In conjunction with the Department of English, the Writing Center provides writing instruction to GW students at all levels of experience and expertise. Students are assisted in identifying writing problems and learning how best to express ideas. Tutors provide assistance in such areas as organizing a mass of information efficiently and clearly, using correct grammar and punctuation, getting started on a writing project, developing a thesis, providing evidence in support of an argument, and presenting the findings of an experiment or the solution to a research problem. The Speech and Hearing Center The Speech and Hearing Center provides diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of speech, language, and hearing disorders. These include developmental impairments of articulation and language, stuttering, voice disorders, and speech and language impairments resulting from neurological damage.
Services are available for persons wishing to modify a regional dialect or foreign accent.
Evaluation and aural rehabilitation are also provided for hearing-impaired individuals. The Speech and Hearing Center operates in conjunction with the Department of Speech and Hearing. The objectives of this organization are to unite the graduates who wish to associate themselves for charitable, educational, literary, and scientific purposes, and to promote the general welfare of the University. Membership in the Association is conveyed automatically to anyone who has been graduated from any school or division of the University. Graduates of Center for Career Education certificate programs are also eligible.