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

Summer A 2012 Hours of Operation:

Mondays: 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. (Closed Memorial Day.)

Tuesdays: 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Wednesdays: 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Thursdays: 10:00 a.m.- 3:00 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 Monday, May 28th in observance of Memorial Day.

Procedures for Distance Learning students who want help with their writing:

We are happy to assist distance learning students via phone or email.  If you have a quick question you can call during our hours of operation: Mondays 10-3, Tuesdays 10-3, Wednesdays 10-3, and Thursdays 10-3.

The Writing Center phone number is 239-590-7141.  Please identify yourself as a distance learning student.  Unless all of the tutors are working with someone, a tutor can anwer your question.  If a tutor isn't immediately available, give the receptionist your email address and let him or her know the question. 

If you would like help with essay drafts, you can send them to Carol Bledsoe, Writing Center Director, via email as a Word document attachment (cbledsoe@fgcu.edu).  Provide course and assignment information, and specify one area in which you would like the tutor to provide assistance (see below).  Please allow 48 hours (not including weekends or holidays) for a Writing Consultant to respond.

Course Number and Title:

Instructor:

Assignment due date:

Level (ACE, freshman, sophomore, junior, senior, or graduate):

Assignment instructions:  (You can cut and paste these into the message.)

Choose one of the following areas:

 ___ prewriting (generating ideas/topics)

 ___ writing/refining the thesis statement

 ___ development (adding evidence/details/descriptions)

 ___ MLA, APA, or Turabian documentation

 ___ mechanics (punctuation, word usage)