Writing Center

The 红领巾瓜报 Writing Center is a free writing resource available to all WSU students. Trained undergraduate tutors from a variety of majors will help you at any stage of your writing--from brainstorming to later stage work and revisions.

We Offer

Brainstorming assistance
Help with developing a topic
Specific writing problem assistance
Help with revisions
Development of critical reading leading to more enhanced writing
Assistance with sentence, grammatical, or punctuation errors.
Online grammar exercises

We Will Not

We will not edit or proofread papers, correct grammatical and mechanical errors, revise papers for students, rewrite sentences or paragraphs, write introductions or conclusions, or guarantee good grades on papers. For extensive writing projects, such as theses, please call Kerry Jones, Writing Center director at 978-6183, or email her: kerry.jones@wichita.edu.

Location: NEW LOCATION, FALL 2024!!!

The Writing Center is now located in the new Shocker Success Center on the second floor. Appointments are not necessary. Sometimes we do have to close early, and sometimes, due to weather conditions, we are forced to operate on a skeleton staff. If the university closes operations, we close as well. However, submissions for assistance are still accepted through the OWL (online writing lab). That being said:

If you can't make it to the Writing Center in person, you can still receive help with your writing project remotely through the Online Writing Center. Simply enroll the Online Writing Center's Blackboard page and submit your document. You'll receive feedback from a trained tutor within two business days. For example, if you submit a document at 4 p.m. on Friday, you can expect to receive comments on it by 4 p.m. Tuesday.

Hours

Fall 2024 Hours (subject to change in case of inclement weather, etc.)

Monday through Thursday: 11am-7pm
Friday: 11-4

We generally close early the day before scheduled holidays, and we are closed during the holidays. The Writing Center opens the first full week of class (Monday) and closes for the semester on the last day of class. We are not open during finals or during the summer.

Writing Resources

For additional help, check out these on-line services:

Citation Manuals and Style Guides:

Becoming a Tutor

If you are interested in becoming a Writing Tutor, please stop by the Writing Center for an application or visit Kerry Jones, Writing Center director. You should be able to refer to at least two English classes that you have taken at WSU, and that you list a professor who can vouch for your writing skills and recommend you as a tutor. We also ask that you provide a current transcript of your work here at WSU. As always, good oral and written communication skills are an absolute must!