Writing Center
Welcome to the Writing Center  

    The Writing Center at Illinois Wesleyan University welcomes all IWU students who would like help with their writing. We are open afternoons and evenings during the school year. We're conveniently located on the first floor of Buck Memorial Library.

    Our tutors are all students at Wesleyan, and come from a variety of majors. In many cases they've taken the same courses in which their clients are enrolled, and have tackled similar writing assignments. They've taken the time to complete a non-credit, semester-long course in tutoring.

    Our philosophy is simple: we help student writers help themselves by acting as sympathetic readers, by asking questions, by helping students evaluate their ideas, argument, content, and style, by teaching writers invention, argumentation, drafting, and copyediting strategies they can use on their own. We help students with all the stages of the writing process, from those first rough ideas through prewriting, collecting supporting material, drafting, and final editing and proofreading. We believe that good writing takes work and benefits from several revisions and re-inventions.

2009-10 Opening & Closing Dates
Wed., Sept. 2, 1:00 pm Open for the 2009-10 year
Thur., Oct. 15, 5:00 pm Close for Fall Break Day
Sun., Oct. 18, 7:00pm Re-open
Sun., Nov. 22, 10:00 pm Close for Thanksgiving Break
Mon., Nov. 30, 1:00pm Re-open
Wed., Dec. 9, 10:00pm Close for end of semester
Sun.,Jan. 17, 1:00 pm Re-opening for Spring Semester
Thur.,Mar. 11, 5:00 pm Closed for Spring Break
Mon., Mar. 23, 1:00 pm Re-opening after Spring Break
Mon., April 26, 5:00 pm Closed for Spring Semester
Closed for May Term

APPOINTMENTS:

Best: call x3810 or stop by Buck 102 during our regular hours (see below).  Requests made through voicemail or email won't be processed overnight or between Friday and Sunday afternoons.

Priority is given to appointments, but walk-ins are welcome.

CRLA tutor program certified

Contact Us At:

Writing Center
Bloomington, IL 61702
(309) 556-3810
writcent@iwu.edu

Hours:
Sunday-Thursday 1:00-5:00 & 7:00-10:00pm
Friday 1:00-4:00pm
Saturday Closed

Writing Center Coordinator:
Dr. Joel Haefner
jhaefner@iwu.edu

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Writing Center Frequently Ask Questions