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Academic Skills

Reach your new best with Academic Skills.

We offer online resources, workshops, and individual appointments to support your efforts to improve and refine your skills for success at university.

  • Explore online resources on writing, citation, study skills, time management, and more.
  • Bring questions or work to an appointment
  • Learn about upcoming events or workshops

For Winter 2021,  Academic Skills appointments continue to be offered remotely. See details.

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Celebration of Undergraduate Research

Months of work . . . 180 seconds to explain it.

3MP goes virtual for 2021!

Applications open January 22, 2021. 

Application deadline: February 5, 2021, 1pm EST

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How to Learn Online: Resources for Online Learning

Our collection of how-to guides can help you to be successful in your online courses. Find advice on getting started with your online course, staying organized, focused, and motivated, and engaging fully with course materials throughout the term.

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What to Cite and How to Cite It

Complete and correct documentation of sources is a requirement of all academic writing. Students and scholars use sources to inform their ideas, and the validity of their ideas is strengthened by appropriate attribution and citation.

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