by Nick Toebben As I was finishing my undergraduate degree at Wake Forest, I started to feel more and more like a machine. In a bid to graduate on time, nine of my final ten courses were in statistics—it was as numerical of a schedule as one could devise. As I progressed, I noticed that…
by Rachel Will How does one provide useful feedback in an age of information saturation? Going into the Fall 2016 semester, I knew my primary TA responsibilities were to provide feedback to the weekly and bi-weekly writing assignments for the students enrolled in the course. The class size was small, which is usually amenable to more…
by Austin Becker As the semester comes to an end, I find myself reflecting on the experiences I’ve had over the past few months in the WIP Program. I realize that I have come a long way in this program, but so have some of the students in the two classes that I served as a…
by Trevor Ramsey The Writing Intensive Program at UGA provides a service to students that I took for granted due to my academic experiences. By giving students explicit training in writing and providing them with low stakes assignments, they learn not only about writing, but also the specific conventions in their respective fields of study. Including…