Announcements
The Write Site will be closed on the following dates:
- Close for summer at 1:00 PM on Friday, May 4th.
- We will not be open for Final Exam Week (May 7th - May 11th).
Other Announcements:
Congratulations to Ms. Brieanna Casey, Write Site lead tutor, for winning the 2012 Mary Nell Kivikko Excellence in Scholarship Award! This yearly award honors outstanding scholarship in the subject area of writing center theory and practice for the South Central Writing Centers Association region (Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana). Ms. Casey presented her paper, "The Potential & Importance of Technology Literacy in Writing Center Theory & Practice," on April 20th at the spring meeting of the North Texas Writing Center Association.
- We have now also added the new waitlist feature so that you can receive text message updates about cancellations in the schedule! See the Hours and Appointments tab to see instructions.
Mission
The Write Site, TWU's comprehensive writing center, serves the writing needs of the entire university community by providing direct, individualized writing assistance to students from all disciplines with any aspect of the writing process by maintaining a wide variety of resource materials related to writing instruction, by making the center and its staff available for faculty members' classes, by sponsoring a variety of special workshops and seminars related to the writing process, and by offering online assistance for distance learners through the OWL (Online Writing Lab).
The Write Site's graduate and undergraduate writing consultants are committed to serving students from all educational backgrounds with the goal of fostering growth and maturity in the individual writer and the TWU community.
Services
- Individualized or group face-to-face writing instruction
- Online writing instruction through the Online Writing Lab (OWL)
- Workshops or seminars related to thesis development, documentation, plagiarism, and other topics
- Resource materials and software programs in support of writing instruction
Note: The Write Site does not provide a proofreading or editing service. Faculty whose students work in the Write Site may be assured that the work students submit is their work, not that of the Write Site staff.
Students must present a valid TWU Student Photo ID at time of visit in order to receive assistance from the Write Site.
Objectives
Tutoring is offered in support of classes and not as a replacement for classroom instruction. Services are designed to support learning objectives of the core curriculum, such as guiding students through the writing process (invention, organization, drafting, revision, and editing); assisting students in writing for various audiences and purposes; assisting students in employing critical thinking for exposition and persuasive writing; and assisting students in writing in various modes of expression. In conjunction with these services, additional assistance may be offered on topics, such as improving grammar and usage skills, understanding the proper uses of documentation styles, understanding the meaning and dangers of plagiarism, and helping non-native speakers with writing in English.
