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Writing Center
Carpenter Academic 409
540-887-7038
mpetty@mbc.edu
Spring 2008 Walk-in Hours:
Monday: 1–5 p.m.
Tuesday: 10 a.m.-12 p.m. & 1-2:30 p.m.
Wednesday: 8:50-9:50 a.m. & 1:30-3 p.m.
Thursday: 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
Friday: 1-3 p.m.
Sunday: 6-7:30 p.m.
Tutoring Sessions:
RCW: To make an appointment outside walk-in hours, call ext. 7038 or e-mail mpetty@mbc.edu.
Off Campus Students: To arrange a telephone tutorial, call 540-887-7038 or e-mail mpetty@mbc.edu.
Our Mission:
The Writing Center serves students, faculty, and staff at Mary Baldwin College. In individual tutorial sessions, Writing Center consultants support students through all stages of the writing process, including narrowing a topic, generating ideas, organizing an essay, crafting a thesis, writing an initial essay, revising a draft, and editing a final draft. Peer tutors help students write for numerous disciplines within a variety of formats (lab reports, research papers, critical essays, book reports, newspaper articles, critiques) and encourage students to become creative, thoughtful writers, attentive readers, and careful editors.
Workshops:
Professor Molly Petty is available to conduct workshops on writing and information sessions about the Writing Center in classes at MBC. Faculty who would like Professor Petty to visit their classes should e-mail mpetty@mbc.edu .
Our Policies:
Writing Center tutors encourage independent thinking and writing. To that end, tutors do not "correct" or "edit" student work; instead, they identify problems, suggest corrections, and encourage students to apply these suggestions to their work.
Tutors send progress reports to professors unless a student prefers that tutorial sessions remain confidential.
Students who receive help from the Writing Center, either in person or though e-mail, should acknowledge that assistance on the written work they submit to their professors.
Our Staff:
The Writing Center is staffed by Mary Baldwin students who have completed training under the direction of Molly Petty, Assistant Professor of English/Director of the Writing Center.
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