Writing Center Overview of Services

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Services to Students

One-to-one sessions can help you find a focus for your academic or creative project.

At the Writing Center, you can find guidance for any composing task you might have whether it is a class assignment or a personal project. Some examples of writing students bring into the UWC include essays, research papers, theses, dissertations, creative writing, personal statements, speeches, presentations, web sites, and eportfolios. We offer sessions face-to-face and online. Online sessions allow students to work one-on-one with a consultant in real time via audio/video and chat features. Writing consultants provide guidance during any part of your writing process from brainstorming to revising and polishing. We also offer semester-long writing partnerships. To see what kind of appointments we offer or to schedule an appointment, visit our appointments page.

Join a writing group to work with students from across disciplines who have similar writing interests.

Each semester, the Writing Center facilitates writing groups and other activities that encourage conversation about our writing communities and foster participation in language events.  The Creative Writing Group and the Conversation and Culture Group are just two examples of the kinds of meetings we have hosted.  Writing groups are student-driven and student-led.  Stop by the Writing Center at the beginning of each semester for a schedule of our writing group offerings. 

Services to Faculty

Let us bring the Writing Center to you through a class visit or writing workshop.

Writing consultants are available to facilitate class visits and writing workshops. During a 10-15 minute class visit, a writing consultant will  inform your students about our services and give students the opportunity to ask questions. Additionally, the UWC can develop longer in-class workshops on a variety of writing-related topics. For more information about class-visits or workshops or to make a request, visit our Class Visits page. 

Send us your assignment sheets or recommended writing resources, and we will make sure that they are available to students working on your assignments in the Writing Center.

The Writing Center will archive materials for your students to reference when they are here. Citation guides, assignment sheets, or any other materials you think would be helpful during their session can be sent to the Writing Center and filed for use during sessions. To inquire about archiving materials, contact James Hamby at James.Hamby@mtsu.edu.

Find out if your students have attended the Writing Center.

For faculty who offer students extra credit or want proof of Writing Center attendance, we provide all writers who have attended an appointment with a summary of their session via email after their session has concluded. The session report can be printed or forwarded to you. 

Services to the Community

The Writing Center offers workshops to the campus community as well as local schools and other institutions.  We offer a wide array of both instructional and practical help, and we can create a workshop to fit your interests or needs.  To inquire about bringing a Writing Center workshop to your group, contact Dr. Hamby at James.Hamby@mtsu.edu.

Office Phone

(615) 904-8237

Location

Walker Library, Room 362

Email

uwcenter@mtsu.edu

Address:
The Writing Center
Box 70
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN 37132

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