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WHO

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SUMMER HOURS:  9:00-12:00, Monday through Friday.

Please email writingcenter@graceland.edu

 

 

The Graceland University Writing Center provides a supportive, welcoming environment where students enrolled in all academic programs can work, TOGETHER with trained tutors, on improving both general writing skills and specific writing assignments. 

Supported by writing tutors—experienced readers trained to assist at any stage of the writing process—students can learn to become effective writers.     

The Writing Center offers both face-to-face tutoring (for on-campus students) and online tutoring (for distance learners). 
 

"The only way to learn to write is to write."  Peggy Teeters

WHERE

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Please visit the Writing Center on the lower level of the Frederick Madison Smith Library (Rooms 18-19).       

 

WHEN

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For the Fall Semester 2017, please visit the Writing Center at the following times:
 
Weekdays (Monday-Friday): 
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (closed 12:00-1:00)
(Appointment Required)
 
Weekends (Saturday-Sunday): 
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
(No Appointment Required)
 
Please schedule one or two (consecutive) 30-minute sessions working TOGETHER with a writing tutor.

HOW

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For the Fall Semester 2017, please choose one of four ways to make an appointment to work TOGETHER at the Writing Center:

 
Call:     641-784-5077
Visit:    FMS Library (Rooms 18 and 19)
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WHY

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At the Writing Center, you can get help working on general writing skills or specific writing assignments (eg, a specific paper, assignment, or project). 
 
If you would like to work TOGETHER with a writing tutor, please contact the Writing Center a couple of days before the day that you would like to meet.  
 

 

WHAT

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Please remember to take the following items to your appointment at the Writing Center:
 
Textbooks used in your class
Instructions given by your teacher
Draft(s) of the paper written by you
Supplies of enthusiasm and effort!  
 

TOGETHER AT THE WRITING CENTER

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Thank you for your interest in the Writing Center.
We look forward to working TOGETHER.  
Please contact us with your questions.
 
Dr. Cris Karmas
Writing Center Director
641-784-5077
                                                                   
"We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master."   
Ernest Hemingway                                                       

OPPORTUNITIES

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FALL 2017

 

For Students:

WEEKEND WALK-INS 

(1:00 - 3:00):  No Appointment Required

Saturdays and Sundays

 

WEDNESDAY WRITING WORKSHOPS

(1:00-1:45):  By appointment

 

Sentences/Non-Sentences

Varied Sentence Beginnings

Introductory Paragraphs

Concluding Paragraphs

 

For Teachers:

CLASS TUTORS

Please contact us one week in advance if you would like a writing tutor to work TOGETHER with a group of students on a class assignment.

 

CLASS ROSTERS

Please send us your class rosters if you would like us to send individual welcome e-letters to all of your students.