Graduate Students | The Writing Center | SIU

Individual Writing Feedback at the Graduate Level!

Our writing consultants -- both undergraduate and graduate -- can offer support for your writing at the graduate level. Some specific considerations for your appointments include:

• You'll need to contribute more discipline-specific knowledge. Our consultants are experts at helping to facilitate your process and to offer a reader's perspective, but you will need to actively participate in making your writing conform to your discipline's genres and expectations.
• Your writing may take multiple appointments. Graduate-level work is often longer than can be reviewed in one session. Consider making multiple appointments to go over your lengthier work. It is often helpful to schedule with the same consultants to maintain continuity.
• Consider making appointments with our graduate consultants. Undergraduate consultants are trained to respond to all writing contexts, but our graduate students may have more experience of writing in your discipline and at the graduate level.

Dedicated time and space for writing!

Each week, the writing center hosts writing hours to provide a committed time and quiet space for graduate students to write. During these hours, up to 20 graduate students come together to create a productive and focused environment for writing.

Fall 2023 Graduate Writing Hours:

• Location: Morris Library, Room 236
• Tuesdays: 10am-12pm
• Wednesdays: 10am-12pm

Here's what you need to know:

• Only 20 slots per day! Sign up is required! To sign up, visit our scheduling platform and select the "Graduate Writing Hours" schedule. Click an available slot on the day you'd like to visit and reserve your place each week! Please only sign-up for 1 day each week so that others can take advantage of this resource.
• Work on anything! Dissertations and thesis, graduate teaching tasks, coursework, conference presentations, grant proposals -- use these hours to work on whatever you need!
• Cancellation/No-show policy: If you need to cancel your reservation, please do so at least 24 hours before your reservation. Two late cancellations or no-shows will result in your scheduling privileges being limited. 
• Food and drink provided: To help keep you focused, the writing center and the GPSC will provide light foods and drinks. You can expect coffee, tea, and water available to drink and small food items such as bagels, fruit, or granola bars to snack on. Other food or drink is available at Delyte's cafe on the first floor of the library.

These writing hours are brought you by the collaboration of the SIU Writing Center and the Graduate and Professional Student Council.

We invite graduate students primarily in English to consider working at the center. Our employment options include:

• Graduate writing consultants. Help other student with their writing!
• Graduate assistantships. Help run the writing center!

To learn more about these opportunities and to see if we're hiring, visit our Employment Opportunities page.