Everyone is a writer.

All writers can benefit from collaborative tutoring.

Our focus is on helping writers to become more effective and successful communicators as they apply strategies to improve their written drafts.

Writers must maintain ownership and agency over their work.

Effective tutoring sessions are tailored to meet individual writers' uncertainties and needs.

Writing is a social, contextual, and recursive process.

Developing an effective writing process improves final written documents.

The writing process offers some challenges, but with supportive practice and persistence, these challenges become rewarding strengths.

Strategic writers prioritize collaborative feedback at all points of the writing process.

Being an effective writing tutor is an ongoing process and requires regular professional development.

Open, positive, and encouraging spaces are instrumental to learning and writing development.

The Writing Center is a supportive environment where writers can feel welcomed, valued, and respected.

All students possess writing strengths, and they are capable of being effective, successful writers.

We celebrate the unique backgrounds, invaluable expertise, and daily lived experiences that all writers share through their writing.

Tutoring consultations are collaborative conversations, where writers and tutors both contribute questions, ideas, and expertise.