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What can we help with?

Any student, staff, faculty, community member, or alumnus/alumna who needs support with the following:

• Academic Skills
  • Developing time management
  • Note-taking
  • Avoiding procrastination
  • Study Techniques 

• Writing Process
  
  • Academic papers
  • Writing for fun
  • Applications & Scholarships
  • Brainstroming ideas

• Presentations
  
  • Developing a presentation
  • Practicing a presentation
  • Tips for making an engaing presentation

Tips for Getting the Most Out of Your Appointment:

• Schedule early!
• Bring your assignment sheet.
• Come with a goal in mind.
• Be ready to discuss.
• Don't expect to leave with a "finished" project or assignment.

What to Expect During an Appointment:

We encourage discussion with our peers meaning all of the following will likely happen in an appointment:

• Ask
  • We value the practice of inquiry-based learning which means our peer tutors learn with you by asking questions to find answers.
  • You teach us something just as we do with you. The tutoring process is reciprocal, meaning both the student and peer tutor benefit. 

• Listen
  • We encourage our peers to voice their concerns in a productive manner that allows us to work with them towards resolutions.
  • We also recommend our peers read their work out loud to engage with more senses as they become adapt learners. 
• Advise
  • As your peers, we're here to collaborate, not restrict your academic freedom. Making changes to your work is up to you and entirely based on your comfort level. 
  • In our role as peer tutors, your writing process is worth more to us than your grade. So, we will never tell you what to do but rather how to do something.

• Generally, all work is read out loud (either by the student or the tutor) to accommodate students of all abilities, and to listen as well as look for patterns of error. 
  
  
• Our tutoring is suggestion-based; we expect to have a discussion about writing with the writer as well as the tutor providing feedback. 
  
  
• We will e-mail a student's advisor, coach, and/or professor -- if a student wishes us to do so -- to confirm any completed Writing Center appointment.