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Mission Statement

The Writing Center supports all students in their efforts to become better writers rather than produce perfect papers. To this end, the Center's writing consultants do not "fix" or proofread papers, nor do they tell writers what to do. In this way, The Center assures faculty that writing turned in for their evaluation is the student's work, not that of a writing center consultant.

Since writing is a complex process that benefits from feedback along the way, we encourage students to seek assistance from a consultant at whatever stage is most problematic for them. This may include understanding the assignment, generating ideas, deciding on an approach, drafting, organizing, developing ideas, revising, addressing sentence structure, grammar, and punctuation concerns, or documenting sources. During a consultation, a consultant will work to motivate rather than control a writer by asking questions, offering feedback, and encouragaing the writer to talk through the thinking and planning process that is at the heart of any writing activity.

In the end, the quality of work submitted to a professor for evaluation is the sole responsibility of the student writer. Writing consultants must assist writers at the level of each individual's ability; therefore, written work will reflect each writer's ability as well as personal style. The Writing Center is not a panacea for the ills of writing, but a support service for any writer who values feedback as part of the learning/writing process.

Location:

Room 101 Davis Hall

Clarion, PA

Phone:

(814) 393-2173

Hours:

Monday- Thursday

8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Friday:

8 a.m. to 3 p.m.