Writing Center Policies & Procedures
WRITING CENTER
Our Policies and Procedures
Our mission is to help our clients become more confident,
independent, and successful writers.
� We do not discuss assigned grades or instructors� grading policies.
� We communicate with our clients� instructors about their visits to the
Center.
� We do not proofread for or mark sentence-level errors in our clients
writing. Instead, we use the LBH and/or handouts to help our clients become
better editors of their own writing.
� We will give clients feedback and offer suggestions for their writing, but
they are ultimately responsible for any writing that they work on in the
Center.
� Clients are limited to one appointment a week and to one appointment at a
time.
� To encourage rethinking and revising between sessions, clients are limited
to one SO-minute session every 24 hours.
� Appointments begin on the hour and typically last for 50 minutes.
Consultants will take a walk-in client if a client with a scheduled
appointment is more than 5 minutes late.
� Clients who �no show� for 2 appointments or cancel 3 appointments may only
use the Center on a walk-in basis for the rest of the semester.
� Walk-in sessions begin as soon as a consultant is available and end at 10
minutes to the hour. We take walk-ins on a first-come, first-served basis;
however, walk-in sessions will be limited to 25 minutes if another client is
waiting.
� Our computers and printer are available to all students on a firstcome,
first-served basis; however, first priority is given to clients who need a
computer during a consulting session or consultants who need a computer for
Center business.
Internet Links
YSU Writing Center
http://www.as.ysu.edu/~english/wcmain.html
YSU Poetry Center
http://www.ysu.edu/poetry-center
Other Resources