Welcome!
We're here to assist you with any writing project, at any stage of your writing process. The center's well-trained peer consultants can help you to brainstorm ideas, organize content, integrate research, polish a draft, and correctly document sources.
Any graduate or undergraduate GVSU student can make an appointment or take advantage of our drop-in hours simply by coming into the center with a draft of your writing. Faculty and staff interested in writing consultations for their own work and our other services can call 616-331-2922.
Still have questions? Feel free to call, stop by, or email us!
Hours and Locations
Winter Hours (January 16 - April 21)
The writing center provides drop-ins and appointments for 30 minutes. Graduate students and non-native English speakers can request 50-minute appointments.
We offer multiple locations (Allendale, downtown, online) for your convenience, but students are limited to one consultation per day. We encourage you to come early in your writing process.
Exam week hours (April 23-28) are available and will be posted in late March.
ALLENDALE |
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LAKE ONTARIO HALL, 120 |
Monday - Thursday : 9am-6pm Friday : 9am-3pm Sunday : 2pm-6pm |
MARY IDEMA PEW LIBRARY, KNOWLEDGE MARKET |
Sunday - Thursday : 6pm-11pm |
DOWNTOWN, GR |
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STEELCASE KNOWLEDGE MARKET |
Monday - Thursday : 11am-6pm |
CHS, 100 |
Monday & Thursday: 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. |
ONLINE |
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GOOGLE DOCS |
Monday - Wednesday : 8pm-12am |
EMAIL (Special Permission Needed) |
This service is only available to graduate students, online students, and those taking classes in Muskegon, Traverse City, or Holland. To submit, use this Web Form. Please allow 72 hours from time of submission for feedback. |
EXAM WEEK HOURS
EXAM WEEK HOURS
For the week of Sunday, April 22nd - Thursday, April 26th, the Writing Center will offer special hours.
There will be drop-ins and appointments available.
ALLENDALE |
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LAKE ONTARIO HALL, 120 |
Sunday, April 22nd: 2pm-5pm Monday, April 23rd: 9am-6pm Tuesday, April 24th: 9am-6pm Wednesday, April 25th: 9am-11am & 1pm-5pm (CLOSED @ 11AM-1PM Thursday, April 26th: 9am-5pm |
MARY IDEMA PEW LIBRARY, KNOWLEDGE MARKET |
Sunday, April 22nd: 6pm-10pm Monday, April 23rd: 6pm-10pm Tuesday, April 24th: 6pm-10pm |
DOWNTOWN, GR |
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STEELCASE KNOWLEDGE MARKET |
Monday, April 23rd: 11am-6pm Tuesday, April 24th: 11am-6pm Wednesday, April 25th: 2pm-5pm Thursday, April 26th: 2pm-5pm |
CHS, 100 |
Monday, April 23rd: 11am-2pm |
ONLINE |
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GOOGLE DOCS |
Monday, April 23rd: 8pm-12am Tuesday, April 24th: 8pm-12am Wednesday, April 25th: 8pm-12am |
Spring 2018 Hours & Locations
For questions about our Spring hours and locations, click here!
News
No Appointment Necessary!
September 11, 2017
At our physical locations in Lake Ontario Hall, the Mary Idema Pew Library Knowledge Market and the Steelcase Knowledge Market, all our hours have consultants available for both drop-ins and appointments. Every hour we have consultants available to assist
Click here for our printable plugger with information about our hours and locations.
Featured Stories
Exam Cram!
It's Exam Cram time!
In addition to extended hours in the library, there will also be events throughout the week meant to help you, comfort you, or de-stress you while you prepare for the last big push of your semester. For more information, please visit Exam Cram's Webpage here.
Community Reading Project
Have you heard about the new Community Reading Project book, All The Single Ladies?
Check out our information and resources under WRITING RESOURCES -- or click here for the direct link
Language Diversity Initiative
We recognize that one's home-language is a foundational component to one's sense of self. The ways we speak, write, listen, or sign are expressions of who we are, have been, or hope to be. Our mission is to validate all identities and provide every person with respect for their dignity and understanding through empathy; therefore, we are passionate about creating and maintaining a space for all students to feel comfortable and encouraged to exercise their natural identities free from judgement, criticism, or rejection.
Whether you're coming to the Writing Center or the Knowledge Market for help with writing, researching, or speaking, we believe you have the right to your own voice.
Learn more about our Linguistic Diversity Initiative
New Resource: The Communication Triangle Post Card
When writing for your class...
In collaboration with Writing Across the Curriculum, the Writing Center has drafted a helpful resource regarding "the Communication Triangle" (often referred to as "the Rhetorical Triangle"). By using this post-card, writers can have a helpful guided experience with the following:
- Writing for a reader
- Writing within a context
- Writing with a purpose
- Reading any genre
- Reading new information
- Picking topics
For more information about ways in which writers exist in a communication context, consider viewing our helpful handouts; there, you can find information about audience expectations, language and jargon, genre facts, and much more!
Writing in Your Major: Genre Guides
Did you know that we have guides to help you write in your discipline?
Whether it's nursing, biology, engineering, or mathematics, the Writing Center has worked with faculty to provide you with helpful handouts about the expectations of each field. Check them out here.
Have other questions? Stop in and visit! Or call us at 331-2922.