Academic Resource Center

Writing Lab

The Academic Resource Center provides writing assistance to Ohio Dominican students on a drop-in basis for any part of a student's composition needs. The Write Place, Spangler 204B provides a comfortable setting for lively one-on-one sessions.

Tutors are available during the following hours:

Monday - Thursday 10:00am - 9:00pm
Friday 10:00am - 3:00pm

Additional hours by appointment
Hours vary during summer, holidays and semester breaks.

Basics of College Composition
This presentation is a review of the basics of writing college-level compositions and reports. (This slide presentation requires you have installed Microsoft PowerPoint).

What The Write Place Does for ODU Students

The Write Place provides free writing assistance on an individualized basis for any ODU student. Help with writing is provided at any stage of the writing process and can be on a one-time or extended-time basis. Writing specialists may provide access to reference books, handouts, and computers and may provide assistance for any writing task from brainstorming to identifying grammar and punctuation errors. Students who come to the ARC for writing assistance can expect to be active participants who collaborate with the writing specialist about their specific composition concerns.

In general, writing specialists provide assistance with the following tasks:

• generating ideas and selecting a thesis
• planning and developing
• organizing
• improving style and clarity
• building confidence and ease in writing

What a student should expect when seeing a writing tutor:

• help in understanding a specific writing assignment
• collaboration and active discussion concerning the organization, development, and coherence of writing
• explanation of patterns of error in writing, such as punctuation mistakes
• a primary focus on improving as a writer, and a secondary focus on creating better papers
• a referral, if necessary, to one of the ARC professional faculty members

What should the student bring?

• A copy of the writing assignment
• Any background information, including research or works cited materials
• A draft of the paper

How can you help us?

• If we are busy with other students, make yourself comfortable while you wait.
• Allow sufficient time to collaborate with us. An ideal session lasts about thirty minutes.
• Be actively engaged and open to our suggestions.
• If you think that we do good work, encourage other ODU students to bring their papers to us.
• Complete an evaluation form to let us know how we are doing

There is NO drop-off editing or proofreading service!

Contact Vicki Lefevre at lefevrev@ohiodominican.edu or (614) 251-4510 if you have questions, comments, or concerns about the Academic Resource Center writing tutors.

*NOTE: As indicated in the Academic Resource Center Policy Statement for the Write Place, the role of the Writing Specialist is to help you with the content, mechanics, and format of your essay. That help, however, does not guarantee a particular grade or instructor approval. The party responsible for the quality of any paper is the writer.