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Last Updated: Feb 20, 2025, 03:36 PM
No matter the activity, writing is essential.
This statement motivates the writing center and our services. Every kind of activity -- professional, personal, civic, academic -- needs writing to make it work. Academic disciplines build and share their knowledge through writing. Professional workplaces use writing to coordinate their employees and resources to meet their clients' needs. Our personal everyday is filled with small but vital writing moments like social media posts, grocery lists, and text messages. Effective writing helps us capitalize on every opportunity, and the writing center is here to support your development.
Our services all operate under the following beliefs:
- Writing is a social, rhetorical activity communing between writers, audience, and contexts.
- "Good" writing differs between contexts, communities, and disciplines.
- All people have more to learn about writing.
- We learn by doing.
- Collaboration and feedback build better knowledge than individual effort.
- All people have valuable contributions to make and deserve support to voice those contributions in writing.
We invite all SIU students, faculty, and staff to collaborate with us to develop writing on campus and support students as they write their way through their education, careers, and communities.
Locations
The Writing Center has many locations available to support your writing needs. View the hours and locations below. Schedule an appointment for any of our locations
Morris Library
In-person appointments for all students and our administrative office.
Monday - Friday: 10am - 4pm
Our main location is located on the second floor of the library and houses our administrative office.
Online Writing Center
Online appointments are for all students.
Sunday - Thursday: 4pm - 8pm
Our Online Writing Center is a virtual space for writing support hosted on our WCOnline platform. It is available to all students, especially those engaged in distance learning. Click here to learn more about Online Appointments and how they work.
TRIO Center, Woody Hall, Room 214
In-person appointments exclusively for TRIO students.
Tuesday - Thursday: 1pm - 3pm
This satellite location provides appointments exclusively for students in the TRIO program. We work together with TRIO student support services to provide support for writing to TRIO students at this location.
At this location, you may book an in-person OR online appointment to best fit your needs.
For questions about this location, you can call our office at 618-453-1231 or the TRIO Office at 618-453-6973.
Student Services Building, Student Multicultural Resource Center, Room 132
In-person appointments for all students.
Tuesday - Thursday: 6pm - 8pm
This satellite location provides in-person appointments. For questions about this location, you can call our office at 618-453-1231.
Grinnell Hall, Study Room B
In-person, evening appointments designed for students living on east campus.
Monday - Thursday: 6pm - 8pm
This satellite location provides evening hours specifically for students living on east campus. We work together with the Residence Advisors and Office to provide support for your writing in this convenient location.
For questions about this location, you can call our office at 618-453-1231 or the Grinnell Area Office.
Lentz Hall, Room 13
In-person, evening appointments designed for students living on west campus.
Tuesday + Wednesday: 3pm - 5pm
This satellite location provides in-person appointments, particularly for students living on west campus. For questions about this location, you can call our office at 618-453-1231.