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Introduction for Students
Introduction for Faculty
Schedule
Current Tutors
Frequently Asked
Questions
Resources for
Faculty and Tutors
Honor Code and the
Writing Center
How It Works
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The Oglethorpe Writing Center is up and running. We can support any
course assignments requiring writing. We can help support Narratives
instruction in thesis development, argument, and analysis.
Tutors will rely on your assignment descriptions when working
with your students. The more specific your assignment and criteria
are, the more helpful we can be. We have received sample papers in
the past that instructors have requested we reference, but not show
to students. We have also received assignments via email.
Student tutors with proven skills in academic and creative
writing will be available Monday
through Thursday for most hours from 10:00 am to 8:00 p.m.
(until 9:00 p.m. on Monday and Wednesday) to consult with Oglethorpe
students of all levels and across the disciplines on their written
assignments at any stage of the writing process. The Center is
located on the second floor of the Weltner Library in the Gabbard
Conference Room. Please note that there are some hours during the
day in which a tutor will not be available.
We are currently operating the Center on a drop-by, first-come
first-served basis, but will soon begin
accepting appointments
via email. We request that you strongly encourage, but not
require, students to come for help with a specific issue (ESL
issues, paragraphing, fragments, citation guidelines, thesis
development, academic tone or style, outlining, development and
critical reasoning) or for general feedback.
Sending your students to the Writing Center for work on style,
grammar, clarity, and organization can allow you to concentrate on
content and developing course objectives. The conferences can help
students develop strategies for developing their writing skills, by
providing an interested and engaged audience with whom to try out
ideas. Conferences can help them claim their writing as their own.
The tutors can reinforce (but not supplant) faculty expectations,
while providing a non-threatening environment for a discussion of
the writing process. Tutors can also guide students to a variety of
available resources for improving their academic and professional
writing.
Should you have any requests or would like to arrange a tutor’s
visit to your classroom, contact Jeanne McCarthy
jmccarthy@oglethorpe.edu
If you have an upcoming assignment and are encouraging students
to come to the Center, we would greatly appreciate any information
or guidance you can give us. If you could email me (or drop off) a
copy of the assignment, style sheets, expectations, I would put the
material in our files for the tutors to consult. If you have a
take-home exam and would like us to continue aiding students with
grammar, style, citation, or ESL issues, we will need to have
specific approval from you via email defining what tasks you would
like us to address.
You are all always welcome to stop by the Writing Center to see
how it works. We welcome your support and feedback. We’re on the
second floor of Weltner Library, in the Gabbard Room just as you
exit the stairs.
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