proofreading Tips for Final Drafts

Mon»å²¹²â,ÌýApril 6, 2:00pm
A well-edited final draft makes all the difference so your hard work can shine. Learn how to polish, proofread, and edit your own work for excellent final papers and projects.
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Thursday, February 4
2:30 pm, Dickson 432
Professor James L. Pethica, Williams College
Spreading the News and Hyacinth Halvey by Lady Gregory
Professor Pethica will team-teach a class in these plays with Lucy McDiarmid.

James Pethica is the editor of the Norton edition of Yeats’s poems, Lady Gregory’s Diaries, 1892-1902, and the Cornell edition of Yeats’s Last Poems.Ìý He is writing the definitive biography of Lady Gregory and has just been appointed director of the Yeats International Summer School in Sligo.

Tuesday, February 9
5:30 pm, Dickson 179
Professor Rhona Richman Kenneally, Concordia University, Montreal
“Reproducing the authentic Irish cottage: The Quiet Man as text-film-museum”

Rhona Richman Kenneally is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Design and Computation Arts at Concordia University, and a Fellow of Concordia’s School of Canadian Irish Studies. She holds a B.A. in English literature, an M.A. in social history, and both a professional degree and a Ph.D. in architecture.Ìý She writes on Canadian food culture, especially as it relates to the domestic foodscape, and on architecture, landscape, and material culture as constructions of Irish and Canadian-Irish identity. She has just appointed editor of the Canadian Journal of Irish Studies.

Tuesday, February 23
2:30 pm, Dickson 432
Anne Fogarty, Professor of James Joyce Studies, University College Dublin
“He’s out in pampooties to murder you”: James Joyce and the Legacy of John Millington Synge”

Anne Fogarty is president of the International James Joyce Foundation and director of the UCD James Joyce Research Centre.Ìý She has been Academic Director of the Dublin James Joyce Summer School since 1997 and has edited many books about Joyce.Ìý Currently she is writing a study of the historical and political dimensions of Ulysses, entitled James Joyce and Cultural Memory: Reading History in Ulysses.

Tuesday, April 13
5:30 pm, Dickson 179
Professor Maria DiBattista, Princeton University
“Beckett and Derelict Comedy in Lenny Abramson’s film Adam and Paul”
[dvd of this film will be available for faculty who wish to view it; it’s wonderful]

Maria DiBattista is author of Fast-Talking Dames, a much-acclaimed book about the women in screwball comedies of the 1930s and 1940s.ÌýÌý She has also written First Love: The Affections of Modern Fiction, Virginia Woolf’s Major Novels,Ìý and, most recently, Imagining Virginia Woolf: An Experiment in Critical Biography.Ìý She teaches film and fiction at Princeton.

Tuesday, April 20
2:30 pm, Dickson 432
Professor Nicholas Grene, Trinity College Dublin
[Contemporary Irish Drama]
Professor Grene will speak on a recent Irish play, title TBA.
A text of the play will be made available to all faculty & students who would like to read it.

Nicholas Grene is one of the foremost authorities on Irish and international theatre.Ìý He is the author of many books, including The Politics of Irish Drama,Ìý Shakespeare’s Serial History Plays, and Bernard Shaw: A Critical View.Ìý He is editor of Interpreting Synge and Shaw, Lady Gregory, and the Abbey, and many others.Ìý He was also the founding director of the Synge Summer School in Rathdrum, Co Wicklow, Ireland, and has served as a judge for the Irish Times drama prize.

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