Writing Center

The Palm Writing Center works with all students to effectively communicate their thoughts through writing. Our students receive help with any form of writing; from academic writing to general writing assignments. We work with students through the process of writing, from the creation of ideas through various stages of revisions, with the aim of strengthening their general writing skills and abilities. This approach to teaching our students how to write compels our students to think creatively and write critically.

Mandatory Courses

1. Expository Writing

Overview: The course is designed to help students learn to read deeply, think critically and write effectively about complex texts. Expository Writing is a required writing course for all students at Palm and must be in the first semester. The course is designed to prepare students for the writing they will do at the university and in their professional lives. Both at school and at work, writing usually involves three fundamental activities:

  • reading articles, reports, or books intended for an educated audience
  • making connections among multiple sources
  • using this knowledge to develop an independent thesis that responds to the ideas of others.

2. Research Essay and Rhetoric

Overview: The general purpose of this course is to enable students to communicate more clearly, concisely, and coherently in writing in general, but particularly in academic writing.  The course focuses on the development of critical thinking, critical reading, and critical writing skills, identification and use of rhetorical strategies, the stages and component parts of academic research papers, and general self-editing skills.

3. Introduction to Creative Writing

Overview: The purpose of this course to teach students to produce original creative works. The course focuses on the study and application of writing techniques and craft elements observed in both traditional and contemporary forms of writing, ranging from short fiction forms such as the short story and the vignette, to hybrid forms such as prose poetry and flash fiction. Teaching and learning would include mini-lectures, analysis of literary texts, in-class writing exercises, writing workshop-style critique and multiple drafts.

Writing Workshops

  • Introduction to the Writing Center
  • Writing Process and Strategies: Brainstorming, Outlining/Organizing, Drafting, Revising.
  • Thesis Statement Development
  • Style and Documentation
  • Literature Review
  • Essay and Critical Thinking
  • Structure: Sentences, Paragraphs, Subject Verb Agreement
  • Business Writing: Emails, Resume/CVs, Cover Letters and Memos

Students Services

  • Tutorial Services
  • One-on-One Tutoring
  • Walk-in Assistance
  • Study Skills Support

Resources & Handouts

The Writing Center has a widespread collection of handouts on writing subjects/themes ranging from academic writing, citations of sources (APA and MLA), proper grammar usage and professional/business writing. The Center provides a variety of resources to the Palm Community through the Yaculta Companies Library. Writers are allowed to access and use the computers, dictionaries, writing handbooks/brochures, etc. in the Library.

Writing Center Staff

The Palm Writing Center is staffed by staff and volunteers who deeply care about our students acquiring excellent writing skills and assisting them become excellent writers.

Writing Center Services

Writers’ Staff Assistance

This service provides our students the opportunity to learn how to write properly and ask tutors quick questions regarding what they are writing about. A student must book a one-no-one appointment with a Writing Tutor to receive this service.

Booking of Appointments and Cancellation

All students are encouraged to book an appointment for their specific need(s) prior to showing up at the Writing Center. Although students may receive the required attention when they walk in, students with prior appointments will be attended to first. Please use the following Email address to book an appointment for assistance at the Writing Center: writing@palm.edu.gh Students are encouraged to cancel appointments in case they are unable to make it.

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Location

The Writing Center is located at the Yaculta Companies Library.

Caution

All Palm students are expected to adhere to the University’s policies and procedures whenever they are using the resources at the Writing Center. Students who visit the Center must be quiet and respectful of others. Students are not allowed to take food, soft drinks or water to the Center.