The St. Louis University Writing Center, established in 1984, is an integral component of the Student Educational Services Center. Consultants who provide this tutoring are required to have earned, at the minimum, a Bachelor s Degree. This tutoring focuses on helping students to improve their writing by assisting them with writing projects assigned by their instructors. Experience has shown that students are more likely to seek tutoring when they feel they are receiving assistance that is directly related to a course assignment. Consultants ask questions designed to stimulate and provoke student thinking.
Students also receive help in improving grammar, diction, sentence structure, syntax, and mechanics.
The Writing Center staff works in an encouraging and friendly manner which promotes pride in the craft of writing, self-motivation, and personal responsibility. Students schedule one hour appointments in the Writing Center. After each meeting, the Writing Center staff member completes and mails a report to the instructor, a copy of which is kept on file in the Writing Center. This report objectively describes the work done during the conferencing session. Instructors generally like to receive these reports, which demonstrate that the students are serious about their assignment and want to produce the best document possible.