Writers Need Readers!

First-year student? Grad student? Faculty? Staff member? Alumni? All members of the Hofstra Community are welcome at the University Writing Center. You can meet face-to-face (or online in real time) with one of our qualified tutors. Wherever you are in your writing process—working toward a topic, developing your ideas, structuring your argument, revising and polishing drafts—we can help.

To make an appointment, go to our website: Hofstra University Writing Center 

On the light-blue menu bar, click on  "SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT."  (First-time users will need to fill out the required information to register.) Then select the date and time for your appointment.

 We will also accommodate walk-in appointments if we have a free tutor.

Fall Term 2012

Writers Need Readers!

First-year student? Grad student? Faculty? Staff member? All members of the Hofstra Community are welcome at the University Writing Center. You can meet face-to-face (or online in real time) with one of our qualified tutors. Wherever you are in your writing process—working toward a topic, developing your ideas, structuring your argument, revising and polishing drafts—we can help. 

The Hofstra University Writing Center will open for Fall Term 2012 on Monday 17 September.

To make an appointment, go to our website: Hofstra University Writing Center  

On the light-blue menu bar, click on  "SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT."  (First-time users will need to fill out the required information to register.) Then select the date and time for your appointment . Fill out the from and at the bottom, be sure to select either

• No--Meet face-to-face at the Center

or

• Yes--Meet Online.

If you're meeting face-to-face, just bring the paper/assignment with you to the Writing Center.

If you are meeting online, the tutor in the time-slot you have chosen will receive an email informing her or him of the appointment. If you choose to meet online, you'll need upload your paper to Google Docs prior to the appointment and log onto your Google Docs account at the time of your appointment.

For a brief instructional video about uploading a paper to Google Docs and meeting a tutor online, click the following link: Online Writing Center Appointments.

 We will also accommodate walk-in appointments if we have a free tutor.

SUMMER 2012

Get help with your writing this summer!

During Summer Sessions 1 & 2, come to the Writing Center--either in Mason Hall 102 or online. When you make your appointment (which you do by clicking on the link in the top menu bar that says "SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT"), select either

• No--Meet face-to-face at the Center

or

• Yes--Meet Online.

If you're meeting face-to-face, just bring the paper/assignment with you to the Writing Center.

If you are meeting online, the tutor in the time-slot you have chosen will receive an email informing her or him of the appointment. If you choose to meet online, you'll need upload your paper to Google Docs prior to the appointment and log onto your Google Docs account at the time of your appointment.

For a brief instructional video about uploading a paper to Google Docs and meeting a tutor online, click the following link: Online Writing Center Appointments.

 We will also accommodate walk-in appointments if we have a free tutor.