Writing Center

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Welcome to the UNLV Writing Center!




 

Congratulations to our graduates:

Carol (Dec '09: MA English)

Jacquie (May '10: PhD English)

Stephanie (Aug '10: MA English)

Brittany (May '11: BA Communication Studies)

Jeanne (May '11: BS Secondary Education)

Karen (May '11: PhD English)

Laura (May '11: MFA Creative Writing)

Natalie (May '11: PhD Curriculum & Instruction)

 

Thank you for your interest in the Writing Center!

Our main center is located in Central Desert Complex - Building 3.
We also help students on the second floor of Lied Library.
Check below for our hours of operation.

The Writing Center workshops will start on February 6, 2012.
For more information, please go to our schedule.


What does the Writing Center do?

Although we do not proofread or edit papers, we offer free help to UNLV students and staff with any writing project, from papers to creative writing to resumes, and at any stage of the writing process. We can help you brainstorm, make an outline, work on your drafts, or just be a soundboard for your ideas. We can assist you in person, or you can send us your paper using the form on our Online Writing Lab (Owl) page.

We also have a computer lab with 13 computers for student use. Our lab is open every day except Saturday during the fall and spring semesters, and Monday through Friday during summer sessions II and III. Come in to work on your drafts, do research, or work with a consultant.

During a consultation, you have 45 minutes of undivided attention from one of our consultants. While you read your writing out loud, we listen or look for gaps in ideas, problems in organization, grammatical errors, and style. Together we can then address the questions and needs you have during your consultation. There's more to writing well than just grammar, and so we look at the whole paper.

We may not get to everything in a paper during one 45-minute session, but any time spent on improving writing skills can only make students better writers.

To make an appointment, please call us at 895-3908 or drop by the Writing Center (CDC Building 3).

Walk-ins are sometimes available, but we recommend making an appointment well ahead of the date your assignment is due.


Spring 2012 Schedule:

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 9am to 6:30pm

Thursday

9am to 6:00pm

Friday

9am to 5:30pm

Saturday

Closed

Sunday

12pm to 7pm

 

Spring 2012 Lied Library Schedule:

Tuesday 10:30am to 12:30pm and 1:30 to 2:30pm

Wednesday

1:30 to 2:30pm

Thursday

1:30 to 2:30pm

Sunday

12 to 2pm and 3 to 4pm

 



Location: CDC 3 (In the Central Desert Complex, south of the grass field)

writing center map




4505 S. Maryland Parkway | Box 455043
Las Vegas, NV 89154-5043
Main (702) 895-3908 | Fax (702) 895-4480
writingcenter@unlv.edu

Monday, 30-Jan-2012 08:23:18 PST