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Inside.Waldenu.Edu Inside.Waldenu.Edu Academic Calendar Bookstore Career Services Catalog Commencement Degree Program Resources Disability Services eMall at WaldenU Faculty Governance Financial Aid Financial Services Forms KAMs Library Office of the Chief Academic Officer Registrar Research Center Residencies Student Assistance Program Student Organizations Student Support & Customer Service Writing Center APA Style Asylum Grammar/ESL Coursework/KAMs MS Word Troubleshooting Plagiarism Prevention Proposals, Theses, & Dissertations Resources for Scholarly Writing Resources for Professors Tutoring and Editing Help Writing Courses Veteran's/Military Benefits	Other Resources for Writers PowerPoint Skills Learning how to navigate and master PowerPoint is essential for constructing powerful presentations. Click here for information to make you a PowerPoint whiz. PowerPoint Skills Dictionary.com Our favorite online dictionary and thesaurus. Dictionary.com itools.com One-stop shopping to get started on your most basic research questions. itools.com Grant Writing Yes, grant writing can be intimidating. But it doesn't have to be! Some wonderful resources are listed below to help guide you in this process. University of North Carolina Grantwriting Tips Lone Eagle Grantwriting Tips Minnesota Council on Foundations Grant Proposal Tips Study Strategies and Skills Joe Landsberger has created the best study guide strategy site we've seen in quite some time, and the site is continuously updated. This is invaluable information no matter how well you think you're studying. The second link brings you to skills for note taking, improving memory, and cramming for tests (not that anyone ever needs to do so...). Browsing around will give you heaps of helpful information. Joe Landsberuger Study Guides and Strategies Study Skills Writer’s Workbench Software Writer’s Workbench, a software program that you purchase and load onto your computer, provides almost immediate feedback on 25 aspects of your writing—from structure and form to grammar and usage. Many faculty members in the Walden EdD program endorse its use. An online demo is available. Writer’s Workbench Software Writing for Business and Pleasure University of Minnesota instructor Steve Wilbers is a popular newspaper columnist. He has compiled many of his columns and tips on this excellent Web site. Writing for Business and Pleasure A Guide to Indispensable Writing Resources Quintessential Careers writes that “you'll find everything on and off the Net that you could possibly need in writing or researching a paper, including links to all sorts of reference material, links to writing labs, links to Web search engines, and links to writing-related Web sites.” A Guide to Indispensable Writing Resources Using Nonsexist Language It is critical to use politically correct, nonsexist language that avoids stereotypes of any kind. This page has some wonderful guidelines to do so. Using Nonsexist Language Back to Resources for Scholarly Writing