Events
Graduate Student Writing Retreat
📅 August 20, 9:00 AM — 12:00 PM, Virtual
Registration: Coming Soon
Join us for our Graduate Student Writing Retreat, an online session designed to help you make focused, tangible progress on your thesis, dissertation, or other significant writing projects. This retreat offers a structured, distraction-free environment where participants will clarify writing goals, engage in sustained writing time, and learn practical strategies for overcoming common writing challenges.
This event is intended for master's and doctoral students, especially those in the writing stage of their thesis or dissertation.
This event is offered in partnership with the College of Graduate Studies Office of Graduate Research and Scholarship, University Writing Center (UWC), Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC), and the Center for Writing Excellence (CWE).
If you have any questions, please contact gradworkshops@ucf.edu.
Pegasus Palooza with the UWC
📅 August 27, 12:00-2:00, TCH 109
Come by the University Writing Center to meet tutors from the UWC and representatives from the Writing and Rhetoric Undergraduate program.
Does This Sound Like AI? Avoid AI Slop, Maintain Your Voice, and Check for Biases in AI-Assisted Writing
📅 September 29, 3:30-4:30, TCH 109 or Virtual
Registration: Register Here
In this workshop, presenters from the University Writing Center and Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning will explore how generative AI tools can affect writing quality, voice, and perspective. Attendees will learn to recognize common characteristics of "AI slop," develop strategies that help preserve their own voice, and critically examine how AI-generated writing can reproduce or reinforce bias.
Developing Strong Admission Essays
📅 October 19, 3:00-4:30, DCDC 121
Registration: Register Here
Join GPS Prep office and the University Writing Center for this workshop, which focuses on supporting students developing or refining admission essays for graduate and professional programs.
National Day on Writing Event
📅 October 27, TCH 109
Join the University Writing Center and Writing across the Curriculum program to celebrate writing and writers!
Work on APA Formatting with the UWC
📅 November 5, 4:00-5:00, Online
Registration: Register Here
Are you working on a writing project that uses APA style this semester? Come learn about APA (American Psychological Association) Style, 7th Edition with tutors in the UCF University Writing Center. Attendees are encouraged to bring drafts so they can actively edit their papers during the workshop.
Developing Strong Doctoral Applications
📅 November 17, 3:00-4:30, DCDC 121
Registration: Register Here
Join GPS Prep office and the University Writing Center for this workshop, which focuses on supporting students developing or refining admission essays for doctoral applications.
AI in Graduate Writing & Publishing
📅 January 27, 12:00-1:30, College of Graduate Studies Office TCH 213
Registration: Coming Soon
Join the University Writing Center and College of Graduate Studies to discuss AI tools in research writing and publishing.