Writing Ethically and Well: Plagiarism, Patchwriting, and the Thesis/Dissertation

Writing Ethically and Well: Plagiarism, Patchwriting, and the Thesis/Dissertation

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The Graduate Center for Research and Retention at WMU Invites ALL Graduate Students to Attend a Presentation on Writing Ethically and Well: Plagiarism, Patchwriting, and the Thesis/Dissertation

Presented by Edward J. Eckel, WMU Associate Professor and Engineering and Applied Sciences Librarian, University Libraries

Date:     Thursday, January 17, 2013
Time:     6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Location:  Walwood Commons, Walwood Hall

Participants will be able to:

• Articulate how institutional definitions of plagiarism differ from their own personal understanding of plagiarism
• Identify the consequences of engaging in plagiarism at the graduate level
• Compare and contrast different levels of skill in paraphrasing from synthesis to patchwriting to plagiarism
• Apply a range of strategies for using sources ethically in their own writing

 

Registration Closed

 

For additional information, call Dr. Marianne Di Pierro at 387. 8249