Workshops
Zotero & Mendeley Training Session
MAR 2, 3-4:30 PM MST
IN-PERSON SESSION: LSC 324
This training builds off last semester’s introduction to Zotero & Mendeley, “Top 10 Things You Can Do with Citation Management Software (#7 will shock you!).” Working with your own research library, you can put tools and strategies into practice and ask questions of citation management experts to immediately build your citation and source management skills (with experts from CSU Libraries, Renae Watson and Rachelle Ramer).
Note to participants: Please bring your laptop with access to the software you are using to this workshop.
Passive/Active Voice Webinar with Kelly Bradbury
MAR 8, 1-2:15 PM MST
WEBINAR ON ZOOM
This webinar will help you recognize passive voice, edit your writing for passive sentences, and revise sentences to make them active. These techniques can be useful for all fields of study and types of academic writing.
Avoid Jargonitis Webinar: How to Use Specialized Language for Various Audiences
MAR 21, 12-1:30 PM MST
WEBINAR ON ZOOM
Most academic writers will suffer from jargonitis at some point in their career. “Jargonitis” is the recurring and excessive use of specialized language that obscures rather than communicates meaning. This webinar will help writers identify and eliminate jargon and to opt instead for the skillful use of specialized language. The most complex field-specific words can carry meaning to various reader—attend and learn how to write with meaning and avoid jargon.
Grants at the Sentence-Level: A Workshop with Dr. Jeff Wilusz of MIP & Dr. Kristina Quynn of CSU Writes
MAR 23, 2-2:50 PM MST
WEBINAR ON TEAMS
This workshop examines what makes grant proposals succeed or fail at the sentence-level. Grant writers will leave this session with reviewer insights and key revision strategies.
Punctuation with Editor Stephanie G’Schwind Webinar
APR 4, 12-1:30 PM MST
WEBINAR ON ZOOM
This workshop covers the basic rules of correct punctuation: commas, semi-colons, colons, dashes, and more!
Guest presenter Stephanie G’Schwind is the editor of Colorado Review and the director of the Center for Literary Publishing at Colorado State University.
Retreats
FRI 4-5pm Prep Session (Zoom)
SAT 8:30-4:30 Full-Day Session
FEB 3-4 In-Person
MAR 3-4 In-Person
MAR 10-11 Virtual
APR 7-8 Virtual
MAY 22-26 Week-Long In-Person