Writing Center Workshop

On Thursday, October 27, I attended a 90 minutes writing center workshop. I went with a friend who had register ahead of time online. It was a last minute decision for me but I was able to walk in. The main topic was about “Avoiding Plagiarism and Citation”. In this workshop, we learned learn what plagiarism is, whyit happens and how to aviod it. This was the first writing workshop I had attend. Although the topic of plagiarism was already learnt and disscussed in my English class, I think the workshop was helpful and informative to a lot of people. This workshop helped claify other people misunderstanding about plagiarism. With a group discussion, we learned from other people mistakes and their perspectatives on plagiarism. After we have identify what is considered plagiarism, we learned different styles of citation; MLA, APA, and Chicago format. I recommend people to use Purdue Owl website for more information about how to site different sources. This activity was very fun and engaging that I didn’t realize an hour and half of my Thurday afternoon break was gone. I would come back to attend other Writing Center workshops.
Later that day, I went on Baruch Writing Center website to find out more about the Baruch Writing Center. I saw that I missed some past but interesting workshops, such as translanguaging and cover letters. In the future, I will be sure to keep in mind to check my Baruchmail often. They notify you about upcoming workshops and events. I also discovered there are many resources on the website avaliable to students, such as online writing guides, peer reviews, and one to one sessions. The handouts from the workshops can also be found online.