The FGCU Writing Center assists student writers through free, accessible, learning-based writing consultations.  Our primary goals are to help students improve their abilities to think independently, to write critically, and to learn and implement strategies that will assist them in producing effective writing assignments.

Consultants help writers with brainstorming, formulating a clear thesis, developing their ideas, and revising.  Writing Center sessions are designed to assist writers in improving their ability to revise independently.  Writing Consultants also help writers identify issues of style and mechanics; however, they do not edit or proofread. Our goal is to help student writers improve overall skills (rather than merely working on one specific paper) by providing strategies and practice that will help them discover options and make choices they can build on independently. The writer is an active participant in the session. After a thirty-minute session in which the writer and consultant work on one or two goals defined by the writer, students are expected to produce writing independently.

• Thirty-minute Writing Center consultations are available on a walk-in basis.
• The Writing Center is located in Library West, 202C. Library West is not accessible from the main Library building (Library East).  Phone: 239/590-7141
• Writing Center Director: Carol Bledsoe  Phone: 239/590-7251  Email: cbledsoe@fgcu.edu Office: Library West 202A

Spring 2012 Hours of Operation

Mondays: 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. 

Tuesdays: 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Wednesdays: 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Thursdays: 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Fridays: 11:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Satellite Writing Center Locations and Hours of Operation

North Lake Village Eagles' Landing Meeting Room: Wednesdays 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Palmetto Hall 5th Floor Study Room: Thursdays 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Please note: Final sessions for the day begin 30 minutes prior to close.  If each Writing Consultant is working with someone at this time, you will need to return at a different time. 

The Writing Center is open on days classes are in session.  The Center is closed on Martin Luther King, Jr. day and during spring break.  Limited hours will be offered during finals week (days and times TBA).

Spring 2012 Workshop Schedule

APA Documentation Format Workshop:

Thursday, Feb. 16^th, 4:00-5:15 p.m. AB5 112 and

Tuesday, March 27^th, 2:00-3:15 p.m. Reed Hall 146

Grammar Workshop:

Tuesday, Feb. 21^st, 2:00-3:15 p.m. Reed Hall 146 and

Monday, March 19^th, 5:00-6:15 p.m. Merwin Hall 110

MLA Documentation Format Workshop:

Thursday, Feb. 23^rd, 2:00-3:15 p.m. Merwin Hall 115 and

Friday, March 23^rd, 10:00-11:00 a.m. Whitaker Hall 129

Incorporating Source Materials Workshop:

Friday, Feb. 24^th, 10:00-11:00 a.m. Merwin Hall 115