Writing Skills


The following resources are available through Cornerstone

The Writing Help Desk

The writing help desk is available to all undergraduate students, working on any kind of writing, in any stage of their writing process.  It is in Gregg Hall on the first floor, in Cornerstone.  You can swipe in at the south entrance.  Just drop in to get feedback from a trained undergraduate writing mentor on your writing!

Fall 2009

  • Sundays 8-10 PM in Village House Room 13 (Lower Level)
  • Tuesdays and Wednesdays 8-10pm and Thursdays 7-9pm in the Cornerstone Reading Room
Writing Residential Peer Mentors

Writing Residential Peer Mentors, or WRPMs, are available to help all undergraduates through any stage of the writing process on any kind of writing—from brainstorming to outlining to drafting to revising.  The WRPMs hold office hours in dorm buildings, but are available to work with any undergraduate who lives in other dorms or off campus, as well.  The office hours are drop-in hours, and the WRPMs post flyers in each dorm with their location within the dorm.

Kim Daily
kldaily@wustl.edu
Tue 7-10pm Dardick 2 Study Room
Sun 6-9pm   
Arielle Greene
agreene@wustl.edu
Wed 7-10pm Koenig 2 Study Room
Sun 2-5 pm
Arielle Schreck
amschrec@wustl.edu
Wed & Thu 8-10pm Park Multipurpose Room
Sun 4-6pm
David Spitz
djspitz@wustl.edu
Tue 9pm-12am Lien Library
Thu 9pm-12am
Kate Williamson
kwilliamson@wustl.edu
Wed 8-11pm Danforth 2 West Study Room
Sun 5-8pm

 

The Writing Fellows Program

This program places undergraduate writing fellows with specific classes, and the fellows support students by commenting on student drafts and meeting individually with the students before the final draft of a paper is due.  If your course has a writing fellow, make the most of the opportunity!

The following other writing-related resources are available at the University

The Writing Center – http://artsci.wustl.edu/~writing Located in Eads Hall on the Hilltop campus, the Writing Center works with undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty on any kind of writing, at any step of the writing process. Appointments highly recommended.

The English Language Programhttp://artsci.wustl.edu/~esl/

Students for whom English is a second language can benefit from working with this program, in Stix House.  This program is specially designed to help non-native speakers of English.

Coordinator Contact Information

The writing programs coordinator at Cornerstone is Fran Hooker.  Please feel free to contact her if you have any questions.

Fran Hooker
Campus Box 1135
314-935-8099
fhooker@wustl.edu

Useful Links
  • The OWL at Purdue: a great resource for all writers.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu

  • Google Scholar: the most comprehensive, wonderful place to find scholarly sources.

http://scholar.google.com

  • Washington University Libraries: our library is awesome.

http://library.wustl.edu