SPRING 2025
Series 1: Power of Habit
JAN 22 | Project Planning: Large and Multiple Writing Projects this Semester
JAN 29 | Writing with Ease: Focus, Automate, Regulate
JAN 27 – MAY 5 | DATA: Dissertation and Thesis Accountability | Mondays, 1-2:30pm.
Series 2: Smarter, Faster, Better
FEB 4 | Write at Speed
FEB 11 | Reading, Notetaking, and Synthesizing for the Literature
FEB 18 | Responsible AI for Research & Academic Writing
Series 3: Super Communicators
FEB 25 | Tell a Captivating Research Story: Approaches and Strategies
FEB 26 | Zotero Zen: Mastering the Art of Citing with Ease
MAR 4 | Your Writing Style: Grammar, Voice, and Connecting with Readers
MAR 11 | Punctuation with Stephanie G’Schwind
Webinars and Workshops
Project Planning: Large and Multiple Writing Projects this Semester
JAN 22 | 12-1:30pm | Zoom
This webinar provides writers with proven methods (and some inspiration) to plan their semester’s writing projects. Topics include scheduling, project breakdown and generation, and realistic goal setting for writing success. These approaches will help writers prioritize writing in their schedules while assuring they have also included for rest, recreation, and other life-affirming activities. Participants will take away strategies for creating and maintaining a workable writing schedule that supports their wellbeing and semester writing.
Writing with Ease: Focus, Automate, Regulate
JAN 29 | 12-1:30pm | Zoom
Academic writing may not ever be easy, but researchers can create a sense of ease to facilitate their writing. In this webinar, we explore evidence-backed writing habits and strategies of productive (and even happy) academics. Participants will identify the couple base habits that will help them best develop their writing skills and practices this semester.
Write at Speed
FEB 4 | 12-1:30pm | Zoom
WEBINAR ON ZOOM
In this webinar, we will explore and practice strategies that help writers draft quickly (and edit slowly) to increase writing productivity and to build momentum on projects.
Note: sprint & write. starts FEB 11
W2P: Write to Publish Course
Mondays 3-3:50pm
WEBINAR ON ZOOM
The Write to Publish (W2P) non-credit course guides writers through the steps of producing an article for publication in 12 weeks.
The course is open to graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and CSU researchers.
Reading, Notetaking, and Synthesizing for the Literature Review
FEB 11 | 12-1:30pm | Zoom
WEBINAR ON ZOOM
This webinar explores strategies that help researchers digest highly specialized readings so that they can integrate sources deftly into their manuscripts (articles, chapters, theses). We will explore how to breakdown large reading lists into bite-sized chunks and identify key elements for the literature review.
Responsible AI for Research & Academic Writing
FEB 18 | 12-1:30pm | Zoom
WEBINAR ON ZOOM
This webinar places AI writing tools in conversation with criteria of ethical production of research and scholarship. We will explore and develop AI literacy skills in service of ethically produced writing and contributions to our fields of study.
SPECIAL EVENT:
What to Know for the Final Stretch
Guidance for graduate students when submitting theses, dissertations, and articles
FEB 20, 12-1:30pm TEAMS
Tell a Captivating Research Story: Approaches and Strategies
FEB 25 | 12-1:30pm | Zoom
WEBINAR ON ZOOM
This webinar focuses on simple and applicable storytelling structures that help writers identify the most important elements of their studies to share with readers (or listeners if presenting). To captivate your readers, you must also understand the optimal arrangement of ideas and modes of expression that help them connect with your work. We will learn how to craft compelling titles, to shape focused statements of project and purpose, and to create “punch lines” for clarity.
Zotero Zen: Mastering the Art of Citing with Ease with CSU Libraries
FEB 26 | 12-1:30pm | Morgan Library 173
IN-PERSON WORKSHOP
This in-person session is hosted and presented by software experts from the CSU Libraries: Rachelle Ramer and Anna Ferri. If you are just starting to work with Zotero, plan to attend at 12pm for a guided walk-thru of installing and familiarizing yourself with the program. If you are already working with Zotero but wish to develop your skills and learn how to streamline your source collection and organization process, join us at 12:30pm for an in-depth workshop to learn how to master the art of citing with ease.
