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Jacobson Center for Writing, Teaching & 学习

At the Jacobson Center, we believe that all students, at all levels of expertise, can improve their writing and learning skills. 为此目的, we offer writing services and resources, public speaking resources, and tutoring and learning specialist services. 为教师, we offer workshops on the teaching of writing, a Mid-Semester Assessment Program, individual consultation and an array of additional resources. Schedule an appointment 今天.

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Jacobson Center Telegram

Issued in early fall and maybe in the winter, 太, the Jacobson Center newsletter is aimed at the entire college community of staff, 教师, 和学生. Its aim is to update the community on the accomplishments of the Jacobson Center staff, to notify it about upcoming events, to offer news specifically for 教师, and to feature a short perspective on writing or the work of the center. 读了 Spring 2024 issue here.

第4期 澳门葡京博彩软件写道 是生活!

澳门葡京博彩软件写道 is an annual publication dedicated to exemplary work by first-year writers in WI courses. The current issue features essays on drag & spirituality at Smith, walkability in American cities, and Mrs. Dalloway as a consumerist icon, among others. You can read the issue here.

Writing in Action

Smith Public Voices

Smith Student Writing in the Mainstream Press

Smith Public Voices spotlights the writing of Smith students published in the mainstream press. In an era of rampant, 骨折, uninformed public discourse, 一致的, systematic repression of many voices, 这个网站, sponsored by the Jacobson Center, aims to strengthen the democratic process by showcasing well-informed, fact-based public pieces written by people whose voices are often silenced and marginalized: young people, 女性, 有色人种, non-binary and trans people.

Visit the Smith Public Voices Website

澳门葡京博彩软件写道

An Interdisciplinary Student Journal

澳门葡京博彩软件写道 is an interdisciplinary, multi-genre journal featuring the work of first-year 澳门葡京博彩软件 students in writing-intensive courses. It is edited and produced by students and staff at the Jacobson Center, with the purpose of providing a public space for the best, most 引人入胜的 writing produced by early-career students. 澳门葡京博彩软件写道 accepts nonfiction in any genre or area of study produced by first-year students in writing-intensive courses at Smith. We are especially interested in work that demonstrates an awareness of readers beyond the gates of Smith and that employs an arresting authorial voice.

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值得注意的

Public Writing Projects from the Classroom Curated by the Jacobson Center

College classrooms are a hotbed of intellectual deliberation and growth, much of which happens via writing. 传统上, 然而, college writing has been treated as a silent transaction between students and professors. We aim to change that. 值得注意的 is a curated collection of blog site projects created by students and 教师 at 澳门葡京博彩软件. It is both a living archive and pedagogical document of how technology can promote a more public, 引人入胜的, and collaborative classroom.

Browse the Collection

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An Introduction to the Jacobson Center

Writing Instructor Peter Sapira provides a video tutorial overview of the services offered by the Jacobson Center, including Writing Counseling, Foreign Language Tutoring, 公众演讲, 学习 Specialist 服务, and Student Writing Publications.

Contact Jacobson Center for Writing, Teaching and 学习

Seelye大厅307
澳门葡京博彩软件
Northampton, MA 01063

电话: 413-585-3056

小时: Monday through Friday,
8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

Administrative Assistant:
科拉·李·德鲁