Noel Studio Workshops

The Noel Studio is now accepting workshop requests for Spring 2016. Submit your request here. If you have questions or concerns, please contact noelstudio@eku.edu.

If none of these workshops address your students' needs, consider collaborating with us to design an approach to a specific lesson or topic.

Citation & Documentation: MLA | APA | Chicago/Turabian Style: This hands-on workshop will provide practice with the basic rules of MLA, APA, or Chicago/Turabian citation styles.

Designing Research Posters: In this workshop, students will identify the purpose of a research poster, learn the basics of visual rhetoric, and brainstorm ideas for their own posters.

Developing a Thesis Statement: In this workshop, students will learn the basic elements of a thesis statement, analyze examples, and workshop their own thesis statements with immediate feedback.

Developing & Refining a Creative Topic: In this interactive workshop, participants will use crowdsourcing techniques to select, redesign, or flesh out their own research topics or practice with sample topics.

Preparing to Present: In this workshop, students will learn techniques to minimize and camouflage the side effects of presentation anxiety.

Incorporating Visuals into a Communication Project: In this workshop, students will learn how visual elements can serve a meaningful purpose; how to determine what type of visual is rhetorically appropriate; and how to experiment with visual resources.