Change has been a sort of theme this year for us, as we have tried to make the Writing Center more user-friendly. Finally, we have posted the Quarterly to the Writing Center s web page. In the future, we want to expand the online version of the Quarterly to more fully utilize the possibilities offered by the internet. In nearly all the courses offered at DePaul, writing, in some form or fashion, is a requirement. Law classes require legal briefs.
Science classes require lab reports.
History, Sociology and Business classes require research papers. Writing is important in any field, and one of the goals of the Writing Centers is to help students learn how to apply writing skills to their particular field of study. This past year, it has been my duty to help facilitate the Writing Centers role in achieving this goal. One manner in which the faculty is kept up to date with their students interactions with the Writing Center is through midterm and final reports. This way, professors can be better informed about progress students may have made that isn t directly evident in papers they have turned in.