Past Events

University Awards Ceremony

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Monday, April 29, Reception 4:30-5:00PM, Ceremony 5:00-6:00PM, Pembroke Hall 305, Members of the Brown community are invited to honor the recipients of the University awards in teaching at the 2019 Awards Ceremony. Please join us in celebrating the accomplishments of faculty and graduate students at this university-wide reception and ceremony. Sponsored by the Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning.

English Language Workshop: Brown Bag News

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This weekly English conversation group uses news articles and commentaries from the Brown Daily Herald as launching points for discussions about U.S. culture, idiomatic language, and English vocabulary. Lunch provided!
Please register for this event.

Art Objects and the Writing Process

Thursday, April 11; 12-1:20 pm
RISD Museum (224 Benefit Street)
Writing is an iterative process that involves generating ideas, drafting,
reflecting, receiving feedback, and revising—steps that can often feel
opaque to students. This interactive workshop facilitated by Jessica
Metzler, Sheridan Center Associate Director, takes an object from the RISD
Museum’s collection as a starting point to de-familiarize and reflect on
the writing process by approaching it through a set of visual exercises.

Clarity and Concision in Dissertation Writing

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Please join us on April 10 from 12-1:30pm in
SciLi 520 for the the last workshop of the Writing Center’s Dissertation
Workshop Series, led by Benjamin Fancy, Doctoral Candidate in French
Studies. It will discuss clarity and concision, two values of American
academic writing. Participants will learn about common issues in graduate
writing and develop strategies for identifying and addressing these issues
to make their writing clearer and more concise. Lunch included! Spaces are

English Language Workshop: Brown Bag News

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This weekly English conversation group uses news articles and commentaries from the Brown Daily Herald as launching points for discussions about U.S. culture, idiomatic language, and English vocabulary. Lunch provided!
Please register for this event.

Leveraging Your Teaching Experience on the Job Market

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English Language Workshop: Brown Bag News

, 520

This weekly English conversation group uses news articles and commentaries from the Brown Daily Herald as launching points for discussions about U.S. culture, idiomatic language, and English vocabulary. Lunch provided!
Please register for this event.

English Language Workshop: Brown Bag News

, 520

This weekly English conversation group uses news articles and commentaries from the Brown Daily Herald as launching points for discussions about U.S. culture, idiomatic language, and English vocabulary. Lunch provided!
Please register for this event.

English Language Workshop: Academic Writing Series

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This series aims to help participants to write clearly and effectively when using English for academic purposes. Topics include sentence structures, concise expression, word choice, and self-editing. 

Please register for this event.

English Language Workshop: Brown Bag News

, 520

This weekly English conversation group uses news articles and commentaries from the Brown Daily Herald as launching points for discussions about U.S. culture, idiomatic language, and English vocabulary. Lunch provided!
Please register for this event.

English Language Workshop: Academic Speaking Series

, 520

This series aims to help participants to speak clearly and confidently when using English in academic settings. Topics include sound- and phrase-level pronunciation, intonation, and stress patterns.

Please register for this event.

English Language Workshop: Brown Bag News

, 520

This weekly English conversation group uses news articles and commentaries from the Brown Daily Herald as launching points for discussions about U.S. culture, idiomatic language, and English vocabulary. Lunch provided!
Please register for this event.

English Language Workshop: Academic Writing Series

, 720

This series aims to help participants to write clearly and effectively when using English for academic purposes. Topics include sentence structures, concise expression, word choice, and self-editing. 

Please register for this event.  

English Language Workshop: Academic Speaking Series

, 520

This series aims to help participants to speak clearly and confidently when using English in academic settings. Topics include sound- and phrase-level pronunciation, intonation, and stress patterns. 

Please register for this event.

English Language Workshop: Brown Bag News

, 520

This weekly English conversation group uses news articles and commentaries from the Brown Daily Herald as launching points for discussions about U.S. culture, idiomatic language, and English vocabulary. Lunch provided!
Please register for this event.

Turning Your Dissertation Into a Book

, 520

English Language Workshop: Academic Speaking Series

, 520

This series aims to help participants to speak clearly and confidently when using English in academic settings. Topics include sound- and phrase-level pronunciation, intonation, and stress patterns. 

Please register for this event.   

English Language Workshop: Academic Writing Series

, 720

This series aims to help participants to write clearly and effectively when using English for academic purposes. Topics include sentence structures, concise expression, word choice, and self-editing. 

Please register for this event.  

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