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May. 22, 2023
10:00 AM

Miller Writing Center Opens for Summer Semester

The Miller Writing Center is open for summer semester from May 22 to August 1. We are open for summer semester from May 22 to August 1. We will be open on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. We are closed May 29 for Memorial Day, June 19 for Juneteenth, and July 4 for Independence Day. Auburn students, faculty, and staff can get free, one-on-one feedback from a Miller Writing Center peer consultant on any kind of writing at any point in the process.

Make up to three online or in-person appointments per week through AU Access. Learn more about the Miller Writing Center.

Who Can Attend

  • undergrads
  • grads
  • faculty
Jun. 06, 2023
10:00 AM

Designing Accessible Documents CM110V

Designing Accessible Documents II: Adobe Acrobat and PowerPoint (CM110V), Tuesday, June 6, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., Zoom: Chances are that you create documents for your job. But do you know how to make those documents accessible to people with visual disabilities? This workshop will introduce you to principles of accessible design, including metadata, hierarchy, font, hyperlinks, color, and alternative text within Adobe Acrobat and PowerPoint. Please register on ElevatED, which you can open via AU Access.

Who Can Attend

  • grads
  • faculty
  • staff
Jun. 06, 2023
1:00 PM

Graduate Writing and Research Studio 3

Calling all graduate writers! Would you benefit from writing in the company of other students with expert assistance on hand? If so, consider signing up for the Graduate Research and Writing Studio. This weekly writing retreat will run every Tuesday between May 23 to July 18 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. in RBD Library’s Newspaper Reading Room. The Studio will offer a sense of community, access to a research librarian and a graduate writing consultant, and light refreshments, all to help you achieve your writing goals. The Graduate Research and Writing Studio is a program sponsored by the Libraries and by University Writing.

Please complete this survey by May 20 to register for the program.

Who Can Attend

  • grads
Jun. 07, 2023
11:00 AM

WriteFest Session 1

WriteFest is open to graduate students working on their thesis, dissertation, ePortfolio, or piece for publication. Over four sessions, participants will bring their writing projects and have dedicated time to write alongside peers in a supportive environment. Each session will offer participants structured periods of focused writing, accompanied with discussion and learning about habits and skills that support well-being and productivity during the completion of longer projects. Graduate students can register to participate either in-person, in the University Writing Studio on the second floor of RBD Library (Room 2056), or virtually, via Zoom, and are expected to attend all four sessions. Sessions will be held on the following dates from 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.: June 7, June 14, June 21, and June 28. Registration closes June 4.

Registration closes June 4.

Who Can Attend

  • grads
Jun. 13, 2023
1:00 PM

Graduate Writing and Research Studio 4

Calling all graduate writers! Would you benefit from writing in the company of other students with expert assistance on hand? If so, consider signing up for the Graduate Research and Writing Studio. This weekly writing retreat will run every Tuesday between May 23 to July 18 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. in RBD Library’s Newspaper Reading Room. The Studio will offer a sense of community, access to a research librarian and a graduate writing consultant, and light refreshments, all to help you achieve your writing goals. The Graduate Research and Writing Studio is a program sponsored by the Libraries and by University Writing.

Please complete this survey by May 20 to register for the program.

Who Can Attend

  • grads
Jun. 14, 2023
11:00 AM

WriteFest Session 2

WriteFest is open to graduate students working on their thesis, dissertation, ePortfolio, or piece for publication. Over four sessions, participants will bring their writing projects and have dedicated time to write alongside peers in a supportive environment. Each session will offer participants structured periods of focused writing, accompanied with discussion and learning about habits and skills that support well-being and productivity during the completion of longer projects. Graduate students can register to participate either in-person, in the University Writing Studio on the second floor of RBD Library (Room 2056), or virtually, via Zoom, and are expected to attend all four sessions. Sessions will be held on the following dates from 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.: June 7, June 14, June 21, and June 28.

Registration closes June 4.

