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Online Writing Lab (OWL)
The OWL provides New College and graduate students with the opportunity to submit their papers electronically for review by professional writing instructors. We focus on larger issues such as argument, paragraphing, and organization and also comment on style, patterns of grammatical error, and formatting of references. Students submit work to our e-mail address and we respond with both general commentary and specific in-line feedback using the “comment” feature in Microsoft Word. In addition, we offer a series of writing workshops each semester for New College and graduate students. The OWL is currently not available to undergraduates.
How to Submit Papers
To submit your paper to the OWL, simply send an e-mail to owl@stedwards.edu with two Word documents attached: 1) your paper and 2) a properly completed OWL submission form (doc format). When completing the submission form, please provide as much information as possible regarding the assignment guidelines. The more specific you can be, the better we will be able to assist you.
Our OWL instructors will read your work and aim to provide you with feedback within 48 hours (72 hours for papers longer than 10 pages, including capstone papers). Please be advised that our response time may be longer during peak periods, especially near the end of the semester.
When you receive feedback, make sure that your “track changes” are on in Microsoft Word, so that you will see the comments provided. Also note that instructors may highlight sentences with grammatical errors or problematic sentence construction.
If your paper is especially long or in need of more attention than we can provide using the “comment” tool in Word, we may ask you to arrange a face-to-face tutoring session with one of our instructors.
OWL Guidelines
Students must attach the submission form and provide clear instructions. Professors will receive feedback regarding student’s request and services provided.
Be advised:
- The OWL is NOT a proofreading or editing service.
- OWL Staff will NOT review multiple drafts of an assigned paper, so be selective of the draft you plan to submit.
- The OWL does NOT review or provide feedback on final exams or written take-home exams.
OWL Staff
Marcy Carbajal Van Horn, OWL Coordinator, has a B.A. in International Studies and an M.A. in Applied Linguistics/TESL. Marcy has taught a variety of academic English and technical writing courses at St. Michael’s College in Vermont, Instituto Technológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey in Mexico, and Santa Fe College in Florida, where she held the rank of associate professor. She is also part of the author team for Diana Hacker’s writing textbooks, including A Writer’s Reference, The Bedford Handbook, and Rules for Writers.
Melody Pickle, OWL Instructor, has a B.A. in English, an M.A. in English Literature, and a Ph.D. in English with an emphasis in rhetoric and writing. Melody has taught an assortment of English composition courses at Howard Payne University and California State University Northridge. She has also taught graduate technical writing courses at Hardin-Simmons University. Melody regularly writes and publishes magazine and journal articles on a wide array of topics, often with an emphasis on writing in outdoor and environmental education.
St. Edward's Writing Resources
Please use the following link for useful writing resources, particularly APA templates/guidelines, designed by our faculty in the School of Management and Business.
APA and MLA Resources
- Diana Hacker’s Research and Documentation Online
- The Basics of APA Style (from the American Psychological Association)
Helpful Writing Resources
- Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab
- University of Chicago: “Writing in College: A Short Guide to College Writing”
- Indiana University Writing Tutorial Services: “Plagiarism; What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It”
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