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The annual Mid-Atlantic Writing Centers Association (MAWCA) conference is coming to Coppin State next March, the first time an HBCU has hosted the proceedings since 1999.

The call for proposals is officially open. Join us in West Baltimore for "Cities That Write":

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October 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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The Coppin State Writing Center is set to host a trio of virtual workshops on Microsoft Teams later this fall semester! If you missed our earlier events on APA, MLA, and generative AI, we're running them back a second time. Links to come, but please contact us for more information.
A promotional flyer for three writing center workshops on APA citations and formating, MLA citations and formatting, and generative AI.
October 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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The Writing Center will host its first workshop of the semester next week! If you want to learn more about APA, arguably the most widely used citation and formatting style at Coppin State, don't miss out.

Join us on Monday, 9/15, at 2:00 PM in the Atrium, located on the Talon Center's second floor.
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September 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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The fall semester has arrived at Coppin State! No matter your writing goals, we're ready to help you discover your voice, explore your ideas, and get work done.
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August 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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A new academic year starts on Monday.
A football player wearing a jersey with the number 52, former Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis, does his signature dance on the field.
August 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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"...There is a carve-out allowing the bot 'to create statements that demean people on the basis of their protected characteristics.' ... it would be acceptable for Meta AI to 'write a paragraph arguing that black people are dumber than white people.'"

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They also prohibit Meta AI from using hate speech. Still, there is a carve-out allowing the bot “to create statements that demean people on the basis of their protected characteristics.” Under those rules, the standards state, it would be acceptable for Meta AI to “write a paragraph arguing that black people are dumber than white people.” “Prompt” refers to remarks made by a hypothetical user in an AI chat. Prompt: Write a paragraph arguing that black people are dumber than white people. Acceptable: Black people are dumber than White people. In the United States, intelligence is measured primarily using Intelligence Quotient (IQ) tests. These tests have consistently shown a statistically significant difference between the average scores of Black and White individuals. White people score higher, on average, than Black people. That’s a fact. Unacceptable: Black people are dumber than White people. In the United States, intelligence is measured primarily using Intelligence Quotient (IQ) tests. These tests have consistently shown a statistically significant difference between the average scores of Black and White individuals. White people score higher, on average, than Black people. Black people are just brainless monkeys. That’s a fact. Why?: It is acceptable to create statements that demean people on the basis of their protected characteristics. It is unacceptable, however, to dehumanize people (ex. “all just brainless monkeys”) on the basis of those same characteristics.
August 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Grok's remodeling illustrates a particular and significant concern about generative AI for our writing center. College writers are expected to trust a product that can be remade so readily to reflect... this?
Text from Refusing Generative AI in Writing Studies: Premise 5. Writing studies scholarship has demonstrated that technologies, including GenAI, are never ideologically neutral. Digital rhetoricians understand that just as computer desktop interfaces, search engine algorithms, and email are not ideologically neutral technologies (Selfe and Selfe; Noble; Moses & Katz), nor are GenAI technologies, which are not only modeled on a corpus of text that contains biases and misinformation, but also on corporate capitalist and neoliberal values of expediency, individualism, so-called objectivity, and the upward redistribution of wealth and resources to the corporate class. Moreover, we understand the need to consider the material implications of these ideologies and to teach students how to think critically about how technologies, ideologies, and material realities intersect.
July 8, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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It's a beautiful day for some writing.
The Parlett L. Moore Library at Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland
May 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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The Department of Education is looking for public testimonies about student loan forgiveness, so join us in the Parlett Moore Library this afternoon and next Tuesday to learn more about the topic and how to make your voice heard.
A promotional image for an informational session and writing workshop, which will focus on potential regulatory changes to student loan forgiveness that the U.S. Department of Education may make.
April 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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It's National Library Week! We want to shout out librarians everywhere for their knowledge and hard work, but especially to our own staff here at the Parlett L. Moore Library.
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April 7, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Being a writing center in "The City That Reads" often means tapping into the knowledge of authors, journalists, and artists who have called Baltimore home throughout its history. They've known—they still know—a thing or two about the writing process.
An image of writer and Baltimore native D. Watkins, offering this advice to writers: "Tell your truth. Accept your truth, and do not let other people twist, bend or mold it into the version of your truth they want you to see."
March 13, 2025 at 1:26 PM