It’s that time of year... [caption id=\"\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"133\"] From pinterest.com[/caption] Pumpkin spice lattes, cozy knit sweaters, bonfires, and Halloween right around the corner. But….it’s also scholarship/fellowship/grant application time! Though the Fulbright deadline was this past weekend, there are still other programs that are open. Maybe you have an application you’re working on, too! If…
Have you ever wanted to write about the experiences you’ve had when you’ve travelled? Maybe you went to Punta Cana this past summer, or England on your Jan Term. How can you let someone know what your experiences were really like? The answer to that question is: travel writing. Travel writing is a genre of…
So you have a really important research paper coming up for a class in your major. You’re trying to budget your time, but you have another paper for one of your “McDaniel Plan” classes due the same week. You begin to panic. What do you do? How can you get them both finished? And, how…
Writing in a journalistic style is not a skill all college students get to learn; however, it is definitely useful regardless of the career field one chooses. We’re so used to writing paragraph after paragraph, citing sources, formatting bibliographies, and making sure we meet the page or word count requirement. Journalism is different. The basic…
For anyone who is taking or will ever take a Psychology, Sociology, Economics, Business, or Criminology class: read this carefully! Think back to high school and the papers that you had to write. Most likely, those papers were written in MLA format. Not only did your high school teach you MLA format, but they drilled…
I find that listening to music helps me when writing papers, as it gets me energized and activates my brain, forcing me into motion. However, there is a lot of debate among researchers as to the effectiveness of listening to music while working (USA Today online). It is widely accepted by researchers that music without…