About Us
Mission Statement
The Writing Center is a pedagogical space that supports writing and research at UHM. Our primary service is one-to-one writing consultations provided free of charge to all students, faculty, and staff affiliated with the University of Hawai`i at Mānoa. Our writing consultants are trained to help writers working in different disciplines at every stage of the writing process and with various writing projects (i.e., essays, research papers, resumes, letters, creative work). To further support writers in the UHM community, we conduct themed workshops (i.e., writing abstracts, applying to grad school), class workshops on specific writing topics (i.e., punctuation, citation), and host an annual "write-in," a 2-day event where students are provided space and support to work on longer projects. While our services represent our face to the UHM community, the Writing Center is also a training site for our consultants where they learn not only about working with individual writers, but also foundational theories for teaching composition.
Student Learning Outcomes (SLO)
Learning Outcomes for Writers
Writers coming to the Writing Center will:
Engage in a collaborative writing process that spans invention through revision.
Practice information literacy by 1) using resources on writing, and 2) finding, assessing, integrating, and documenting sources
Gain awareness of available campus resources.
Learning Outcomes for Consultants
Consultants will:
Promote an understanding of writing as a social act that can be realized through active engagement with the writing process.
Acquire skills and experiences that are transferable to careers both in and out of academia by working in a multi-tiered complex working environment that demands management, teamwork, and delegation.
Develop skills for working with any writer at any stage of the writing process.
Support and encourage diverse cultural knowledge bases.
