To give COMP students a place to work on their final papers before the end of the semester, the NSU Writing Fellows will host their third annual Kinda Long Night Against Procrastination on Dec. 2 from 5 to 9 p.m. in the Writing Center Room 127C of the Parker building.
The Writing Fellows are a group of peer tutors who assist a class that he or she is assigned to and helps students with writing conventions and APA/MLA style.
Kinda Long Night Against Procrastination is an event where students taking COMP courses can come together and work on their final papers in a productive environment within the Writing Center. Throughout the night, the Writing Fellows will be available to answer questions and give feedback and advice to the students.
Kevin Dvorak, the director of the Writing Center, said, “The Kinda Long Night Against Procrastination is an event primarily for the students enrolled in COMP this year ― we don’t mind if non-COMP students show up ― but the whole idea of it is to get a community of writers to come together, work together, talk together and collaborate together. Basically, to get their work done or to get a head start on their work prior to finals week.”
NSU’s Kinda Long Night Against Procrastination is based on a longer event called a Long Night Against Procrastination.
Kamila Albert, Writing Fellow and master’s in writing student, said, the event is a smaller version of the larger, international event “Long Night Against Procrastination,” which started in Germany in 2010 with the idea to get students into a space where they can work on their papers.
Albert said the event openly acknowledges that students procrastinate and that it’s okay.
“So, naturally, it was a success,” she said. “It spread to other countries like Poland, Austria and the U.S., and now it’s an international event.”
Last semester, the Kinda Long Night Against Procrastination event drew approximately 50 students. But the Writing Fellows expect that number to grow this year and will be opening more class rooms to accommodate students.
The Writing Center will provide snacks throughout the night, and Radio X will broadcast a remote show from the Writing Center during the event.
Albert said, “[The event] is a chance for COMP students to get together and work on their writing outside of class, mingle with their classmates and get to know the Writing Fellows better. It’s really a community activity.”
For more information, contact Tiara Baldoni at tb1226@nova.edu.
PHOTO CREDIT: T. BALDONI
