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In the business of reading your papers before your professors do

The Writing Center is the only academic support unit on campus specifically designed to promote your development and success as a college writer. The consultant team is available to assist you in person and online with writing projects for any course and any level of instruction. Writing Center Logo

You are invited to utilize Writing Center services at a variety of stages in your writing processes:

• understanding assignment directions
• brainstorming ideas
• creating "maps" or outlines
• checking to see that your project specifically meets the directions specified by your instructor
• exploring practical routes for revision and development
• adhering to format and style guides (e.g., AAA, APA, APSA, CBE, Chicago, and MLA)

While tutors avoid "fixing" your writing, they do help you become conscious of, and proactive about, particular error patterns that emerge in your written work. Additionally, the Writing Center maintains a library of reference texts and take-home handouts.

Click here to find out who we are: WOU Writing Center.

Hours and locations

The Writing Center opens for business in the second week of the term and closes on Wednesday during exam week. Additionally, the Writing Center is closed during university breaks and holidays. Most Writing Center services are offered at our main location in APSC 301, where you can make appointments, meet with a tutor, utilize our writer's reference library, obtain handouts on various writing issues, and write in our computer lab. To make or cancel an appointment, visit our online appointment book.

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Writing Center: APSC 301

Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

in-person and synchronous online sessions

Night Hours: Hamersly Library 116

Sunday-Thursday, 7:00-10:00 p.m.

walk-in sessions only: first come, first served

Night Hours: Ackerman Hall 132

Tuesday and Thursday, 7:00-9:00 p.m.

walk-in sessions only: first come, first served

Mission

The Writing Center maximizes the individual and professional development of student-writers by offering personalized learning opportunities to advance writerly self efficacy:

• we highlight personal writing strengths and aid in demystifying personal writing challenges
• we promote student success in both school-sponsored and self-sponsored writing-related endeavors
• we offer routes for navigating the range of college-level writing assignments that exist

Contact

Writing Center 503-838-8286 | or e-mail: writingcenter@wou.edu