The Writing Center Welcomes President Klitgaard!

CGU President Robert Klitgaard recently visited the Writing Center to experience a typical session and learn more about the tutors and the tutoring process.

In preparation for his appointment, President Klitgaard brought a copy of a recent commencement address that he wrote and is adapting for a new audience: a college youth group. President Klitgaard met with Writing Consultant Katie to discuss ways to modify his text.

During the session, they discussed strategies for incorporating quotes into a piece of writing that will be delivered orally, ways to emphasize key points, and how to target a specific academic audience. Because President Klitgaard's speech incorporated personal experience stories from his life as well as passages from Nietzsche, they also discussed ways to strike a balance using different types of sources.

The session was a great success! Afterwards, President Klitgaard met with several Writing Center students to share feedback about his session and suggest ways to make the Writing Center even more helpful, to increase the Writing Center's presence in the overall community, and to help spread the word of the amazing resources that the Writing Center offers. He also recommended several texts that he uses in his own writing process, including William K. Zinsser's On Writing Well.

The Writing Center looks forward to working with President Klitgaard again in the future.

 
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