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All in-person Writing Center appointments take place in Lowry Hall 011.

The Writing Center staff includes undergraduate peer tutors and the Director.

Our trained peer tutors work with students on any type of writing- or communication-related project at any point in the composition process, helping them to become more skillful, flexible writers and communicators. By discussing with writing center tutors such aspects of writing and communication as the context, audience, genre, format, medium, and style of their projects, students further develop their skills in written and multimodal communication.

Writing center tutors do not do students鈥� work for them or 鈥渇ix鈥� all the 鈥渆rrors鈥� in their work. Our tutors work to empower students to become better writers and communicators with transferrable skills in interpreting assignments, brainstorming ideas, creating outlines, problem-solving, critical thinking, writing, composing, organizing and revising.

Tutors learn to help their peers develop writing and communication skills through training in best practices and effective tutoring strategies as well as continuing education in writing center scholarship. Writing center tutors also develop as professionals by improving their own writing and communication, practicing digital marketing, building a portfolio of learning resources, and engaging in scholarly research.

Students who would like to apply to work as peer tutors in the Writing Center must first enroll in WRI 220: Writing Center Theory, Pedagogy, and Practice, a 4-credit course that introduces students to composition theories, composition pedagogy, and best practices in tutoring writing in the university. Students in this course explore and discuss the theories that influence writing center practices and develop a toolkit of concrete strategies to use during writing center consultations.听

• Writing Center staff members are available to visit classes to inform students about our services.
• The Writing Center offers events for students such as writing groups and writing workshops.
• The Director is available for in-class workshops on various topics related to writing and communication.
  • Workshop topics include but are not limited to writing statements of purpose and personal statements; creating outlines or reverse outlines; quoting, paraphrasing, and other citation practices; and creating effective slide decks.
• Faculty may email the Writing Center Director, Dr. Courtney Sridharan, at [email protected] or [email protected] with any questions, to schedule a class visit, or to request a workshop or other event. Please note that workshop availability is limited due to staffing constraints.

Because of our small staff size, we discourage faculty from requiring that all their students visit the Writing Center within a limited time frame or for the same assignment. Students tend to wait until the last minute to fulfil these requirements, and we may not be able to accommodate all required visits. Instead, we suggest recommending but not requiring visits, only requiring visits for a limited number of students, or “staggering” required visits across an extended time frame (i.e., 1/3 of the class must visit during the first 5 weeks of the semester, 1/3 during the second 5 weeks, etc.). If you do require your students to visit the Writing Center, please encourage them to make appointments in advance.

The Writing Center will not provide reports or confirmations of attendance directly to faculty. Instead, we provide written reports to students. Students are welcome to forward these reports to faculty. Students may also request additional copies of their session reports at any time if they did not receive them via email.

A required visit to the Writing Center is an opportunity to invest in your development as a writer, thinker, and scholar. Every writer鈥攏o matter their skill level or experience鈥攂enefits from talking through their work with an interested reader. We are here to support you, collaborate with you, and help you build strategies for academic success.

To satisfy your Honor Council requirement, you must actively participate听in a tutoring session听for at least 30 minutes and receive a session report. The session report is your proof of completion for the Honor Council. Tutors cannot submit reports unless you have created a WC Online account. Tutors will only write听reports for students who actively engage in a tutoring session.听

The Writing Center will not provide reports or confirmations of attendance directly to faculty. Instead, we provide written reports to students. Students are welcome to forward these reports to faculty. Students may also request additional copies of their session reports at any time if they did not receive them via email.