The Writing Center provides free writing assistance to all Alfred University students (undergraduate and graduate), faculty, and support personnel. Our student tutors represent a wide range of disciplines. Each tutor is trained to deal with all kinds of writing tasks such as:
- Pre-writing
- Discovery of ideas
- Generating a thesis
- Drafting
- Organizing thoughts and materials
- Developing evidence
- Incorporating research
- Revision
- Editing
- Presentation issues
Whatever your need -- whether a quick grammar brush-up or long-term assistance with a research paper -- we can help you improve your writing abilities and gain confidence as a writer.
Current students can find our updated list of tutors and semester schedule along with helpful handouts at our MyAlfred website!
The Writing Center is located in Seidlin 003. To make an appointment, stop by and sign up on the list outside the door. Alternatively, if you come by during any hours we are open and no one is being helped, you can begin a walk-in session. Monday and Tuesday mornings (9:20 to 12:10) are specially reserved for walk-in sessions, but you can still walk in any time. If your schedule is too busy, however, we also have weekend hours on Sunday in the campus libraries (7-8pm in Scholes Library and 7-9pm in Herrick).
The tutors at the Writing Center represent a variety of writing backgrounds. All of us feel we can help you with any type of writing, but if you would rather go to someone in your major, check the list below. The schedule will tell you who works when. If you would like a full description of each tutor, please visit the bulletin board outside Seidlin 003.
Sitting down with a tutor to look over and discuss a paper is the best way to not only improve that paper, but your writing, and confidence, in general.
- Fiat Lux: The student newspaper at Alfred University
