Picture this: It is the fourth week of the semester, and your first paper is due in English Composition 101; you’ve listened intently, taken notes and completed the exercises, but still feel uneasy about presenting your paper to the professor. “How can I turn this in?” you ask yourself, thinking that all the work you’ve poured into this essay will now be marked with red ink. What should you do?

Go to the Writing Center!

When you are tossed in the throes of the learning process, you want to know that help is available. At any point in the writing process, you can make use of the free tutoring services offered by the Writing Center. Our mission is to lead students into better writing habits by connecting them with peer tutors—tutors who have already succeeded in many of VI’s writing-intensive courses. The Writing Center is conveniently located in Hodges Hall where our staff is available to help in every step of the writing process—from invention to revision—for any course.

Services

• One-on-one writing tutoring
• Computer use for writing papers
• Help with online research
• Assistance with documentation styles
  

Staff
The Writing Center staff consists of a full-time director and eight to 10 part-time peer writing advisors. These advisors are students who have demonstrated writing excellence in many of VI’s writing-intensive courses, received faculty recommendations and have been trained by the director. They work individually with students to increase their knowledge of the writing process and to encourage their growth as independent writers.

 

 

Hours

Monday - Thursday 10 am - 9 pm

Friday - 10 am - 4 pm
Saturday - Closed

Sunday - 6 pm - 9 pm

For more information, contact the Writing Center at tutor@vic.edu, (276) 466-7965 or VI Box #350, Virginia Intermont College, Bristol, Virginia 24201.