WE CAN HELP WRITERS:
The College Writing Center offers free services to students, faculty, staff, and community members. Our professional tutors are here to help you with writing from any discipline. Whether you need assistance with understanding an assignment, generating ideas, creating a thesis, or organizing your paper, our tutors can help you improve your writing skills.
We promote student learning and thinking by helping writers focus on issues of meaning and by involving them in reflection on their own work. By building collaborative peer relations with student writers and modeling appropriate academic behavior, we help students build the confidence, articulate the ideas, acquire the strategies, and learn the skills to engage effectively in their writing processes.
Writing Center Services
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Tutoring:
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We offer one-on-one peer tutoring. Our tutoring sessions are 45 minutes. We also offer online tutoring sessions.
Video: What is a Tutoring Session Like? |
| Open Lab: |
The Writing Center is also an open lab with computers and tables where students can work. |
| Writing Resources: |
We also have an extensive collection of writing references, handouts, and other books on writing. |
| Writing Workshops: |
The Writing Center also offers workshops on writing every Wed. and Thurs. from 2:00-2:50. See below for Workshop schedule. |
| Frequent Writer Program: |
Come three or more times for a tutoring appointment and win cool stuff! See below for details. |
How to Set a Tutoring Appointment:
Come visit us in-person or phone us to set your appointment. 486-1433
| Spring 2012 Hours: |
| Monday: |
8 a.m. to 6 p.m. |
| Tuesday: |
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. |
| Wednesday: |
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. |
| Thursday: |
8 a.m. to 6 p.m. |
| Friday: |
8 a.m. to 1 p.m. |
| Saturday: |
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. |
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Writing Center Special Offering
See below for information on Writing Workshops and our Frequent Writer Card Program
Writing Workshops:
Feb. 8, 9: Getting Started on Writing Assignments
Feb. 15, 16: Sharpening Punctuation Skills
Feb. 22, 23: Resume Writing
Feb. 29, Mar. 1: Working with Commas: Fixing Run-ons & Comma Splices
Mar. 7, 8: 21st Century Researching Strategies
Mar. 14, 15: Using Quotes to Build Support
Mar. 21, 22: Documenting Sources
Mar. 27, 28: Scholarship and Admission Essays
Apr. 4, 5: Scholarship and Admission Essays
Apr. 11, 12: Proofreading Strategies
Apr. 18, 19: 21st Century Researching Strategies
Apr. 25, 26: Using Quotes to Build Support
May 2, 3: Documenting Sources
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Frequent Writer Program
Stop by the Writing Center and pick up your Frequent Writer Card.
After your 3rd tutoring session, you'll receive a FREE Pocket Dictionary.
After your sixth tutoring session, you'll receive a FREE coffee mug.
And and after your ninth tutoring session, you'll receive a FREE t-shirt.
After your every third tutoring session your name will be entered in a drawing for a free Amazon Kindle e-Reader!
Get smart and get free stuff!
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