Who Can Attend

  • grads
Jun. 14, 2023
11:00 AM

WriteFest Session 4

WriteFest is open to graduate students working on their thesis, dissertation, ePortfolio, or piece for publication. Over four sessions, participants will bring their writing projects and have dedicated time to write alongside peers in a supportive environment. Each session will offer participants structured periods of focused writing, accompanied with discussion and learning about habits and skills that support well-being and productivity during the completion of longer projects. Graduate students can register to participate either in-person, in the University Writing Studio on the second floor of RBD Library (Room 2056), or virtually, via Zoom, and are expected to attend all four sessions. Sessions will be held on the following dates from 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.: June 7, June 14, June 21, and June 28.

Registration closes June 4.

Who Can Attend

  • grads
Jun. 15, 2023
2:00 PM

Writing Across the Curriculum Faculty Learning Community

Multilingual students—specifically, students for whom English is not their first language—often write differently from their monolingual peers. In this FLC, we’ll discuss methods of supporting these students’ academic writing. Participants will explore how multilingual students’ home cultures and prior educational experiences affect their writing in English. With the goal of more transparent, explicit writing instruction, we will bring to the surface our own cultural assumptions about good writing. We will draw from writing center literature to discuss how instructors can offer individualized support to multilingual writers, as well as how the Miller Writing Center complements such teaching. Throughout our discussions, we will grapple with the question of how to balance assimilation to U.S. academic writing conventions with respect for students’ voices.

Please email Layli Miron for the Zoom link.

Who Can Attend

  • faculty
Jun. 19, 2023
12:00 AM

Miller Writing Center Closed for Juneteenth

The Miller Writing Center is closed Monday, June 19, in observance of Juneteenth. Normal hours will resume on Tuesday, June 20.

Learn more about the Miller Writing Center.

Who Can Attend

  • undergrads
  • grads
  • faculty
  • staff
Jun. 20, 2023
1:00 PM

Graduate Writing and Research Studio 5

Calling all graduate writers! Would you benefit from writing in the company of other students with expert assistance on hand? If so, consider signing up for the Graduate Research and Writing Studio. This weekly writing retreat will run every Tuesday between May 23 to July 18 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. in RBD Library’s Newspaper Reading Room. The Studio will offer a sense of community, access to a research librarian and a graduate writing consultant, and light refreshments, all to help you achieve your writing goals. The Graduate Research and Writing Studio is a program sponsored by the Libraries and by University Writing.

Please complete this survey by May 20 to register for the program.

Who Can Attend

  • grads
Jun. 27, 2023
1:00 PM

Graduate Writing and Research Studio 6

Calling all graduate writers! Would you benefit from writing in the company of other students with expert assistance on hand? If so, consider signing up for the Graduate Research and Writing Studio. This weekly writing retreat will run every Tuesday between May 23 to July 18 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. in RBD Library’s Newspaper Reading Room. The Studio will offer a sense of community, access to a research librarian and a graduate writing consultant, and light refreshments, all to help you achieve your writing goals. The Graduate Research and Writing Studio is a program sponsored by the Libraries and by University Writing.

Please complete this survey by May 20 to register for the program.

Who Can Attend

  • grads
Jun. 28, 2023
11:00 AM

WriteFest Session 4

WriteFest is open to graduate students working on their thesis, dissertation, ePortfolio, or piece for publication. Over four sessions, participants will bring their writing projects and have dedicated time to write alongside peers in a supportive environment. Each session will offer participants structured periods of focused writing, accompanied with discussion and learning about habits and skills that support well-being and productivity during the completion of longer projects. Graduate students can register to participate either in-person, in the University Writing Studio on the second floor of RBD Library (Room 2056), or virtually, via Zoom, and are expected to attend all four sessions. Sessions will be held on the following dates from 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.: June 7, June 14, June 21, and June 28.

Registration closes June 4.

