UMB opened the summer season of the Dissertation House on Monday with several students in the on-campus session, and others joining online.  The day opened with comments by Dr. Judith Pollack (PROMISE Coordinator at UMB), Dr. Renetta Tull, Dr. Erin Golembewski, and the Dissertation House’s own Dr. Wendy Carter. UMB’s Writing Center provided the afternoon mini-lectures on “Keeping it simple” and “Overcoming Writer’s Block.”Thanks to Gerry Lardner and Jane Sellman for their time.  Sellman also provided students with gifts from the Writing Center — good old-fashioned pens and paper … in various colors to stimulate the brain.

The UMB campus is preparing for it’s first Dissertation House.  We are looking forward to welcoming participants to the SMC Campus Center, Room 353 at 9 AM. The UMB Writing Center is co-sponsoring this event with PROMISE.

UMB Dissertation House announcement

Items to bring:

• Computer
• Power Strip  for your computer (there are never enough wall outlets for everyone’s computers.)
• Casual clothing for writing
• Hard copy of the draft that you will be working on.
• Jumpdrive to transfer your files when you need to print.
• CD player/iPOD if you like to listen to music while you work with earphones
• Books and articles necessary for your writing project
• Style sheet you will be using for your project–MLA, APA, etc.
• UMB’s guidelines/templates for writing dissertations (Reference UMB’s Writing page.)

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