WRITING CENTER

The main purpose of the University's Writing Center, located in rooms 301/303 Spotts World Cultures Building, is to provide individualized, supplementary assistance to all students who request help in writing.  To this end, tutors are trained to respond to student texts in ways that best meet the individual and immediate needs of the student writer.  Conferences can occur on a walk-in basis or online.

Writing Center tutors not only serve the tutorial needs of the English Department but also serve the writing tutorial needs of the University.  Over fifty percent of the conferences are with students enrolled in first-year college writing courses, and the remainder are with students doing writing in the nearly 100 academic courses taught across campus.  Writing Center tutors help student writers acquire the multiple literacies necessary for understanding and negotiating both print and electronic media.  They work as collaborators by assisting students with their writing and the technology useful for producing that writing.  For further information see web site at http://www.sru.edu/pages/460.asp