Who Can Attend

  • grads
Jun. 29, 2023
2:00 PM

Writing Across the Curriculum Faculty Learning Community

Multilingual students—specifically, students for whom English is not their first language—often write differently from their monolingual peers. In this FLC, we’ll discuss methods of supporting these students’ academic writing. Participants will explore how multilingual students’ home cultures and prior educational experiences affect their writing in English. With the goal of more transparent, explicit writing instruction, we will bring to the surface our own cultural assumptions about good writing. We will draw from writing center literature to discuss how instructors can offer individualized support to multilingual writers, as well as how the Miller Writing Center complements such teaching. Throughout our discussions, we will grapple with the question of how to balance assimilation to U.S. academic writing conventions with respect for students’ voices.

Please email Layli Miron for the Zoom link.

Who Can Attend

  • faculty
Jul. 04, 2023
12:00 AM

Miller Writing Center Closed for Independence Day

The Miller Writing Center is closed Tuesday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day. Normal hours will resume on Wednesday, July 5.

Learn more about the Miller Writing Center.

Who Can Attend

  • undergrads
  • grads
  • faculty
  • staff
Jul. 11, 2023
1:00 PM

Graduate Writing and Research Studio 7

Calling all graduate writers! Would you benefit from writing in the company of other students with expert assistance on hand? If so, consider signing up for the Graduate Research and Writing Studio. This weekly writing retreat will run every Tuesday between May 23 to July 18 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. in RBD Library’s Newspaper Reading Room. The Studio will offer a sense of community, access to a research librarian and a graduate writing consultant, and light refreshments, all to help you achieve your writing goals. The Graduate Research and Writing Studio is a program sponsored by the Libraries and by University Writing.

Please complete this survey by May 20 to register for the program.

Who Can Attend

  • grads
Jul. 13, 2023
2:00 PM

Writing Across the Curriculum Faculty Learning Community

Multilingual students—specifically, students for whom English is not their first language—often write differently from their monolingual peers. In this FLC, we’ll discuss methods of supporting these students’ academic writing. Participants will explore how multilingual students’ home cultures and prior educational experiences affect their writing in English. With the goal of more transparent, explicit writing instruction, we will bring to the surface our own cultural assumptions about good writing. We will draw from writing center literature to discuss how instructors can offer individualized support to multilingual writers, as well as how the Miller Writing Center complements such teaching. Throughout our discussions, we will grapple with the question of how to balance assimilation to U.S. academic writing conventions with respect for students’ voices.

Please email Layli Miron for the Zoom link.

Who Can Attend

  • faculty
Jul. 18, 2023
1:00 PM

Graduate Writing and Research Studio 8

Calling all graduate writers! Would you benefit from writing in the company of other students with expert assistance on hand? If so, consider signing up for the Graduate Research and Writing Studio. This weekly writing retreat will run every Tuesday between May 23 to July 18 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. in RBD Library’s Newspaper Reading Room. The Studio will offer a sense of community, access to a research librarian and a graduate writing consultant, and light refreshments, all to help you achieve your writing goals. The Graduate Research and Writing Studio is a program sponsored by the Libraries and by University Writing.

Please complete this survey by May 20 to register for the program.

Who Can Attend

  • grads
Aug. 01, 2023
1:00 PM

WAC Workshop: The Generative AI Art + Writing Playground

Tuesday, August 1st, 1:00-4:00, 3011 RBD Library. Are you curious about generative artificial intelligence (AI) like ChatGPT or DALL-E, but don’t know where to start? Do you want to think about how these technologies might impact your teaching, research, or creative scholarship? University Writing and the Innovation and Research Commons are here to help! In this hands-on event, facilitators will lead a structured activity to familiarize participants with the capabilities and limitations of freely available generative AI tools, as well as Adobe Express (free to everyone at AU). After experimenting with these technologies, participants will reflect on their implications for teaching, learning, and professional activity.

Please register by Tuesday, July 25th to secure a spot.

Who Can Attend

  • faculty