Generative AI and Authorship
By Audrey Kelly The rise of ChatGPT and generative Artificial Intelligence programs raises important questions for creators. Whether it is a short story, a business memo, a thumbnail photo or…
How ChatGPT Disrupts Creative Work
By Genevieve Balivet ChatGPT has become a ubiquitous talking point recently, especially in the academic sphere, with faculty facing the possibility of students using the software to write essays for…
ChatGPT’s Impact on University Writing Centers
By Lindsey Schmidt At this point we have all heard of ChatGPT, the AI chatbot that generates pieces of writing based on users’ prompts. The latest model, GPT-4, has been…
Writing is Designing and Designing is Writing
By Mark Lavish Though most of us communicate with images and words on a daily basis (hello, memes and GIFs!), we still tend to associate professional writing with the linguistic…
From the Classroom to the Workplace: Recent Alum Shares Job-hunting Tips
By Audrey Kelly With graduation on the horizon, most students’ thoughts turn to the dreaded job search. How do you find a job? How do you gain relevant experience? Luckily…
Exclamation Points in Emails: How Many Are Too Many?
By Genevieve Balivet I once heard that if a sentence uses an exclamation point, then that sentence isn’t strong enough on its own. And yet we use exclamation points all…
How to Conquer Your Email Writing Anxiety
By Genevieve Balivet Isn’t it strange that no one talks about how nerve-wracking writing an email is? With any email I’ve ever written, doubts and questions have floated through my…
Building Community in Virtual Spaces: The GVSU Writing Major Networking Event
by Hannah Kelly Transitioning from the classroom to the professional world can be an overwhelming task for many graduating students. It can be difficult to see how skills may transition…