{"id":161,"date":"2020-10-20T22:37:56","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T22:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/fys\/?page_id=161"},"modified":"2020-10-29T20:32:27","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T20:32:27","slug":"writing-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/fys\/writing-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"

Writing is at the core of a liberal arts education. All Trinity students are expected to write prose that is clear, convincing, and appropriate to audience and purpose. Not only is writing an essential means of communication, but it reflects and shapes how we think and interact with the world. Writing, moreover, is a key predictor of college success<\/a>, while\u00a0national employer surveys consistently report favoring candidates with strong writing skills<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At Trinity, the First-Year Seminar satisfies Trinity\u2019s general-education requirement that all students take at least two \u201cwriting-intensive\u201d courses, one of which must be the First-Year Seminar. Writing in the seminars, however, is about much more than satisfying a requirement. Students in First-Year Seminars use writing as an integral mode of learning. Writing in the seminars thus occurs regularly, takes various forms, and improves by means of revision and feedback.<\/p>\n

To support student writing, each first-year student is encouraged to make full use of the Writing Center<\/a>, meeting with any available writing associate to support the kind of drafting and revising that leads to successful writing.<\/p>\n