The
Writing Center schedules a limited number of walk-in tutoring
hours each semester during which time a student can come
in without an appointment and meet with a tutor. Walk-in
sessions are also possible when regularly scheduled appointments
get canceled; in such cases, tutors are often available,
so students should check with the Writing Center's front
desk staff for availability. Regularly scheduled walk-in
hours are posted in the Writing Center at the beginning
of each semester.
Typically
lasting only about 15 minutes, these sessions are geared
toward answering questions of limited scope (e.g., how
to use a comma? how to correctly cite a periodical using
MLA formatting?). More involved issues, such as planning
a paper, developing techniques for better paragraphing,
and learning strategies for more effective sentences,
usually are better addressed over a series of appointments
with a regularly scheduled tutor.
