Graduate Students FAQs
Writing Center
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Make appointments at http://www.uwsuper.edu/writingcenter, by phone at (715) 394-8095 , or in person at our Swenson 1030 location. Walk-in appointments for in-person consultations are welcome if a consultant is available.
In fall and spring, you can meet with our consultants in person or online during our operating hours:
In our Swenson 1030 location
Mon. 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Tues. 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Wed. 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Thurs. 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Fri. 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Additional online-only hours:
Sun. 6:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m.
In the summer, online-only consultations are offered M-Th evenings.
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Simply ask the consultant for “instructor notification” of the consultation and provide us with your instructor’s campus e-mail address. Your instructor will then receive an e-mail letting her or him know you completed a Writing Center consultation.
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If you are coming in regard to a specific writing assignment, bring the assignment sheet/instructions and a draft, if you have one. You can use Writing Center services at any stage in your writing process, but regardless of the stage, it is helpful for our consultants to know the overall assignment requirements. If you aren’t coming because of a specific assignment, a writing sample will help you and the consultant start exploring how to enhance your writing skills. Please print your piece before you arrive and bring it with you (for an in-person consultation), or have it on hand and ready to paste onto the online whiteboard (for an online consultation).
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At the start of your consultation, the consultant will work with you to establish an agenda. This helps keep the consultation focused on your needs, whether that be topic ideas, thesis statements, organization, research and citation, or other needs.
The consultant then chats with you about your writing to help you engage with the assignment (if you have come because of a particular assignment) and meet its requirements by using critical thinking and collaborative learning strategies.
Face-to-face consultations typically last 30 minutes (though 60-minute sessions are also available); online sessions typically require 45-60 minutes.
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The UW-Superior Writing Center, located in Swenson 1030, exists to support all UW-Superior students (both on-campus and distance-learning) in their work to become better writers.
Our mission is to engage students in conversations at any stage of their writing process to support them in becoming more thoughtful and engaged learners and writers. To that end, we offer in-person and online one-to-one peer writing consultations with students.
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Because our mission is to support students as they become better writers, our consultants do not proofread and correct student papers but, rather, support the students as they learn strategies to better proofread their own papers. Our consultants do not take over authorship of the students’ work; instead, they hold conversations with students about the written work and offer suggestions, while leaving authorship in the students’ hands. Further, our consultants do not discuss with students any personal comments about the writing assignments or grading of student work; that is strictly between instructor and student.
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The Writing Center consultants are UW-Superior undergraduate and graduate students from a variety of disciplines. Each consultant must demonstrate excellent writing skill and “people skills” prior to being hired and then must complete a comprehensive training process.
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Any UW-Superior undergraduate or graduate student (campus or distance learning) can use the services of the Writing Center for any piece of writing they are doing for any class or for their internships and on-campus jobs. We also see students about writing that is not assigned in classes—for instance, resumes.
Faculty and staff can also schedule individual writing consultations with the Writing Center director or assistant director. For more information, contact Dr. Deborah Schlacks, Director of the Writing Center, dschlack{atuws} or (715) 394-8235 .