The Writing Place

Room 2304 University Library, North Tower, Second Floor
Phone: (847) 467-2791 || E-mail: writingplace@northwestern.edu
The Writing Place is a service of the WCAS Writing Program, Northwestern University.

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Locations

Evanston Campus Main Writing Place

University Library Room 2304

The main Writing Place is open to all students in the university. We are open seven days a week. To see the schedule and make an appointment, click the "Make an Appointment" link and check the schedule.

Chicago Campus Writing Place

Schaffner Library, 2nd floor

The Chicago Campus Writing Place offers tutoring to School of Continuing Study students and other Northwestern students who are located on the Chicago campus. The center offers both onsite and distance tutoring.

Graduate Writing Place

Kresge Hall Room 2-260

The Graduate Writing Place provides writing consultations for PhD students throughout the university. To make an appointment at the Graduate Place, write to writingplace@northwestern.edu and provide a brief description of what you are working on.

PhD students and Masters students are also welcome at main Writing Place. Graduate students in the School of Continuing Studies may also use the services of the Chicago Campus Writing Place.

Appointments

To make an appointment at the Evanston "University Library" Writing Place or Chicago Campus Writing Place, click the link above.

Writers can make up to two hours of appointments per week. If, in an emergency, you need an additional appointment, please e-mail writingplace@northwestern.edu with your reasons and request.

To make an appointment at the Graduate Writing Place, click the link above to register on the site and to check appointment availability. Then write to writingplace@northwestern.edu to request and appointment. Please provide a brief description of what you are working on.

To cancel an appointment:

click on the make an appointment link above, log in, and click on the red cancel link at the top of the screen, and then delete your appointment.

If you need to cancel an appointment, we request that you do so as soon as possible, but at least one hour in advance. This allows others to take advantage of the appointment time.

The Writing Place is Northwestern's peer tutoring center for writers. Whether you are writing a paper for a class, composing application letters and essays, or working on some other writing project, a Writing Place consultant can help you at any stage of the writing process, from talking about ideas to developing a plan to preparing the final copy.

Consultations are free and available to anyone in the Northwestern community: undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, or staff.

Before making an appointment, you must register online, using your Northwestern e-mail address. That will become your Writing Place log-in. Please choose a password that is different from your NU computer password.

Dissertation Bootcamp

For information about the December 2011 Dissertation Bootcamp, click here.

Graduate Student Workshops

Graduate Students interested in the Peer Writing Group workshop to be held on November 9 from 4-6pm can click on the following link for more information and to register: http://peerwritinggroup.eventbrite.com/

Are you interested in becoming a tutor?

The Writing Place hires talented juniors and seniors to work as writing consultants. We will be accepting applications for 2012-2013 in the spring. If you are interested in applying for next year, contact Professor Barbara Shwom in the WCAS Writing Program, Kresge 2-245, Evanston Campus. (bshwom@northwestern.edu or 847-491-7690). As part of tutor training, all new tutors will enroll in English 304, Practical Rhetoric: Issues in Tutoring Writing. For a course description, click here .

Are you a Northwestern faculty member?

If you are interested in finding out more about how your students can benefit from working with a Writing Place consultant, please contact the Director of the Writing Place, Barbara Shwom (bshwom@northwestern.edu).

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©2005 The Writing Place, Northwestern University
Room 2304 University Library, North Tower, Second Floor || http://www.writing.northwestern.edu
Phone: (847) 467-2791 Email: writingplace@northwestern.edu
A service of the WCAS Writing Program || http://www.writingprogram.northwestern.edu