At the Writing Center, Writing Assistants work with students in a personal, one-on-one environment, helping students improve writing basics such as punctuation, structure, and documenting sources. Additionally, they identify areas of strength and weakness, and help to discern argument and flow structure within a written project. The goal of the Writing Center is to help students improve their writing skills and become more proficient in reviewing and revising their own work!
Our Mission
The Writing Center promotes students’ success at Eastern University by working to encourage effective communication in a variety of ways. We offer one-to-one writing support for undergraduate and graduate writers in any discipline and of all skill levels. Our trained Writing Assistants work on every writing thing from pre-writing and figuring out what to write a paper about to revision strategies, editing, resumes, cover letters, scholarship essays, essay formatting and presentation requirements. We do not, however, solely proofread essays. Instead, we help you become better writers, speakers, and editors of your own work.
We believe that writing is far more than just arranging words on the page, and know that Standard American English (SAE) is not the only way to speak and write. Our Writing Center helps writers navigate SAE in their academic writing and supports writers’ own languages, dialects, style, and voice. We engage with writers with empathy and respect to foster a non-discriminatory center.
The Writing Center strives to be a student-focused community space to work together, collaborate on writing problems, practice and strengthen new skills, and make mistakes.
AI in the Writing Center Policy
At the core of the Writing Center is our commitment to student learning; we prioritize the independent and individual thoughts of our students and believe that AI tools cannot replace the invaluable tools of human intelligence. We in the Writing Center are most interested in what students have to say, not what AI models produce based on pattern recognition. As a personal process, writing is different to each individual, but is always most effective when it is approached with intention and thoughtfulness. More than just reporting on what others say or what evidence proves, writing is about crafting meaning from information and sharing that meaning with others to engage in conversation and enact change. The Writing Center is here to support student writing and cognition, but will not turn away any students for suspected or disclosed AI-use. We aim to be a judgment-free space for students to explore what writing means to them and find or strengthen their voice.
Contact Us!
Location: Academic Resource Center, Warner Library 300 & Online
Contact: euwrites@eastern.edu
Hours:
Sunday: 5-8PM
Monday: 9AM-8PM
Tuesday: 9AM-8PM
Wednesday: 9AM-8PM
Thursday: 9AM-8PM
Friday: 9AM-3PM
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