Carpenter Academic 408
540-887-7038
mpetty@mbc.edu
The Writing Center is open by appointment only in May term.
RCW: To make an appointment, e-mail mpetty@mbc.edu.
Off Campus Students: To arrange a telephone tutorial in May term, e-mail mpetty@mbc.edu.
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.
Professor Molly Petty is available to conduct a small group workshops in the Writing Center or in classes. Staff conduct short information sessions about the Writing Center in classes at MBC. Faculty who would like Professor Petty or a staff member to visit their classes or conduct a writing workshop should e-mail mpetty@mbc.edu.
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 through e-mail, should acknowledge that assistance on the written work they submit to their professors.
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.
