Fall 2025 Hours: August 25 - December 7, 2025
- Monday, 10a.m. - 5 p.m.
- Tuesday, 10a.m. - 5 p.m.
- Wednesday, 10a.m. - 5 p.m.
- Thursday, 10a.m. - 5 p.m.
Closures
- We are closed when classes are not in session: If the Kent campus closes due to weather, for example, we close as well.
- In Fall 2025, we will be closed for Labor Day Weekend and Labor Day (8/30 - 9/1), Fall Break (10/2 - 10/5); Thanksgiving Recess (11/26 - 11/30).
During the hours we are open, we can answer quick questions!
We Offer Three Session Types
- Choose the "In-Person Meeting" session type for a face-to-face meeting in person with a writing consultant at our location on the 4th floor of the library.
- Choose the "Teams Meeting" session type for a video conference with a writing consultant, using your Kent State University Teams meeting application.
- Or send your work to the Writing Commons for Email Feedback from your writing consultant.
Read More about Scheduling Sessions!
All student writers can benefit from the feedback and support the Writing Commons provides. Visit us to see how we can help you!
For Students, By Students
The Writing Commons is staffed by undergraduate students and graduate students from a variety of majors and programs! We know the struggles you are going through. Whether you are having trouble brainstorming for your first college essay, formatting your lab report, organizing your creative work, or revising your thesis or dissertation, our writing consultants can help.
"Maybe in a perfect world, all writers would have their own ready auditor... who would not only listen but draw them out, ask them questions they would not think to ask themselves. A writing center is an institutional response to this need."- Stephen M. North, "The Idea of a Writing Center." College English 46.5 (1984): 433-46.
Spring 2024 Hours: January 21 - December 8, 2024
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday: 9AM - 9PM
Thursday, Friday: 9AM - 5PM
Saturday: 12 Noon - 5PM
Sunday: 3PM - 9PM
(We are closed when classes are not in session. We are closed for Spring Recess.)
Phone: 330-672-1787
Email: writing@kent.edu
Instagram: @kentstatewritingcommons Facebook: @ksuwc
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Please note: When classes are not in session, the Writing Commons is closed. When weather or other emergencies cause the Kent campus to delay or cancel classes on the Kent campus, the Writing Commons closes.
Location
The Writing Commons is located on the 4th floor of the University Library, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio campus. Simply take a left out of the stairwell or two lefts off the elevator to find us.