Attached, please find some notes from the director of the Stockton Writing Center, Pam Cross. Pam has this advice for all students looking to utilize this very valuable resource.
The Writing Center is open in J-105 weekdays 9:00 – 6:00 (until 4:00 p.m. on Fridays). We also have a partnership with Residential Life and have tutors available Sunday through Thursday evenings from 7:00 – 9:00 in the TRLC.
1) Students should work with tutors early in the process. It’s much easier to help a student construct a good paper than try to fix a faulty one. Students should visit the Writing Center for help getting started or to get help understanding an assignment or for help with their organization.
2) The Writing Center's goal is to help students become better writers, thinkers, and self-editors. Sometimes students expect tutors to edit and proofread for them, which of course may improve a text but fails to help them improve their own skills.
3) Our peer-tutoring operation is staffed by undergraduate students. Our tutors are a good bunch of kids, mostly juniors and seniors from different majors at the College, but it’s unlikely they will read the texts as critically as professors will. Tell students they should bring any papers you have returned to them, so tutors will see feedback.
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