Express ideas using appropriate language, tone, punctuation, and grammar*

• Take courses requiring you to write lengthy papers
• Write for the Bates Student 
• Become a Peer Writing and Speaking Assistant or Technical Writing Assistant
• Work part time for the Communications and Marketing Office or another department where you will gain experience producing written work
• Write a thesis
• Become a Research Assistant to a professor who is writing a book or article
• Look for virtual internship opportunities such as those with the U.S. State Department or the Smithsonian Institutes. These opportunities often involve written work. See (https://careers.state.gov/connect/forums/student-programs/ or si.edu for more information).
• Join the Multi-Lingual Creative Writing Club

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