What we do:
Our mission is to provide an opportunity for each student to enhance his or her performance as a Soldier Scholar. This is a free service, designed to help students improve their communication skills. We review students’ written assignments for errors in grammar and punctuation and for clarity of expression. For resident students, we offer in-house communications workshops targeting:
Writing Skills
Critical Thinking
Reading Comprehension
Study Skills and Time Management
Written Assignments in Coursework
Where to find us in CARL:
The Learning Resource Center is on the first floor of the Combined Arms Research Library (CARL), Room C111; we are open to students Monday through Friday, 0900 – 1630. You can reach the LRC during office hours by contacting Ms. Noll, Lead Facilitator, at mary.l.noll3.ctr@army.mil , or by calling 913.758.3236.
Where to find us in Blackboard:
On the Blackboard Organization Page, click on the Learning Resource Center link; this opens the LRC Updates page, which displays current announcements, contact information, workshop schedules, and turnaround time for receiving reviews of written work. The LRC Resources link contains study guides, ppt slide decks, and web links that target specific skills, such as sentence structure, comma usage, effective thesis statements, paragraph development, and essay organization. For more detailed information, click on the link to the Welcome Letter below. To learn how to access the LRC Resource Library, click on How to Access LRC Resources.
The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material, and they provide these as a free service of the Writing Lab at Purdue. Students, members of the community, and users worldwide will find information to assist with many writing projects.
Patrick Rael, Reading, Writing, and Researching for History: A Guide for College Students (Brunswick, ME: Bowdoin College, 2004).
The University Writing Center, Texas A&M University. The Writing Center provides guides in helping you through the writing process.
The Plain Language Action and Information Network (PLAIN) is a group of federal employees from different agencies and specialties who support the use of clear communication in government writing.