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 virtual or in-person, 45 minutes long, and scheduled through Navigate. Be sure to have information about your assignment ready to access at your 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.

The Writing Center is using Navigate for appointment scheduling and availability. You can use the Navigate app, or go through goPFW to access Navigate and schedule your appointment!

Access Navigate

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 write up a consultation summary to help you remember what was discussed in your consultation. That summary, as well as your appointment information, will be in Navigate so if your instructor has required the visit or will give you extra points for using our services, they can see you completed the requirement and the appointment information.

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 will open for the Fall 2024 semester from September 3, 2024 - December 15, 2024. We close for all holidays and campus closures, such as Labor Day (September 2, 2024), Fall Break (October 21 & 22), and Thanksgiving Break (November 27 - December 1).

Please check Navigate 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. If you schedule more than one appointment per day, the first appointment will be kept and the following appointments will be canceled.
• You may schedule up to three appointments per week.
• 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

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