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appointments for any subject, in any stage of writing but also supervise the day-to-day
operations of the center. I monitor scheduling and budget, organize and lead meetings, plan
and execute workshops, and overall keep the writing center running smoothly for the benefit of
fellow tutors and students. Currently, I’m also voluntarily involved in planning the 11
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Michigan Writing Centers Ideas Exchange with my co-workers, manager and director. I’ve also
helped revise the syllabus for the center’s tutor training course. After its revisions, I worked
with the center’s director and fellow staff to carry out the revisions in the actual classroom. My
work in the center is extremely gratifying both on the personal and professional level. I take
pleasure in watching my students discover and rediscover writing. Furthermore, their success
inspires me to delve into my own work regularly.
In that avenue, I spend what little spare time I have writing and revising poetry for submission
to contests and various publications. I’m also in the process of assembling a work tentatively
titled “Fabulous Feminism” which I intend to be an introductory guide to feminism in all its
faces. To do this, I’m drawing on my experience from Spring and Summer 2002 in which I
created the “Road Guide to Working in the Writing Center,” an instructional manual for all
incoming tutors. Over the upcoming spring, summer and fall, I’m working with the help of Dr.
Jami Anderson to begin and complete my senior thesis concerning feminist ethics. In the past,
I attended two Writing Center conferences including the 9
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Ideas Exchange and the National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing/Midwest Writing
Centers Association Conference 2002, for which I was a presenter.
Behind my achievements is a strong desire to learn. I hope to complete my Bachelor’s degree
over the next year and attend graduate school so I can one day return the favor many
professors bestowed on me and teach at a college level. Philosophy has taught me to evaluate
life and my experience. It’s through that that I hope to become an instrumental member of
society, using all of my energies to bring about constructive change and create a path to the
“good life,” not only for myself but also for others.
I would like to thank you in advance for considering my application.