Student Resources

New students should have completed three tasks during the application process, but can also complete them here. New students can pay the registration fee and setup tuition from the Payments Page. New students can signup for the Registrar Student Record from below if it has not been setup already.

Payment Page- Re-subscribe to tuition payments, pay a transfer credit bill, graduation fee, transcript fee, etc.

Registrar Student Record Signup- Use this to signup for college communications, and for entering preliminary credit evaluation from other schools and training in your Registrar Student Record File. Do not use this if you have already signed up! Important: Please check your email and click the confirmation link for your subscription to this system. You can access and update your information from the Preferences link at the bottom of many of Windsor College's emails, especially ones with +++ symbols in the subject. We usually send you a first email with the Preferences link within 24-48 hours after your payments have been made, so you can return to your Registrar Student Record to continue to add information.

Graduation Requirement Checklist- This is listed in your Registrar Student Record File, and should be checked off there, but here is an overview when you are getting close to graduating.

Login and Student Number Request- Use to send retrieve login or student number that will be sent to your email address on file.

Student Formula For Progress- Choose a number of hours per week you might work on college. Multiply that times the number of weeks in a year that you might plan on working. Divide that number by eighteen to see how many credits per year you might earn. Allow a little cushion! Determine how many credits you need. Keep in mind that new students may have six credits for courses during enrollment, and might have previous Bible college credit or life experience credit.

Writing Assignments

Windsor College requires students to use the MLA style of writing for student writing assignments.

Writing Resources:

EasyBib.com (use MLA 6 or 7) Other Citation Situations Using MLA More About MLA Citations MLA Punctuation Structure

Windsor College Tips and Links for Grammar and Writing (great resource for reviewing grammar in general)

Writing styles vary from college to college, but mainly from field to field. MLA style is widely used in the humanities, especially in writing on language and literature. Here is a summary of writing styles:

APA: psychology, education, and other social sciences.
MLA: literature, arts, and humanities.
AMA: medicine, health, and biological sciences.
Turabian: designed for college students to use with all subjects.
Chicago: used with all subjects in the "real world" by books, magazines, newspapers, and other non-scholarly publications.

Windsor College's Main Usage of the MLA Style:

The entire page should be double-spaced.
Indent paragraphs and citations five spaces.
Numbers ten or less should be written out rather than using numerals, except for Bible chapter and verse, decimal numbers, and page numbers in citations. When using percentage numbers written out, do not use the "%" symbol, but use "percent".
Contractions such as "don't" should not be used, but rather "do not".
The first time the author is mentioned by name in the paper the first and last name should be used. Any other mentions of the author after that should just have the last name.
Whenever a book is mentioned, even in the title of the paper, it should be underlined. All other books should also be underlined, except Bible books. Articles should use parentheses around the article name.
A quote from the book the student is reviewing should should be entered this way: You have your paragraph as normal. "The quote should have quotation marks and have the author's last name and page number in parenthesis at the end of the quote. You can have more than one quoted sentence, but the last punctuation of the last quoted sentence is after the parenthesis" (Author 24). "If the author’s last name appears in the citation, then only a page number is required at the end (24).
Quotes from other resources that are not the book being reviewed should use the same format, but an alphabetized "Works Cited" list must be displayed after the student's writing. The MLA style "Cited" list has specific formats depending on whether it is a book, web page, reference book, etc.
Scripture quotes do not require the Bible to be listed in the "Cited" list at the end of the paper as long as the scripture is cited in the text. You can use the Bible book, chapter, and verse at the beginning. John 11:35 states, " Jesus wept." You can also use the Bible book, chapter, and verse at the end with the last punctuation after the parenthesis as in these next two examples. "Jesus wept" (John 11:35). "Jesus wept" (John 11:35 NKJV).
Web Page in Works Cited: Include the author if given, the title of the web page or page name, the name of the entire web site, the organization that posted it (this may be the same as the name of the website), the full date the page was created or last updated (day, month, year if available), and the date you looked at it. If the web address is very long, shorten it to the address and subdirectory.
Dates in Heading and Works Cited: The day of the month should come before the month (e.g. 10 November 2010). Abbreviate the names of all months except May, June, and July.

Example Citations in Text and Works Cited Entries

Quote in Text:	"Book Example with a single author" (Author Last Name 24).
In Works Cited List:	Author Last Name, Author First Name. Book Title Underlined. City Published: Publishing Company, 1993.

Quote in Text:	"Book Example with corporate authors instead of a single author such as a reference book" (Organization 24). If no author or organization is given, use the book title in the citation.
In Works Cited List:	Organization. Book Title Underlined. City Published: Publishing Company, 1993.

Quote in Text:	"Web Example" (Author Last Name or WebsiteName.com).
In Works Cited List:	Author Last Name, Author First Name if known. "Article or Page Name." Website Name. Parent Organization or School If One. Article Date if known 8 Oct. 2009. Date accessed by Student 9 Nov. 2010 <http://www.windsorcollege.us/studentresources.htm>.

Quote in Text:	"Jesus wept" (John 11:35).
Optional In Works Cited List:	New Kings James Bible. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers. 1982.

Works Cited (example resources)

(example format used by Windsor College, indent each cite five spaces, notice punctuation, long web addresses may be shortened)

Web Page Example:

Author Last Name, Author First Name if one. "Article or Specific Page Name." Main Website Name. Parent Organization or School If One. Article Date If Mentioned 8 Oct. 2009. Date Accessed by Student 12 Nov. 2010. <http://www.windsorcollege.us/studentresources.htm>.

Web Page Example Without Mention of Author:

"Article or Specific Page Name." Main Website Name. Article Date If Mentioned 8 Oct. 2009. Date Accessed by Student 12 Nov. 2010. <http://www.windsorcollege.us/studentresources.htm>.

Normal Book Example:
Author Last Name, Author First Name. Book Title. City Published: Publishing Company, 1993.

Resource Book Without Mention of Author:
Book Title. City Published: Publishing Company. Organization. 1993.

Bible Example If Used:

New Kings James Bible. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers. 1982.