The University Writing Center and Your Students
At the University Writing Center our goal is to work with your students to help them become better writers and be more successful in completing their writing projects. If you’re not familiar with the Writing Center, here is a quick overview of our philosophy of teaching writing as well as what your students experience during an appointment. In addition we offer some suggestions of ways you can prepare students to make the most of their Writing Center consultations. Other questions about the University Writing Center are addressed on our Frequently Asked Questions page. If you have questions about the Writing Center and how we work with students that are not answered on this page, we welcome your emails or phone calls.
Our Philosophy of Teaching Writing
What takes place during a typical University Writing Center appointment?
How can I best prepare students to work with the University Writing Center?
How can I encourage students to use the University Writing Center?
If I’m teaching a distance education course, can my students use the University Writing Center?
Our Philosophy of Teaching Writing
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How are University Writing Center consultants trained and can they work with students in my discipline?
Our consultants are graduate students from the UofL English Department. They have all had graduate course work in the theory and practice of teaching writing. Their coursework includes the theory and practice of working with writing in different disciplines, including writing in the sciences. Our consultants can work with any piece of writing, whether for a specific course or for professional or personal development. We work with students from every department and college at UofL, from both campuses. While they are not experts on the content of every discipline, our consultants are able to help writers from across the University with issues of organization, audience, form, and usage and style. Our consultants also offer suggestions to help with writing process issues such as getting started and approaching revision. We also welcome collaborative projects as well as multimedia projects.
If I’m teaching a distance education course, can my students use the University Writing Center?
Absolutely. For students unable to attend a face-to-face writing consultations, the Virtual Writing Centerallows them to receive feedback on their writing. Students can submit a piece of writing and choose whether they would like and email response or to meet with consultant through a live chat. We try to respond to submissions in one business day. Virtual Writing Center sessions are 50 minutes long. The Virtual Writing Center follows the Belknap Campus regular session academic calendar for fall, spring, and summer terms and is closed on official University Holidays.