The Writing Center works with any member of the DePaul community on any writing project at any stage of the writing process.
Writing Center Tutors collaborate with writers to help them develop and produce better writing. The Writing Center supports writers as they engage in academic, personal, professional, and collaborative communication. We work with writers—individually or in groups—on different types of projects across multiple disciplines and media. We help writers develop awareness of their own process(es) as they navigate different exigencies (urgencies, needs, or demands).
The Writing Center also serves as DePaul’s official source of student support for ePortfolios. Peer tutors offer insight and support for the design, technical aspects, and content of ePortfolios.
Throughout all our work—in all appointment types—we emphasize collaboration, writing, and revision.
The Writing Center uses WCOnline to organize and streamline our operations. All Writing Center staff commitments and work are recorded in WCOnline. Writing Center employees are given a certain amount of administrative access in WCOnline to register writers, view writers’ demographic information, and record their work activity by writing appointment letters.
You will receive WCOnline administrative access beginning your first quarter working as a tutor.
If for any reason you find your account does not have administrative access, please contact the Operations Student Manager (OSM)s via Slack or email, who can grant you administrative access.
Writers may schedule appointments for 30 minutes, 1 hour, 1.5 hours, or 2 hours depending on the appointment type: