The Virginia Tech Writing CenterFind us on the second floor of Newman Library.
IMPORTANT UPDATE: Wednesday, May 2nd is the final day of full Writing Center services. We will have limited availability at the Newman Library location during finals week; please call for specific information. During Summer Sessions 1 & 2 we will be open Monday-Thursday, 12pm to 4pm. Appointments Recommended!
The Virginia Tech Writing Center is a free service for all Virginia Tech students, faculty, and staff, at all levels. We're located in Newman Library's second floor learning commons, just past the elevators.
We work with writing and reading assignments from any course in the University. We can also help you with writing projects that are not linked to classes.
While we try to accommodate walk-in sessions when possible, we strongly encourage you to make an appointment.
Call us at 231-5436 to schedule your session!
Our Hours
IMPORTANT UPDATE: Regular semester hours conclude on Wednesday, May 2nd. Please call us (231-5436) for summer appointment availability.
All Students
Daytime Hours: Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm
Evening Drop-In Sessions
Sun, Mon, & Tues, 8pm-10pm
Please Note: Evening drop-in sessions are limited to 30 min or less!
Undergraduate Students
Femoyer Hall Evening Hours: Mon-Thurs, 6pm-8pm
For an appointment visit www.caee.vt.edu or call 231-5499
Graduate Students
Evening Hours in the Writing Center: Wednesdays, 7pm-9pm
Evening Hours in the GLC: Thursdays, 7pm-9pm in GLC Room 39 (the videoconference room)
Northern Virginia Students
Writing support available via Skype, by appointment only.
Students
What You Can Expect
As Writing Center coaches, we won't proofread or "correct" your papers, but we will offer one-on-one instruction in writing at all levels.
What You Might Bring To A Session
- An assignment sheet
- Questions and thoughts about what you would like to do next with your writing
- Your paper
- New Ideas: We can help you work on the writing and reading issues that really get in your way
- With short projects (less than five pages), our clients sometimes find that print copies work best.
Teachers
What You Can Expect
We won't proofread student papers, but we will work with your students on issues of proofreading and editing. We can also help with brainstorming, organization, development, writing from research, and much more at any stage of the writing process. We work best with students who come on their own and make a commitment to come weekly whether or not they have an assignment due.
How We Can Help You
- Give us ideas about how best to work with your students or address your assignment.
- We can work one-on-one with students or schedule group sessions for students working in collaboration or learning peer response strategies.
How You Can Help Us
- Give students written assignments and remind them to take these assignments with them to the Center.
- Provide the Center with copies of your assignments so that we can refer to them when students don't have them.
- Visit us in the Center. You are welcome to volunteer or just come and talk to us.
- Encourage but don't require all of your students to come to the writing center.
- Encourage students to make their appointments far in advance of due dates.
- If you would like to be notified when your students visit the writing center, have them request a release form during their visit.
Contact Us
Phone: (540) 231-5436
Email: Jennifer Lawrence, (jlwrnc@vt.edu) Assistant Director of the Writing Center
Want to be a Writing Center Coach?
Are you interested in writing and helping other students improve their writing? Maybe you should become a Writing Center Coach! You do not need to be an English major. We can use all sorts of majors, since we help with all types of writing assignments.
To qualify for a position in the Writing Center, you must first take English 3744: Writing Center Theory and Practice. This course (for an application to enroll in the course, contact Jennifer Lawrence for more information) includes an internship in the writing center. Once you complete this course with a B or higher you will be eligible to apply for a paid coaching position the following semester. Students in this course gain experience by working as coaches in the Writing Center for a total of thirty hours during the semester, in addition to twenty hours of class time (and additional class work).
This is a serious course but a rewarding experience--something that can go on a resume or a grad school application.
Are you interested in writing and helping other students improve their writing? Maybe you should become a Writing Center Coach! You do not need to be an English major. We can use all sorts of majors, since we help with all types of writing assignments.
To qualify for a position in the Writing Center, you must first take English 3744: Writing Center Theory and Practice. This course (for an application to enroll in the course, contact Jennifer Lawrence for more information) includes an internship in the writing center. Once you complete this course with a B or higher you will be eligible to apply for a paid coaching position the following semester. Students in this course gain experience by working as coaches in the Writing Center for a total of thirty hours during the semester, in addition to twenty hours of class time (and additional class work).
This is a serious course but a rewarding experience--something that can go on a resume or a grad school application.
FOR MORE INFO: Contact Jennifer Lawrence, 231-8469, jlwrnc@vt.edu, or stop by the Writing Center.
GRAD STUDENTS: Thinking about a career as a writing center director? Follow our job list page, which updates with the newest positions posted at various websites.