The Learning Center is located in the Bouke Building right next to the HUB

 

I recently took a trip to the Penn State Learning Center located in the Bouke Building to get a research paper reviewed. Overall, this experience was wonderful and I am so glad that we as students have this tool to utilize throughout our stay here at Penn State. All you have to do is schedule an appointment on Starfish and meet up with your advisor at the scheduled time in the Learning Center.

I found this helpful because there is another student looking at whatever material it is that you take to them. I am always open to a second opinion when it comes to my work, so I enjoyed the constructive criticism I received while I visited. My advisor also acted as a partner for my work in the sense that she helped me search for even more sources that I ended up using to strengthen my argument further.

On top of strengthening my argument, I was also attempting to teach myself APA style writing because I would like to expand my horizons further than just the MLA Format. My advisor worked with me to tweak what I had already done in terms of formatting the paper, and by the time I left, there was nothing left for me to have formatted.

I will definitely be taking lots of my papers (and even things that I want to be published) to the Learning Center throughout my time at Penn State. This is a luxury that I feel every student should take advantage of. Why not get a second opinion on a paper that you are currently working on? It could supply you with better evidence, or your advisor could even spot something you didn’t see or offer a piece of information that you may not have considered. The Learning Center is the perfect place to get your work checked before you submit your final edition in to your professors.