Learning Center Workshops for Success: Five Essay Fixes to Get You from a C to an A
Learning Center
Students will be introduced to common writing problems that dramatically impact student success in writing courses.
To learn more about this workshop, click here for an outline.
Students must register for workshops at least one hour before the start of each workshop. Instructions to enroll via Zoom will be emailed to registered students approximately one hour before the workshop begins.
The Learning Center also offers other free services including free tutoring.
About Workshops for Success: A collaboration between The Learning Center, Library, Transfer Center, and Career Center, the Workshops for Success Series advances students’ academic and critical thinking skills now, upon transfer, and into the “real world.” Consult the GCC Calendar and select "Workshops for Success" for a complete list of workshops.
Organization: Learning Center. Instructor: lcastillo@glendale.edu. Web Site: https://www.glendale.edu/students/student-services/learning-center-tutoring/workshop-series. Registration Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B5XzbOfddY. Internal Presenter(s) [including yourself, if applicable]: Leiza Castillo.
Tuesday, May 13, 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
Zoom.
Learning Center Workshops for Success: Introductions and Conclusions: How to Start (and End) Your Essays
Learning Center
Learn concrete techniques for crafting innovative introductory paragraphs, which include creative lures and clear thesis sentences, and compelling concluding paragraphs, which do not simply repeat information found in the essay.
To learn more about this workshop, click here for an outline.
Students must register for workshops at least one hour before the start of each workshop. Instructions to enroll via Zoom will be emailed to registered students approximately one hour before the workshop begins.
The Learning Center also offers other free services including free tutoring.
About Workshops for Success: A collaboration between The Learning Center, Library, Transfer Center, and Career Center, the Workshops for Success Series advances students’ academic and critical thinking skills now, upon transfer, and into the “real world.” Consult the GCC Calendar and select "Workshops for Success" for a complete list of workshops.
Organization: Learning Center. Instructor: agipp@glendale.edu. Web Site: https://www.glendale.edu/students/student-services/learning-center-tutoring/workshop-series. Registration Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B5XzbOfddY. Internal Presenter(s) [including yourself, if applicable]: Ashley Gipp.
Wednesday, May 14, 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
Zoom.
Learning Center Workshops for Success: Evidence and Expertise: Using the Best Sources for Your Argument
Learning Center
Students will learn how to assess sources for evidence and expertise so as to more convincingly support claims in an argumentative essay or speech. Indicators will be reviewed for two key measures of expertise (a.k.a. authority: author experience that is relevant to the topic under consideration) and evidence (such as documented methods, cross-references, or quotations from subject experts). Students will be encouraged to consider these indicators in evaluating and choosing sources wisely to strengthen the credibility of their own arguments.
To learn more about this workshop, click here for an outline.
Students must register for workshops at least one hour before the start of each workshop. Instructions to enroll via Zoom will be emailed to registered students approximately one hour before the workshop begins.
The Learning Center also offers other free services including free tutoring.
About Workshops for Success: A collaboration between The Learning Center, Library, Transfer Center, and Career…
Organization: Learning Center. Instructor: csheldon@glendale.edu. Web Site: https://www.glendale.edu/students/student-services/learning-center-tutoring/workshop-series. Registration Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B5XzbOfddY. Internal Presenter(s) [including yourself, if applicable]: Christina Sheldon.
Thursday, May 15, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Zoom.
Learning Center Workshops for Success: Quote Integration: How to Pick and Place (The Best) Quotations
Learning Center
This workshop helps students locate, format, edit, and properly cite quotations.
To learn more about this workshop, click here for an outline.
Students must register for workshops at least one hour before the start of each workshop. Instructions to enroll via Zoom will be emailed to registered students approximately one hour before the workshop begins.
The Learning Center also offers other free services including free tutoring.
About Workshops for Success: A collaboration between The Learning Center, Library, Transfer Center, and Career Center, the Workshops for Success Series advances students’ academic and critical thinking skills now, upon transfer, and into the “real world.” Consult the GCC Calendar and select "Workshops for Success" for a complete list of workshops.
Organization: Learning Center. Instructor: gmitchel@glendale.edu. Web Site: https://www.glendale.edu/students/student-services/learning-center-tutoring/workshop-series. Registration Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B5XzbOfddY. Internal Presenter(s) [including yourself, if applicable]: Gabrielle Mitchell-Marell.
Tuesday, May 20, 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
Zoom.
Learning Center Workshops for Success: Summary vs. Analysis: How to Analyze Complex Texts
Learning Center
Learn to differentiate clearly between summary and analysis and how to write a summary and analysis.
To learn more about this workshop, click here for an outline.
NOTE: This workshop is asynchronous. Students must register by 12:30 pm on Wednesday, 5/21/25.
Students must complete workshop on Canvas on 11:59 pm on Thursday 5/22/25.
The Learning Center also offers other free services including free tutoring.
