The Dillard University Writing Center provides free academic support to help students with writing assignments from all disciplines. Writing Center consultants and peer tutors can assist students with crafting arguments, organizing essays, drafting and revising, using proper citation styles, and avoiding plagiarism. However, the Writing Center does not proofread or write papers for students, nor do consultants judge the quality of submitted work. The goal is to empower students to become stronger, more confident writers through 30-minute tutoring sessions focused on overcoming writing challenges.

1. What Can the Dillard University DILLARD
Writing Center Do For You?
UNIVERSITY
The Dillard University Writing WRITING
Center instructors and peer
consultants can help you: CENTER
 Overcome anxieties about
writing
 Craft a clear, multifaceted
argument
 Organize your essay
 Draft and revise introduction,
body, and conclusion
paragraphs
 Identify and integrate sources
to support your argument or
position
 Use discipline-specific docu- Dillard University Writing Center
mentation such as APA, MLA, Albert Dent Hall Writing Help @ Dillard University
CSE, and others Room 162
 Avoid plagiarism Phone: 504-816-4180
Dillard University Writing Center
E-mail: dtyler@dillard.edu
Albert Dent Hall
Room 162
(504) 816 - 4180
Funded by Title III (504) 816 - 4659

2. What We Don’t Do:
Dillard University Many misconceptions circulate regarding what
we do and don't do in the Dillard University
 Proofread or "correct" papers. We
Writing Center Writing Center. To avoid any misunderstanding
about what we do and don’t do, here’s a point out errors and teach clients
summary. how to correct them, but the client
does the correcting, not us.
The Dillard University Writing Center is  Accept "drop off" papers to review
What We Do:
a free academic support service for all while the client goes to lunch or to
Dillard University students. It is a place class.
 Assist students, across all disciplines, in
where students may work on their
exploring, generating, and evaluating  Write for the client. We may ask
writing projects and improve their their ideas in a non-evaluative environ- the client questions that can help
writing skills. ment. him/her get the right ideas to
Students from all  Provide one-on-one or small-group include, but we do not compose or
courses will benefit tutoring sessions on various types of suggest sentences.
from having someone writing assignments and projects.  Judge whether the paper is an A, B,
read their writing  Conduct writing-related workshops. C, D, or F paper.
during a 30-minute
writing consultation.  Provide thoughtful and constructive
feedback on writing assignments.
Students who attend
 Provide information and resources
writing consultations comprehend their related to the writing process through
assignments, see improvements in their topic-related tutoring sessions.
written and oral communications skills,
 Help writers see their writing strengths
and develop effective self-editing skills.
and writing weaknesses.
Writing Center Consultations
The peer consultants do not
Some of the writing concerns we often
A 30-minute tutoring session involves a edit students’ papers. Our
address:
consultant asking open-ended questions
goal is to empower students
about the writing assignment and/or paper,  overall organization or structure of
the essay (letter, report, etc.) with strategies for self-editing
reading a portion or the entire paper,  strength of the thesis and topic sentences
responding to the paper by picking one or  development of content so they can become more
two concerns to discuss, and collaborating  documentation of source material confident writers.
 clarity of explanation
with you to discuss how the writing errors
 grammar and mechanics
may be resolved.