Latest Updates

November 2020

CCE Winter Break Flyer - Download the flyer to see all services, resources, and events to help you stay productive.

Three-Minute Thesis competition - Sign up for the virtual event to practice communicating your research to broader audiences.

Writing accountability group - Declare your interest in participating in a group over winter break

Courses in research writing (GR ST 536X) or grant writing (GR ST 569). Email shuffman@iastate.edu if interested in enrolling in one of these courses for Spring 2021.

OECT (Oral English Certification Test) -Registration for January OECT will open after December 15, 2020. Tests are offered as early as January 14, 2021 is open. International Teaching Assistants (ITAs) may need to plan for a 2-week quarantine if returning from outside the U.S., so plan to arrive back by January 1, 2021.

July 2020

Oral English Certification Test (OECT) - Registration for August 2020 is now open for testing on August 6,7, and 10. Contact Lily Compton [lcompton@iastate.edu] for a registration code. If you are going to miss the test because of the self-quarantine requirement, please discuss your options with Lily.

English 180 Courses - Registration for Fall English 180 courses are now open. Follow the instructions to complete the registration process. Contact Lily Compton [lcompton@iastate.edu] if you have any questions.

June 2020

English 180 Course Registration - Students can now register for Fall English 180 courses. Please follow the instructions to complete the process via email.

Thesis and Dissertation Events - Two seminars and one formatting boot camp have been scheduled for July. If you are planning to graduate this summer, the Graduate College and CCE strongly recommend that you attend one or more of these events. Participation in these events will allow you to have some thesis and dissertation requirements checked before your oral exam, so that your revisions can be minimized after your upload to ProQuest. If you are planning to graduate in the fall, it is not too early to get an overview of the thesis and dissertation requirements. Click to register for one or more sessions. 

Oral English Certification Test (OECT) - Registration for July 2020 is now open. These dates are reserved for English 180 Spring 2020 students and PFF applicants. Tentative test dates are July 15 and July 16. Contact Lily Compton [lcompton@iastate.edu] for a registration code.  If you were not an English 180 Spring 2020 student or a PFF applicant, but would like to be on the waitlist, please email Lily.

Peer Speaking Practice Groups (PSPGs)  will be offered during the month of July. There are limited spots left. Please contact Lily Compton [lcompton@iastate.edu] to sign-up.

CCE YouTube Channel - The Center for Communication Excellence has launched the CCE YouTube Channel. Two playlists have been created for the Thesis and Dissertation Program: (1) Thesis and Dissertation Seminar Series and (2) Thesis and Dissertation Formatting Tutorials. We will be adding new playlists covering topics about writing, speaking, interpersonal communication, and more. Subscribe now and be the first to receive updates about our new topics!

May 2020

Peer Speaking Practice Groups (PSPGs)  will be offered during the month of June. Sign up now.

Oral English Certification Test (OECT) -  Tentative dates may be offered in July. If we are able to offer test dates in July, registration will open on July 1st. 

April 2020

Happy National Student Employment Week.

Thank you, CCE consultants, for your hard work in supporting our ISU graduate students and postdocs.

 

March 2020

Final Peer Speaking Practice Group (PSPG) meetings will be on March 30 (Group 3) and April 1 (Group 4). International graduate students can continue to seek out speaking practice through the individual speaking consultations. Make an appointment here.

ISU President Wintersteen has instructed all academic and student services to be moved online for the rest of the spring semester. All CCE's individual writing and speaking consultations will be moved online in line with her directive. Make an appointment here.

*Read President Wintersteen's March 18 full announcement here.

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