The Graceland University Writing Center provides a supportive, welcoming environment where all Graceland students can work together with trained tutors to improve both their writing knowledge and skills. The Writing Center assists students in all majors and at any stage of the writing process to become better, more confident writers.
Students will work with writing tutors who are also students. These peer tutors are experienced readers and writers who are specifically trained to assist students of all levels and abilities with their writing. They love helping and collaborating with their peers!
MEET THE GU STUDENT WRITING TUTORS:
Mya Lozoya
Hometown: Hemet, California
Major (s): Elementary Education and minor in English
Expertise: Formatting, Breaking Down a Rubric, Brainstorming, Grammar and Punctuation
Activities Outside of the Writing Center: Res Life Desk Operations Manager, COSA Social Media Manager, Drumline
Favorite Quote About Writing: “But when people say, Did you always want to be a writer?, I have to say no! I always was a writer.” Ursula Le Guin
PJ McDaniel
Hometown: Kansas City, Missouri
Major (s): Business Administration
Activities Outside of the Writing Center: Writing Poetry, Playing Video Games, Hanging out with Friends
Favorite Quote About Writing: “If we don’t write our own stories, there is someone else waiting to do it for us. And those people, waiting with their pens, often don’t look like we do and don’t have our best interest in mind” - Hanif Abdurraqib-Willis, “They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us”
David Hopfer
Hometown: Augsburg, Germany
Major (s): Business Management
Expertise: Word choice, readability, translation of ideas into English, working with international students.
Activities Outside of the Writing Center: Soccer, music, cooking.
Joseph Aguilera
Hometown: Fresno, CA
Major (s): Criminal Justice
Expertise: Brainstorming, outlines, organization, time management.
Activities Outside of the Writing Center: Video editing, music, soccer, gym.
Kevia Pettus
Hometown: Pensacola, FL
Major (s): Allied Health
Activities Outside of the Writing Center: Track, Flag Football, Senate.
Reagan Altman
Hometown: Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Major (s): Biology and Chemistry
Activities Outside of the Writing Center: IFA President
Yannick Tsafack-Nanhou
Hometown: Montreal, Canada
Major (s): Accounting
Activities Outside of the Writing Center: Soccer, Investing, Health and Wellness, Positivity.
MEET THE GU WRITING CENTER DIRECTOR
Name: Dr. Jim Redmond
Hometown: Southfield, MI.
Degrees:
BA, English, Western Michigan University, 2009
MFA, Creative Writing, University of Michigan, 2013
PhD, Poetry: Creative Writing, 2020, University of North Texas
Activities Outside of Writing Center: Poetry, Food, National Parks, Television and Movies, Knows too much about Pokémon.
Favorite Quote About Writing: "Sometimes truth must conform to music. Other times, music must conform to truth." – Richard Hugo