We are bringing you three interviews with Saginaw Valley State University faculty members.

Interviews include:

Dr. Daniel Cook

Dr. Daniel Gates

Dr. Vincent Samarco

Hi everyone! The team is back for another academic year and they have expanded! In this episode you will meet those new team members and hear a little bit (maybe too much) about them!

This episode is part of a series called "The Pencil Cactus." The pencil cactus is a flexible and tenacious plant that grows through difficult conditions. This series of episodes are about growing communication awareness through all kinds of writing situations. In this series, you will hear from experts and experienced communicators on a range of communication-related topics.

In this episode, Dr. Bill De Herder, Director of the Saginaw Valley State University Writing Center, describes many of the social aspects and complexities of resume writing.

You can book an appointment with an SVSU student consultant here:

https://www.svsu.edu/writingcenter/

You can find the SVSU Writing Center's handout on resumes here:

https://www.svsu.edu/writingcenter/studentresources/

This episode is part of a series called "The Pencil Cactus." The pencil cactus is a flexible and tenacious plant that grows through difficult conditions. This series of episodes are about growing communication awareness through all kinds of writing situations. In this series, you will hear from experts and experienced communicators on a range of communication-related topics.

In this episode, Dr. Bill De Herder, Director of the Saginaw Valley State University Writing Center, will be offering advice on crafting your best cover letter. 

You can book an appointment with an SVSU student consultant here:

https://www.svsu.edu/writingcenter/

You can find the SVSU Writing Center's handout on cover letters here:

https://www.svsu.edu/writingcenter/studentresources/

This episode is part of a series called "The Pencil Cactus." The pencil cactus is a flexible and tenacious plant that grows through difficult conditions. This series of episodes are about growing communication awareness through all kinds of writing situations. In this series, you will hear from experts and experienced communicators on a range of communication-related topics.

In this episode, Dr. Bill De Herder, Director of the Saginaw Valley State University Writing Center, will be offering approaches for writing your best CV. You can download an annotated CV template containing a lot of his advice here: https://www.svsu.edu/media/writingcenter/CV%20Template.docx

This episode is part of a series called "The Pencil Cactus." The pencil cactus is a flexible and tenacious plant that grows through difficult conditions. This series of episodes are about growing communication awareness through all kinds of writing situations. In this series, you will hear from experts and experienced communicators on a range of communication-related topics.

In this episode, Dr. Bill De Herder, Director of the Saginaw Valley State University Writing Center, will be discussing how personal statements might best be constructed. He draws from an article titled “The Professional in the Personal: The Genre of Personal Statements in Residency Applications” by Ellen Barton, Jennie Ariail, and Tom Smith. A video version of this episode can be found here: https://youtu.be/PhJD-pFg3VI

We recently expanded the recording capabilities of our studio to support panel discussions. This episode is our first test of our new setup and a new episode format for next season's episodes. In this pilot, Bill, Emma, Gabby, and Taylor discuss the implications of Wee1 Tactical's marketing around their JR15 rifle.

Our hosts bring along a guest, Emma Koscielski, and discuss their service industry experiences. They all discuss how Emma found her way to the SVSU Writing Center.

In today's episode Bri and Garrett discuss their top five worst enemies.

On today's episode Garrett and Bri discuss their writing processes (or lack thereof), and for the first time we are including an SVSU faculty interview with Dr. M. Patricia Cavanaugh.