ments take precedence, walk-ins are welcome in-person and accommodated when there is space available. Regular hours for face-to-face and online appointments are 12 noon-5 and 7-10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, 12 noon-4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 12 noon-5 and 7-10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday; and 12 noon-4 p.m. Friday and Saturday; we are also open for tutoring during Chapel Hour (11 a.m. to 12 noon) on Wednesdays. Contact information includes our phone: (309) 556-3858, our director’s email: bjarvisf@iwu.edu, and our social media including Instagram: @IWUWC, YouTube @Tutoring at Illinois Wesleyan, and Twitter: @IWUWC. Our director’s office is located in The Ames Library, room 110. AAdditional resources from the academic skills series can be found here: www.iwu.edu/academics/skills/. Furthermore, our writing partner program handbook is available here: www.iwu.edu/writing/mellon-grant/writing_ partner_handbook.pdf. More about each program can be found below. WRITING CENTER TUTORS Tutors in the Writing Center are trained to follow a writer-centric method of peer tutoring. They help writers by acting as therapeutic listeners who ask questions, provide support, and address concerns. They work to encourage students to evaluate their ideas, argument, content, and style. Tutors are trained to help with class papers; (e)portfolios; documentation; web pages; oral presentations; lab reports; and all other writing tasks, in academic, professional, and personal capacities. They also teach writers invention, argumentation, drafting, citation, and copyediting strategies these writers can use on their own as they hone their writing processes. Peer writing center tutors help students with all the stages of the writing process, from those first rough ideas through prewriting, collecting supporting material, drafting, and final edits. Writing center tutors are also happy to work with students on non-academic writing, either writing their peers are doing for fun or potential publication. As a result of their depth of knowledge, the WCTS staff believes that everyone in the IWU community can benefit from their support. Writing tutors who are well-versed in a given subject, even if it is not in their major, are often selected by faculty to become writing partners. In those instances, tutors meet regularly with students from a specific course to enhance their writing and communication skills. The writing partner program differs from the CET program, explained below. STUDENT SUCCESS TUTORS Those individuals selected to support student success and retention on campus provide assistance with everything from note taking strategies to methods for avoiding procrastination before deadlines. Through the academic skills series, these tutors also offer workshops on a variety of subjects focused on student concerns and academic challenges. Additionally, they are trained to support their peers in a one-on-one setting through WCOnline via face-to-face or online appointments. Ultimately, student success tutors help their peers expand their study skills and organizational strategies to become more academically successful. Whether a student is looking to build their academic skill set from scratch, or simply wants feedback and new ideas, Student Success Tutors are here to help their peers. Students can schedule time with them to learn about note taking, test preparation, time management, presentation skills, and more.
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