By Nathan Schiller, Director of Academic Support If you’ve had a tutoring session with an LEC specialist, you know that we are guided by principles of self-directed learning. We believe self-directed learning is critical for [...]
By Nathan Schiller, Director of Academic Support As MCNY begins its two-week test period for moving all courses online in light of the COVID-19 situation, the LEC would like to offer some practical advice for [...]
By Nathan Schiller, Director of Academic Support When students come to the LEC, they often ask about APA Style. How do I cite a website? What’s a hanging indent? Why do I need five sources? [...]
By Nathan Schiller, Director of Academic Support When Joyce Moore (L) and Debra McCrary (R) started at MCNY a few years ago, they had never heard of the CA. Trying to understand—let alone complete assignments [...]
By Nathan Schiller, Director of Academic Support For the past five years, the LEC has held a small but vibrant event near the end of every semester. In the LEC, we officially refer to it [...]
By Kristen Plylar-Moore, LEC Writing Specialist Albert Einstein is attributed with saying, “If I were given one hour to save the planet, I would spend fifty-five minutes understanding the problem and only five minutes finding [...]
By Ha Diep, Lead Math Specialist In the LEC, I help MCNY students solve complex equations in addition to overcoming their fears about all things related to math. There is really no limit to my [...]
By Nathan Schiller, Director of Academic Support Welcome back to another fall semester! Or, if you’re new to MCNY, greetings for the first time! The beginning of any semester is exciting, but it can be [...]
By Kristen Plylar-Moore, Writing Specialist Reading has been a part of civilizations for thousands of years. In our increasingly digitized modern world, has reading become less relevant? If we can share ideas without letters, why [...]
By Michael Schoch, Writing Specialist In his 1994 essay “The Use of Force: Medical Ethics and Center Practice,” Jay Jacoby notes that writing centers are like doctor’s offices: places where people come for advice from [...]
