Make an Appointment

Traditional undergraduate students can have a maximum of two hours of appointments per week. Graduate, international, and DSS students can have a maximum of four hours of appointments per week. There are no back-to-back appointments. All appointments are available for in-person or online consultations. For group appointments, all members must be present for the appointment to begin. 

It depends on the purpose of your appointment and where you are in your writing process. If you are ready to talk about your writing or if you have a draft of your writing, please be prepared for your session by bringing specific writing-related questions and all necessary course materials, including a copy of the paper, prompts, outlines, or research.

The Writing Center is a distraction-free environment. Talking on cell phones is prohibited. During your session, be engaged in the process and be respectful of your peers and all Writing Center employees.

When you arrive, please check in with the admin at the front desk. When it's time for your appointment, your consultant will greet you and guide you to a table in our tutoring area.

Proof of Attendance: Upon request, we can provide students with proof of attendance at the end of a full consultation session. An email can be sent directly to a professor stating the date a consultation took place.

As a part of our distraction-free environment, The Writing Center does not tolerate lateness. If you are more than ten minutes late for a 60-minute time slot or five minutes late for a 30-minute time slot, your appointment will be cancelled, and you will be marked as a no-show for that appointment. If you are late or absent for more than two appointments, without cancelling them ahead of time, your scheduling privileges are revoked through The Writing Center Online scheduler. To reinstate use, you must have a meeting with the Director or Assistant Director.

1. Support Writer Development: Writing Center is not an editing or proofreading service; instead, our mission is to support the growth and potential of each writer at any stage of the writing process. Writing consultants will not write papers for students or perform line-by-line editing. Students cannot leave papers to be corrected by a consultant. Our focus is on learning rather than correcting, which requires you to be present in-person or online.
2. No Grading: Writing consultants will not discuss a grade you have received or anticipate a grade you may receive. Professors assign grades, not writing consultants. Writing consultants do not offer judgement on a professor’s written feedback.
3. Right of Refusal: Writing consultants have the right to refuse to work with a client if he or she requests assistance beyond the scope of the center, becomes hostile towards the consultant, makes inappropriate advances, disregards the rules of the center, or is not a current or former CLU student.
4. Confidentiality Policy: The Writing Center has a strict confidentiality policy that requires all student work, conversations and comments to remain in the center. We will not share your work or personal information without your explicit consent. 
5. Proof of Attendance: Upon request, we can provide students with proof of attendance at the end of a full consultation session. An email can be sent directly to a professor stating the date a consultation took place.