The Graduate Writing Center

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The Graduate Writing Center

• Emily Heady, Ph.D.
• Director, Graduate Writing Center

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What Is It?

• Established in 2006 as part of the Quality
  Enhancement Plan (QEP)
• Seeks to improve graduate student writing
• Spearheads cross-curricular efforts to train
  students to write better (and faculty to teach
  writing more effectively)

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Who Works Here?

• Director Emily Heady (holds B.A. in Spanish and
  English and M.A. and Ph.D. in English)
• Assistant Director Shelah Simpson (holds B.A.
  and M.A. in English currently seeking Ph.D.)
• Tutors Five trained graduate students from
  various disciplines across the university
• Library Liaison Tyler Veak (holds B.A., M.A.,
  and Ph.D. in philosophy currently pursuing M.S.
  in Library and Information Science)

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Services for Students

• One-on-one tutoring
• ESL conversation practice
• ESL reading groups
• Citation help
• Grammar help
• Online aids

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Services for Faculty

• Classroom presentations
• Writing assignment assistance
• Rubric writing
• Workshops
• Manuscript commentary
• Online materials

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Web Resources

• PowerPoints for classroom and personal use,
  including plagiarism prevention presentations
• Worksheets for classroom and tutoring use
• Quick-answer e-mail query link
• See www.liberty.edu/graduatewritingcenter

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How To Contact Us

• Come by Campus North 1877 to schedule an
  appointment.
• Call 592-4727
• E-mail graduatewriting_at_liberty.edu