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In this episode, Hannah Kahn and Mariah Burkert tackle some sticky citations--both Works Cited entries and in-text citations--for MLA 9th Edition.

Check out our resources on deciding if your online source is credible (or not!).

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Join Hannah for a Bible Break on trusting God!

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This workshop, led by Professor Hannah Khan, provides a guide to develop an effective thesis statement. She explains that a thesis serves as the backbone, blueprint, and road map for an entire academic paper, providing tips on what to avoid, giving a structure/formula for the thesis, and explaining how the thesis provides organization for the body paragraphs.

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In this workshop re-release episode, Kristen Slone focuses on effective communication with professors for adult learners in the online academic setting. The workshop covered five key areas: applying workplace communication skills to academia, writing concise and professional emails, advocating for support while maintaining accountability, communicating proactively about challenges, and using email, Canvas, and office hours strategically. Kristen shared examples of poorly written emails and demonstrated proper communication techniques, emphasizing the importance of early contact, professional tone, clear subject lines, and avoiding emotional or oversharing content. She provided email templates for various situations including requesting clarification, asking for help, seeking extensions, and addressing grade questions. The session included feedback from LBC professors about what they appreciate in student communications, and concluded with information about resources available through the Ally Center for additional academic support.

You can watch the video edition of this workshop on our YouTube page.

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Join Mariah Burkert for a little "Bible Break" on the topic of sacrifice.

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In this episode, Hannah Kahn, Dr. Rhonda McClenton, Chantelle Patschke, Kristen Slone, and Mariah Burkert discuss how their research process has continued to evolve as they have grown as professionals in education and other areas, as well as providing some quick tips for using the LBC library.

For more tips and tricks for how to navigate the LBC library, check out Mariah's workshop, "Learning the Library: How to Find Scholarly Sources without Losing Your Mind."

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Join Dr. McClenton for a little "Bible Break" as Summer Sub-term B gets underway!

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Join Mariah Burkert as she walks through navigating Canvas LMS, Microsoft Word, and Zoom. She covers all the basic steps so you feel equipped to hit the ground running as you start courses! Even if you've been around the block with some courses under your belt, stay tuned for some tips on operating OneDrive.

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In this episode, Hannah Kahn, Dr. Rhonda McClenton, Chantelle Patschke, Kristen Slone, and Mariah Burkert describe what they have learned about how to do research--both what worked well, and what didn't--from their days as undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students.

For more tips and tricks for how to navigate the LBC library, check out Mariah's workshop, "Learning the Library: How to Find Scholarly Sources without Losing Your Mind."

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For our first re-released workshop, this was a workshop on MLA formatting and Works Cited pages led by Mariah Burkert Mariah explained the importance of using Works Cited pages for academic integrity, standardizing formats, and lending credibility to writing, then demonstrated how to set up MLA formatted papers and create entries for different source types including scholarly journal articles, websites, books, and YouTube videos. She covered specific formatting rules such as using hanging indents, proper author name ordering, and the difference between italicized and quoted titles. Mariah emphasized that while citation generators can be helpful, students should learn the basic formats to ensure accuracy and speed up the process.