Writing Center

The Writing Center is a student-centered resource that helps with writing and public speaking assignments for PFW Campus classes and academic-related events (this includes assistance for IUFW students!). Our consultants meet with you virtually and in-person to help you with compositional questions and concerns, like developing and supporting your thesis, understanding the rhetorical situation, organizing ideas, citing sources, improving clarity, incorporating peer and instructor comments, and more. Think of us like coaches, working with you and offering you tools to succeed!

We offer both in-person and online options! Appointments are 45 minutes long and scheduled through TutorTrac through the end of the Spring 2024 semester. Be sure to bring information about your assignment to the appointment: the assignment sheet, due dates, notes, research, and/or any drafts or outlines. It's also great to think through what you'd like to talk about with the consultant ahead of time.

If you can't find an appointment time that works for you, we have the eConsult service: submit your consultation request through our online form and in about two or three business days we'll send it back to your PFW email address with our comments and suggestions. Find links to submit your eConsult request on the Online Assistance page of our website!

No matter how you request assistance, we'll email you a consultation summary that you can give to your instructor as "proof" and also use to continue revisions on your work. If you lose the email or accidentally delete it, you can print your visit history on TutorTrac or let us know you need it to be resent!

We're also available through our instant messaging system! At the left of each page on our website is a chat box that you can use to ask quick questions.

The Writing Center and its Speech and Presentation Service are open for the Fall 2023 semester from August 28 - December 10, 2023.

We will have reduced availability for finals week in order to allow our consultants time to focus on their assignments, papers, and exams.

Please check TutorTrac for the most up-to-date availability.

Because we have a limited number of staff but serve all courses on the Purdue Fort Wayne campus, we must enforce several policies:

• You may schedule one appointment per day, per class. (If you schedule more than one appointment per day for the same class, the first appointment of the day will be kept and the following appointments for the same class will be canceled.)
• You may schedule up to three appointments per six-day period, per class.
• If you are more than 10 minutes late to a consultation, you may lose your appointment time; we will hold appointments for 10 minutes after the scheduled start time before assisting a walk-in.
• Please do not overlap submissions to the eConsult service with in-person or virtual appointments for the same assignment.
• Plan to have no more than 10 pages of text consulted on in a single appointment. (If the assignment is more than 10 pages long, please provide a 10-page range of text to focus on during the appointment.)
• We do not provide transcription or dictation services.
• We are not a drop-off proofreading or editing service.

Writing Center
Helmke Library First Floor
260-481-5740
writingcenter@pfw.edu

Kristine Frye
Director, Writing Center and Library Service Desk
Helmke Library 106
260-481-0257
kristine.frye@pfw.edu

Marie Stump
Writing Center and Library Assistant
Helmke Library 104
260-481-6312
stumpm@pfw.edu

Plan, curate, and write using our tips and tricks in our blog, The Draft.