The Writing Center will be closed for the holidays on Sunday, December 25; Monday, December 26; Sunday, January 1; and Monday, January 2. No e-mail or chat services will be available on those dates.

The Writing Center staff will be unavailable on Tuesday, December 6, 2016. Note that chat hours will not be available on this day. We will be at a staff retreat to reflect on and improve our work with students!

Webinar rescheduled: Engaging Your Reader With Sentence Structure, originally scheduled for Nov. 17 at 5 pm Eastern, is now scheduled for Nov. 30 at 5 pm Eastern due to the presenter's illness.

The Writing Center will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, November 24 and Friday, November 25, 2016. Our services will resume on the following Monday.

For about a half hour this morning, Walden users signing in to Grammarly may have received a prompt to choose a paid subscription. The issue is now resolved, and you should continue to have free access to the service. You might need to log out of Grammarly and log back. However, if you encountered that message this morning and paid for a subscription, please contact Grammarly support for assistance: https://support.grammarly.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

New on the website: Analyzing & Synthesizing Sources videos.

The Walden University Student Satisfaction Survey was launched on October 21st. A survey link was sent to Walden e-mail accounts, and reminder e-mails with links to the survey will be distributed regularly as well. It's important to complete the survey because your responses will:

• Share ideas for how we can better support your lifelong learning goals
• Suggest enhancements to our services and programs, and
• Help our university remain an innovator in higher education

For more information about the Student Satisfaction Survey and to see results from previous surveys please visit the Student Satisfaction page.

Check out our new crash course videos that introduce key terms and concepts in writing.

October 17-23 is Walden’s Global Days of Service. Join us in celebrating social change and the Walden community by contributing to our discussion via social media, reading this week’s blog posts, listening to our new social change WriteCast podcast episode, and attending the Writing for Social Change: Exploring Perspectives webinar this Wednesday.

We've added new modules and quizzes! Check out our new APA style modules for help with APA's rules like passive voice, anthropomorphism, avoiding bias, and more. Not sure which of our modules to take? Complete one of our quizzes for our recommendation: References and Citations quiz; APA style quiz; Plagiarism Prevention quiz; Grammar quiz.

New to the Writing Center? Check out our Getting Started pages for some tips on our services and website.

The Writing Center will be closed on Monday, September 5, 2016, for the Labor Day holiday. Note that chat hours will not be available Sunday, September 4, and Monday, September 5.

The doctoral premise and prospectus are now eligible for submission to the Writing Center’s paper review service. Although writing instructors will not provide feedback on content (e.g., quality of research questions) or document requirements, they will provide feedback to help students develop their writing skills, understand the writing process, and find appropriate resources. Students should make appointments for reviews of their premise or prospectus on the new Preproposal Schedule in myPASS. myPASS policies have been updated. Please review appointment policies for details on documents eligible for review, what constitutes a missed appointment, and more.

The Writing Center will be closed on Monday, July 4, 2016, for the Independence Day holiday. Additionally, chat hours will not be available on Sunday, July 3, nor on Monday, July 4. Have a great long weekend!

We have open paper review appointments! Log into or register for myPASS (my Paper Appointment Scheduling System), and make an appointment with one of our writing instructors for individualized feedback on your writing.

The Writing Center will be closed on Monday, May 30, 2016, for the Memorial Day holiday. Note that there will be no chat hours on either Sunday, May 29, or Monday, May 30.

Check out our self-paced modules, which recently won the Online Learning Consortium's Effective Practice Award! Beth Nastachowski, manager of multimedia instruction and lead module person, has put together an infographic explaining modules and their effectiveness.

On April 6, Walden University’s chief academic officer announced to students and faculty that Walden papers no longer require a running head. See this blog post from the Writing Center for more information. Our course templates have been updated to reflect this change.

We have open paper review appointments every day this week! Log into or register for myPASS (my Paper Appointment Scheduling System), and make an appointment with one of our writing instructors for individualized feedback on your writing.