Writing Center
Kent State Columbiana Writing Center
Serving the Salem and East Liverpool campuses
Our goal is to produce better writers, not just better writing!
We help:
- Any Student
- Any Level
- Any Discipline
- Any Writing Project
- Any Stage of the Writing Process: prewriting, drafting, revision, documentation (APA, MLA, etc.), and editing (finding later-order-concern errors).
Current Appointment Types:
In-Person Appointment (Salem Campus):
Meet with a tutor at the Salem campus for a face-to-face session. In-person appointments are currently limited to certain days of the week, but Virtual Meeting appointments (Microsoft Teams) remain as an option Monday-Friday.
Virtual Meeting (Microsoft TEAMS)
Sign up for a real time appointment with a tutor by selecting an open time on KSU Scheduler. Much like an in-person session, your tutor will collaborate with you to improve your writing skills. Your tutor will guide you through the chat and video functions during your session.
Will the tutor “fix” my paper?
Tutors follow both best practices in tutoring and Kent guidelines that require YOUR individual work. While this is not an editing service, tutors WILL help you to make choices about your paper. In the long run, this will make you a stronger writer.
Questions? Please contact Maegan Richards (mrichar4@kent.edu) or call 330-337-4213.
Writing Tutoring Hours:
Sign up for a session through KSU Navigate.
Currently, you can schedule an In-Person or Virtual Meeting (Microsoft Teams) appointment for writing assistance.
SCHEDULE AN IN-PERSON APPOINTMENT
Sign up for an In-Person appointment using KSU Navigate.
- In-Person appointments will be held in the Writing Center at the Salem Campus. The Writing Center is located in the Academic Learning Commons.
SCHEDULE A VIRTUAL APPOINTMENT (MICROSOFT TEAMS)
Sign up for a real-time appointment with a writing tutor by selecting an open time in KSU Navigate. Much like an in-person session, your tutor will collaborate with you to improve your writing skills.
- Your tutor’s Microsoft Teams meeting link will be included in your appointment confirmation, appointment reminder email, as well as under your upcoming appointment information in KSU Navigate.
Questions about signing up?
Please contact Maegan Richards (mrichar4@kent.edu) or call 330-337-4213.
The Writing Center at the Columbiana Campuses offers a variety of outreach services for all instructors in all disciplines.
We can visit your class remotely to help your students with any part of the writing process. Or, we will gladly arrange a remote tour of the writing center for your students.
For more information, please email Maegan Richards (mrichar4@kent.edu)
The Writing Across the Curriculum website offers resources for teaching writing in any discipline: https://wac.colostate.edu/resources/wac/intro/.
Kent State University e-Tutoring
We ask that you sign up for Columbiana Campus tutoring sessions first, but if there is no availability, feel free to sign up for a writing session through Kent State University’s e-Tutoring site. To use this service, you will first need to sign up for an account! Instructions on how to sign up for an account are provided on the e-Tutoring homepage.
Writing Guides
- Purdue OWL: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/purdue_owl.html
- Excelsior Online Writing Lab: https://owl.excelsior.edu/
- UNC Writing Center Sources for All Parts of the Writing Process: https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/
- Tip Sheets and Mini-Videos for Common Writing Questions: COMING SOON