Our two speciality badge programs offer a quick, easy way to build your confidence in writing. Each program is specially designed to help you prepare for your careers beyond college, while supporting academic success.
Each badge requires only eight hours of activity, including workshops. Look for these workshops in GetInvolved.potsdam.edu under Writers' Block.
Download the details below and contact wblock@potsdam.edu for more information.
Writing Your Way In: Tools for Success in College Writing
For Students
Whether you are making the shift from high school to college writing or from introductory level college courses to upper level courses, you may find the new expectations challenging. Your work on this badge will help you build a writers’ toolbox of habits and skills that will help you meet that challenge. Learn More (PDF)
Badge workshops
Badge workshops will be offered from February 13 - April 10, 2022. View flyer (PDF) or check out GetInvolved or the Tools for Writers Moodle page.
For Faculty
No matter where your students are in terms of writing, or how disrupted their educational experience has been, they can build practical knowledge and skills they’ll be able to put to use right away. Learn More (PDF)
Faculty and advisers can access the form to refer student to the Writers' Block here.
Writing for Growth and Advocacy
In this badge, you’ll learn about how professionals use writing to foster their own growth and to influence change – and you’ll experiment with those approaches yourself. You will gain a few essential skills and an understanding of how your college writing experiences connect to your professional future. Through a blend of information, activities, and reflection, you see how a rich approach to our writing can help us to move from passion to action, in our personal, professional, and activist roles. Learn More (PDF)