{"id":2901,"date":"2021-03-17T10:58:52","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T17:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/?p=2901"},"modified":"2021-03-17T10:59:13","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T17:59:13","slug":"recast-a-guide-to-writing-your-academic-statements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/2021\/03\/recast-a-guide-to-writing-your-academic-statements\/","title":{"rendered":"Recast | A Guide to Writing Your Academic Statements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a><strong>From: <\/strong><\/a>&#8220;Birks, Ariel&#8221; &lt;birksa@evergreen.edu&gt;<br> <strong>Date: <\/strong>Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at 10:50 AM<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Writing Center is proud\nto&nbsp;present<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>A Guide to\nWriting Your Academic Statements<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.evergreen.edu%2Fwritingcenter%2Facademic-statement-guide&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cwilliaas%40evergreen.edu%7Ce8073f6f122b4efe6ca808d8e96c45a7%7C22adcff7c06f49a68f2050711c40ddaa%7C0%7C0%7C637516002024284505%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=SzaSkeKQuB%2BbBfiPCwkfKybCK%2F%2FGJiGOVnm6WbLOLMU%3D&amp;reserved=0\"><strong>Get the Academic Statement Guide <br>\nin print from the Evergreen Library <br>\nas a viewable or printable full-color .pdf<br>\nor as a black and white .docx (ideal for screenreaders)<\/strong><\/a><strong> &nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Intended Use&nbsp;for Students<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>As a\n      reference.&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<ul><li>Students should\n       use whichever sections meet&nbsp;their&nbsp;needs. No pressure to read\n       front-to-back.<\/li><li>Students can\n       access this&nbsp;and our other resources, including <a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.evergreen.edu%2Fwritingcenter%2Fhandouts-links&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cwilliaas%40evergreen.edu%7Ce8073f6f122b4efe6ca808d8e96c45a7%7C22adcff7c06f49a68f2050711c40ddaa%7C0%7C0%7C637516002024294456%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=cQxYGdaB3aVVGGVw%2B7VxGeaCqi3NIB5EGaYNUFfnZnk%3D&amp;reserved=0\">example Academic Statements\n       on our Handouts &amp; Links<\/a> page any time.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>As peer\n      wisdom.&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<ul><li>This guide\n       collects the wisdom of our student body who have taught our tutors what\n       they need to know in order to feel confident in writing their Academic\n       Statements.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>As an\n      introduction.&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<ul><li>This guide\n       is&nbsp;our contribution to the many students we meet who have never\n       heard of the Academic Statement but are nevertheless required to write\n       it.&nbsp;<br>\n       &nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fun facts about this guide<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Student-written!&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp; <ul><li>Written by\n       undergraduate writing tutors over&nbsp;two&nbsp;summers, with\n       supervision and contributions from the Writing Center admin.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Student-designed!<\/strong>&nbsp;<ul><li>Designed by a\n       student staff member in marketing, with supervision from graphic\n       designer Kurt&nbsp;Lorenz.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Comprehensive!\n      Consultative!<\/strong>&nbsp;<ul><li>First time this\n       information is in the same place.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Our student\n       writers interviewed Academic Advisors, investigated processes with\n       Registration &amp; Records, met with staff in First Peoples\n       Multicultural Trans &amp; Queer Support Services, and participated in\n       the Transcript Review of 2018.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Feedback&nbsp;incorporated\n       from&nbsp;faculty and administration at our Summer Institute on the\n       Academic Statement.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We&nbsp;did\nnot&nbsp;let perfect be the enemy of good.<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>At\nthe Writing Center, we are big believers in revision<\/strong>. Revising brings good\nthings into greater clarity.&nbsp;But&nbsp;there are two amazing things about\nrevision:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1)\nYou&nbsp;cannot&nbsp;revise unless you have a draft and&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2)\nYou can revise endlessly&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taking\nthose two things in mind, this guide, the first of its kind, can be considered\na draft to be revised in the future. We know there are errors and\nimperfections, but we take heart that it exists! We welcome our next\nopportunity to adjust this draft and invite you to celebrate this version with\nus. ? &nbsp;Any suggestions for\nthe second edition can be sent to me:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:birksa@evergreen.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">birksa@evergreen.edu<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Upcoming Workshops<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See\nthe Writing Center\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.evergreen.edu%2Fwritingcenter%2Fevents-workshops&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cwilliaas%40evergreen.edu%7Ce8073f6f122b4efe6ca808d8e96c45a7%7C22adcff7c06f49a68f2050711c40ddaa%7C0%7C0%7C637516002024294456%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=nYnsCLhkTX5bOoLmlhIO%2BVZ%2FqGSeib9pxKrFodazi70%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Workshops and\nEvents page<\/a>&nbsp;for the dates for our\nupcoming Academic Statement Workshop, presented by the Writing Center and\nAcademic Advising. More promotional material to come.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ariel Birks<br>\nAssistant Director, Writing Center<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She\/her<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evergreen.edu\/writingcenter\/\">https:\/\/www.evergreen.edu\/writingcenter\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From: &#8220;Birks, Ariel&#8221; &lt;birksa@evergreen.edu&gt; Date: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at 10:50 AM The Writing Center is proud to&nbsp;present A Guide&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4996,"featured_media":1714,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[11,95],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2901"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4996"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2901"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2902,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2901\/revisions\/2902"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}