About Workshops for Success: A collaboration between The Learning Center, Library, Transfer Center, and Career Center, the Workshops for Success Series advances students’ academic and critical thinking skills now, upon transfer, and into the “real world.” Consult the GCC Calendar and select "Workshops for Success" for a complete list of workshops.
Organization: Learning Center. Instructor: agipp@glendale.edu. Web Site: https://www.glendale.edu/students/student-services/learning-center-tutoring/workshop-series. Registration Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B5XzbOfddY. Internal Presenter(s) [including yourself, if applicable]: Ashley Gipp.
Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 12:30 PM – Thursday, May 22, 2025, 11:59 PM.
Online.
Learning Center Workshops for Success: MLA & APA Documentation: Why? When? How?
Learning Center
Learn about stylistic requirements and citation guidelines mandated by the Modern Language Association (MLA) and the American Psychological Association.
To learn more about this workshop, click here for an outline.
Students must register for workshops at least one hour before the start of each workshop. Instructions to enroll via Zoom will be emailed to registered students approximately one hour before the workshop begins.
The Learning Center also offers other free services including free tutoring.
About Workshops for Success: A collaboration between The Learning Center, Library, Transfer Center, and Career Center, the Workshops for Success Series advances students’ academic and critical thinking skills now, upon transfer, and into the “real world.” Consult the GCC Calendar and select "Workshops for Success" for a complete list of workshops.
Organization: Learning Center. Instructor: agipp@glendale.edu. Web Site: https://www.glendale.edu/students/student-services/learning-center-tutoring/workshop-series. Registration Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B5XzbOfddY. Internal Presenter(s) [including yourself, if applicable]: Ashley Gipp.
Tuesday, May 27, 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
Zoom.
Learning Center Workshops for Success: Paragraph Development: When Your Professor Writes "More Here"
Learning Center
Learn how to compose paragraphs that expand on ideas meaningfully without resorting to repetition, summary, or assertion.
To learn more about this workshop, click here for an outline.
Students must register for workshops at least one hour before the start of each workshop. Instructions to enroll via Zoom will be emailed to registered students approximately one hour before the workshop begins.
The Learning Center also offers other free services including free tutoring.
About Workshops for Success: A collaboration between The Learning Center, Library, Transfer Center, and Career Center, the Workshops for Success Series advances students’ academic and critical thinking skills now, upon transfer, and into the “real world.” Consult the GCC Calendar and select "Workshops for Success" for a complete list of workshops.
Organization: Learning Center. Instructor: lcastillo@glendale.edu. Web Site: https://www.glendale.edu/students/student-services/learning-center-tutoring/workshop-series. Registration Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B5XzbOfddY. Internal Presenter(s) [including yourself, if applicable]: Leiza Castillo.
Wednesday, May 28, 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
Zoom.
Learning Center Workshops for Success: Five Essay Fixes to Get You from a C to an A
Learning Center
Students will be introduced to common writing problems that dramatically impact student success in writing courses.
To learn more about this workshop, click here for an outline.
Students must register for workshops at least one hour before the start of each workshop. Instructions to enroll via Zoom will be emailed to registered students approximately one hour before the workshop begins.
The Learning Center also offers other free services including free tutoring.
About Workshops for Success: A collaboration between The Learning Center, Library, Transfer Center, and Career Center, the Workshops for Success Series advances students’ academic and critical thinking skills now, upon transfer, and into the “real world.” Consult the GCC Calendar and select "Workshops for Success" for a complete list of workshops.
Organization: Learning Center. Instructor: agipp@glendale.edu. Web Site: https://www.glendale.edu/students/student-services/learning-center-tutoring/workshop-series. Registration Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B5XzbOfddY. Internal Presenter(s) [including yourself, if applicable]: Ashley Gipp.
Thursday, May 29, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Zoom.
Learning Center Workshops for Success: MLA & APA Documentation: Why? When? How?
Learning Center
Learn about stylistic requirements and citation guidelines mandated by the Modern Language Association (MLA) and the American Psychological Association.
To learn more about this workshop, click here for an outline.
Students must register for workshops at least one hour before the start of each workshop. Instructions to enroll via Zoom will be emailed to registered students approximately one hour before the workshop begins.
The Learning Center also offers other free services including free tutoring.
About Workshops for Success: A collaboration between The Learning Center, Library, Transfer Center, and Career Center, the Workshops for Success Series advances students’ academic and critical thinking skills now, upon transfer, and into the “real world.” Consult the GCC Calendar and select "Workshops for Success" for a complete list of workshops.
Organization: Learning Center. Instructor: csheldon@glendale.edu. Web Site: https://www.glendale.edu/students/student-services/learning-center-tutoring/workshop-series. Registration Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B5XzbOfddY. Internal Presenter(s) [including yourself, if applicable]: Christina Sheldon.
Wednesday, June 4, 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
Zoom.