The Kathleen Jones White Writing Center

The Kathleen Jones White Writing Center is located in Eicher Hall, a building located on IUP’s campus. The Writing center is a peer editing and help center. Students can go to the writing center if they need help starting a paper, brainstorming ideas, or just to have somebody look over it once you’re finished. You can also go to the writing center just to type your paper.

They’re open Monday-Thursday from 9 a.m. until 8 p.m. and Friday from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. The Writing Center has another location in the library that’s open Sunday from 5 p.m. until 10 p.m. and Monday-Thursday from 8 p.m. until 11 p.m. for the late nights you’re going to spend on typing papers. The Writing Center also provides an online writing center on WebEx that you have to make an appointment for. == WebEx  ==

 WebEx is a website that lets you have an online meetings with anyone with an internet connection or mobile device. The website provides people with an option to have their meeting via audio or video, but for the Online Writing Center, your meeting will be via audio. From WebEx, you can share information from your computer with whomever you’re meeting with. You’re able to share files such as PowerPoints, Word Documents, or you all can surf the internet together.



Tutoring
    The tutors in the writing center are undergraduate and graduate students. Tutoring session usually last about 30 to 45 minutes. You don’t need to make an appointment to meet with a tutor when you’re inside the center, but you do need and appointment when visiting the online center. While in the tutoring session, you and the tutor will focus whatever specific things about your paper of your choosing. They are there to help you come up with ideas, revise your paper, or to give insight on what areas you may need to improve on.



Beginning your paper and beyond
    When you’re assigned a writing assignment, you may have a hard time figuring out where to start. The Writing Center is there to help. You can go in and sit with a tutor to brainstorm ideas. They can show you different brainstorming techniques such as doing a mind map to help you get started. If you have an idea, but you need help starting the paper the writing center can help with that also. Throughout your writing process, by getting the tutors to look at your paper it can improve your writing skills for the future.  Final Draft      You can also take your final paper to the tutors in the writing center to get their feedback on your piece. They can giving you pointers on what they think you need to change. If you’re doing this, you should go at least a day before it’s due just in case you have to make a lot of changes.



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