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Located in Magale 101, the SAU Writing Center is a student-centered facility where students can bring their writing for any class at any stage in the writing process.
Students visit the 2003 SAU Writing Center Open House to learn more about our services. Our student-centered facility is designed to encourage peer interaction, to establish writing as a multi-disciplinary goal, and to support the idea that writing enhances learning. We offer students from all backgrounds and disciplines an opportunity to confer with trained writing consultants at any stage of the writing process. Writers are guaranteed not only an establishment that respects their opinions, needs, and abilities but also consultants who are trained to be compassionate, interested, active readers of a variety of papers. Our goal in the writing center is to offer our clients one-to-one interaction that will be beneficial in the overall improvement of their writing skills and that will encourage personal confidence in their abilities as writers. Since our opening in Fall 2000, our writing center has helped approximately 3,000 SAU students improve their writing skills and successfully complete course papers, theses, dissertations, and articles for publication — in all sorts of academic disciplines – as well as other forms of writing, such as resumes, personal statements, and cover letters through one-to-one peer interaction. In the past four years, we have made several improvements to the center. In the Fall of 2002, we installed six computers for students to use for online research and composition. The SAU Writing Center Computer Lab also allows for conferencing at the computers, which permits students to make changes to their works during the conference. In the Fall of 2003, we purchased five café-style tables and sixteen rolling chairs to better facilitate conferencing. In past years, we have sponsored the “Bare Walls” art contest to brighten our consulting space. We currently have the art of Professor Doug Waterfield on display. In the future we hope to offer online conferencing as well. The SAU Writing Center is University supported through student fees and directly affiliated with Student Affairs.
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Updated on May 03, 2004 |