Your Writing Style: Grammar, Voice, and Connecting with Readers
MAR 4 | 12-1:30pm | Zoom
WEBINAR ON ZOOM
This webinar will help you recognize your writing style within word choices and sentence structures. We will explore sentences that draw readers in and help them understand your work. We will also discuss the structures of active and passive sentences so that you can decide what “voice” to use and when in your manuscripts.
Punctuation with Stephanie G’Schwind
MAR 11 | 12-1:30PM | LSC 376-78
IN-PERSON WORKSHOP
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.
SPECIAL EVENT:
The Sit-less Revolution: Simple Strategies to Get Active In Your Writing Practice and Life
APR 2, 12-1:00pm LSC 376-378
In today’s fast-paced academic world, it’s easy to slip into a routine of long hours, endless meetings, and seemingly constant desk time. But what if small, simple changes could spark greater productivity, keep energy levels up, and improve overall health? Guest presented by Skylar Yu, this session explores practical ways to bring movement into the workday—from quick, in-office exercises to standing desks and active workstations—and uncover simple ways to stay active after hours. Together, we’ll look at how a balanced 24-hour activity cycle can improve both physical and mental well-being, and help each of us thrive across our academic journeys. Come ready to learn, share, and find the perfect balance of work and wellness.
About the Presenter:
Skylar Yu is a third-year PhD student in the Psychology Department at CSU, studying healthy lifestyles with a particular focus on sedentary behaviors and physical activity. Her research on activity-permissive workstations has earned four distinguished awards from the Society of Behavioral Medicine and the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity in the past year.
Prior Workshops & Series
SPRING 2022
- Fresh Start: Scheduling Tools
- Literature Review
- Writing for Publication
- Abstracts
- Write for Speed I and II
- Reverse Outlining
- Getting and Using Feedback
- Summary/Paraphrase
- Punctuation
- Overcome Writing Stalls
- Engaging Audiences
- Passive/Active Voice
FALL 2021
- Schedule to Prioritize Writing
- Deal with Inner Writing Critics
- Summarize & Paraphrase & Avoid Plagiarizing
- Literature Review
- Abstracts
- Productivity & Well-Being
- How to Prepare to Write
- Edit for Clarity: Top 3 Sentence Issues
- EDT Info Session (with Graduate School and Library experts)
- Write for Speed
SPRING 2021
- Schedule to Prioritize Writing
- Writing for Publication
- Summarize & Paraphrase & Avoid Plagiarizing
- Literature Review
- Write Concisely with the Writer’s Diet
- Citation Management Software
- How to Prepare to Write
- Edit for Clarity: Top 3 Sentence Issues
- EDT Info Session (with Graduate School and Library experts)
- Write for Speed
- Writing Your Teaching Philosophy
FALL 2020
- Schedule to Prioritize Writing
- Summarize & Paraphrase & Avoid Plagiarizing
- Literature Review
- Productivity & Well-Being
- How to Punctuate (with Stephanie G’Schwind)
- Edit for Clarity
- Edit for Flow
- EDT Info Session (with Graduate School and Library experts)
- Write for Speed
SPRING 2020
- The Magic Writing Workshop
- Habits that Build & Sustain Writing Momentum
- Writing for Publication
- Productivity & Well-Being
- ETD (Electronic Thesis & Dissertation) Information Session
- Create Your “Shelter in Place” Research Writing Action Plan
HOW TO SERIES:
- Edit for Flow (organization & development)
- Edit for Wordiness (sentence-level editing for clarity & concision)
- The Literature Review: How to Prepare & Organize
- How to Punctuate
- Passive Voice: When & When Not to Use
SPECIAL PROGRAMS
Construction Management/School of Education Workshop Series:
The NUTS & BOLTS OF WRITING IN GRADUATE SCHOOL
2/19: Writing as Construction
2/26: Frame & Connect
4/1: Engineering Sentences
4/8: Clarity & ReVision
