Writing serves as one of the primary means for learning and communicating during and beyond college.  As you formulate, write, and revise your projects for any course or other purpose, the LWC Writing Center offers you feedback from trained peer writing consultants.  Individual and combined sessions last 30 to 50 minutes, and services are free to students, faculty, and staff in the Lindsey community.  Scroll down for additional resources

The mission of the LWC Writing Center is to assist all members of our academic community in developing their writing in a supportive, creative, and caring environment.  Our trained student writing consultants work with writers on a one-to-one basis, discussing writing at any point in the process, from generating ideas to drafting, revising to polishing. 

We work with each writer, considering his or her long-term goals.  Ideally, writers gradually improve with every consultation as they examine their writing processes, habits, and choices.  We understand that no two writers are alike, and our dedicated staff works to bring out the best possible writer in each person regardless of age, cultural background, or writing experience.

Contact Information
Location:	W.W. Slider Humanities Building, room 200
Phone:	(270) 384-8209
E-mail:	lwcwc@lindsey.edu

 

Hours of Operation
Monday - Thursday:	9:30 am - 5:30 pm 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm  (In the library)
Friday:	9:30 am - 1:00 pm
Saturday - Sunday:	Closed

 

Scheduling a Writing Center Visit

 You may schedule a session with a writing consultant by calling us or visiting in person.  Writers may also come into the center on a walk-in basis to see if a consultant is available.

 

What Can You Do at the Writing Center?

You can

• See what your writing does to a reader
• Work on or discuss any aspect of your project at any point in the process
• Write in a relaxed academic environment
• Relax on the couch
• Get ideas for revising a draft so it's focused and clear to a reader
• Talk to a consultant about a project even before you begin writing
• Learn options for consulting, incorporating, and citing sources
• Organize what you have written
• Ask about sentence length and variation
• Get feedback on your tone, diction, and voice
• Learn proofreading strategies
• Ask about commas, semicolons, parallelism, verb tense, etc.

 

The LWC Writing Center offers online sessions to writers at extended campuses and those working in online courses.  Online sessions last about 30 minutes and are available Mon-Thu 9:30-4:30 (Central Time).  For more information, please download these instructions for online sessions. 

 

Writing with Sources	The Writing Situation	Writing Center Information
The Research Question	Tips for Writing Your Thesis Statement	25 Writing Tips
Reading with a Double-entry Journal	Commas	Instructions for Online Sessions
Who Is Around Your Table?: A Conversation Model for Academic Writing	Faculty: Discussing Plagiarism
Information Literacy TREE

 

Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL)

MLA Formatting and Style Guide on the Purdue OWL (Free and up to date!)

APA Formatting and Style Guide on the Purdue OWL (Free and up to date!)

Grammar Exercises on the Purdue OWL

Katie Murrell Library

UNCCH Writing Center Handouts

NCTE Beliefs about the Teaching of Writing

The Citation Project

Defining and Avoiding Plagiarism: The WPA Statement on Best Practices

 

Becoming a Writing Consultant

Our consultants 1) know how difficult writing can be, 2) are active listeners, 3) are aware of their own subjectivity as readers and writers.  If you are interested in working as a writing center consultant, please contact Jared Odd.  Potential consultants must be students of Lindsey Wilson College and hold a GPA of 3.0 or higher. We encourage those interested in the position to enroll in the course Teaching and Tutoring of Writing. Students wishing to apply should have completed both Composition I and II (or an approved equivalent) with a grade of A. Additionally, applicants need to list at least two college faculty members as references, one of which must be from the English Department. Applicants must also provide a writing sample. Please stop by the W.W. Slider Humanities Building between 9am and 4 pm, Monday -Thursday, to pick up an application.