by Stephanie Johnson | Apr 18, 2018 | EVENTS
What: A night for cadets to get help with brainstorming, writing a thesis, revising, citing correctly Where: Carroll Hall 215 When: Thursday, April 19th 1930- 0030 Come for help on papers, blog posts, or PowerPoints during the last push to the end of the semester. ...
by Stephanie Johnson | Apr 4, 2018 | tips
Recently, I’ve seen a lot of papers where the student is asked to read an article and write an analytical paper. This is a new concept for some people, and the tendency to summarize instead of analyze is strong. Here are some key tips for analyzing an article...
by Stephanie Johnson | Mar 18, 2018 | tips
In a sentence that uses passive voice, the sentence’s subject does not perform the action. Instead, the action of the sentence happens to the subject. For example, the sentence “The ball was thrown by the girl” is written in passive voice. If you see a...
by Stephanie Johnson | Mar 7, 2018 | tips
Modifiers are words or phrases that describe another word. Dangling modifiers do not clearly modify a word in a sentence. What ends up happening, then, is something like the picture to the right. Take into account the following questions when you attempt to identify...
by Stephanie Johnson | Feb 28, 2018 | EVENTS
You’ve spent countless hours creating your ePortfolio for classes here at VMI. Now it’s time to learn how to take that hard work and apply it beyond the classroom. Work smarter, not harder by creating a website that can be used when you leave VMI and...
