Online Writing Lab (OWL)
The OWL provides New College and graduate students with the opportunity to submit their papers electronically for review by professional writing advisors. We focus on larger issues such as argument, paragraphing, and organization and also comment on style, patterns of grammatical error, and formatting of references. Students submit work to our e-mail address and we respond with a both general commentary and with specific in-line feedback using the “comment” feature in Microsoft Word. In addition, we offer an ongoing series of writing workshops each semester for New College and graduate students. The OWL is currently not available to undergraduates.
How to use the OWL?
To submit your paper to the OWL, simply send an e-mail to owl@stedwards.edu with two Word documents attached: 1) your paper and 2) a properly completed OWL submission form (doc format) (pdf format). When completing the submission form, please provide as much information as possible regarding the assignment guidelines.
Our OWL instructors will read your work and provide you with feedback within 48 hours (72 hours for papers longer than 10 pages, including capstone papers). When you receive feedback, make sure that your “track changes” are on in Microsoft Word, so that you will see the comments provided. Also note that instructors may highlight sentences with grammatical errors or problematic sentence construction.
OWL Guidelines
Students must attach the submission form and provide clear instructions. Professors will receive feedback regarding student’s request and services provided.
Be advised:
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The OWL is NOT a proofreading or editing service.
- OWL Staff will NOT review multiple drafts of an assigned paper, therefore be selective of the draft you plan to submit.
- The OWL does NOT review or provide feedback on final exams or written take-home exams.
OWL Staff
Grant Potts joined the OWL in the fall of 2008. He holds a Doctorate degree in Religious Studies from the University of Pennsylvania, and has served as a writing tutor, both online and face-to-face, for over eight years. He has taught expository writing courses at the University of Pennsylvania and Pacific University. Grant is currently working on several academic writing projects related to ritual and contemporary religious movements in the United States.
Melinda Rothouse joined the OWL in the fall of 2006. She holds Master's degrees in Religious Studies from Indiana University and Performance Studies from New York University's Tisch School for the Arts, and has served as a writing instructor and writing center tutor at Tulane University in New Orleans and Texas State University in San Marcos. She has worked as a freelance educational writer for a number of years and is currently pursuing graduate coursework in Rhetoric and Composition at Texas State. She is also a musician and avid traveler.
St. Edward's Writing Resources
Please use the following link for useful writing resources, particularly APA templates/guidelines, designed by our faculty in the School of Management and Business.
http://www.stedwards.edu/business/graduate/current/apa.htm
St. Edward’s University Writing Center Resource Page
http://www.stedwards.edu/writing/resource.html
St. Edward’s University Academic Integrity Policy
http://www.stedwards.edu/dasx/academicintegrity_policy.htm
Helpful Writing Resources
1. Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
2. University of Chicago: “Writing in College: A Short Guide to College Writing”
http://writing-program.uchicago.edu/resources/collegewriting/
3. Indiana University Writing Tutorial Services: “Plagiarism; What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It”
http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml |
