Virginia Tech Writing Center

01/05/2026

Happy New Year!
The Writing Center will open for the spring semester on Monday, January 26.

08/21/2024

Welcome new and returning Hokies! Our first day of services for Fall 2024 will be September 3.
Our schedules will soon be available here:

WCONLINE - The Online Scheduling, Record-keeping, Meeting, and Reporting Solution for the Support Center

06/26/2024

Great story on a former writing center coach, David Duckett!

Duckett has used the power of writing and rewriting to initiate and enrich his career. Now as a project coordinator in Technology-enhanced Learning and Online Strategies, he supplies students and faculty with new classroom technology and strategies to kick-start the next generation of innovators.

05/01/2024

Just a reminder that our last day of spring semester's services is this Friday, May 3.

The summer schedule will be available by May 20, include online services only, and run through the last week of summer session, August 9. https://vt.mywconline.com

This summer's writing center will be staffed by PhD graduate student coaches!!!

We hope we can help you with your summer writing projects!

WCONLINE - The Online Scheduling, Record-keeping, Meeting, and Reporting Solution for the Support Center

12/12/2023

10/16/2023

Travis Webster, Patrick Greene, Mears Pollard, Lin Li and Jennifer Lawrence at the recent International Writing Center Association conference in Baltimore (Oct. 11-14). We presented on various topics-- and learned even more! Time to get busy!!!!!

09/25/2023

Invitation to apply to English 3744H: Writing Center Theory and Practice (undergraduates only, please!)
Would you like to develop your communication skills by working as a writing center coach in our campus writing center? If so, you must first apply to take the tutor training course, English 3744H: Writing Center Theory and Practice.
You do not have to be an English major, or even in the humanities. In fact, the students from STEM disciplines find it to be a particularly distinctive addition to their resumes! The course satisfies honors credit.
In spring 2024, the course will be held 11:00-12:15 on T/TR, although some of class meetings are dropped in order to allow for internship hours in the Writing Center.
After the course is over, you can apply for a coaching position (starting wage $12/hr) and continue to apply for honors credit.

Application link: https://goo.gl/forms/NcyF0zTiyLvOSD182 For more information, please contact Jennifer Lawrence, Writing Center Director. Email: [email protected]

Access Google Forms with a personal Google account or Google Workspace account (for business use).

09/14/2023

SUBJECT: Writing and Publishing High Impact Journal Articles Training Program Launches in October

Dear Virginia Tech Scholars,

It is with pleasure that we announce an exciting limited time training opportunity being offered by the Virginia Tech Office of Postdoctoral Affairs this Fall for advanced graduate students (completed qualifying exam), postdoctoral associates, and early career researchers passionate about maximizing the likelihood of peer-reviewed publication success for their manuscripts.

We are targeting our first course to scholars working in the biological/life sciences space.

The 11-Week Writing & Publishing High Impact Journal Articles training program will run from October 2023 through the third week of December 2023 and will include access to a combination of On Demand video modules on Canvas combined with engaging live discussions about the content each week.

SPOTS ARE LIMITED and we anticipate high demand, as this program has been found to significantly increase manuscript publication rates at other institutions. Hence, if you are interested in enrolling, we ask that you register using the following link as soon as possible (Registration closes midnight Friday, September 22nd):

REGISTRATION LINK: https://virginiatech.questionpro.com/writing-journal-articles-series-fall-2023

If you have any questions, please do let me know – we respect your work and would be delighted to have you participate in this limited time opportunity!

Kind regards,

Chris Smith, Ph.D.

Office of Postdoctoral Affairs

Virginia Tech

[email protected]

Publication Academy Writing for Publication Series Fall 2023 - Web Survey Tools

07/02/2023

https://liberalarts.vt.edu/news/articles/2023/03/Engl-writing-center-2023.html

All writers need readers and the Writing center is a place where students can not only find readers, but receive feedback on their writing, discuss ideas with experienced coaches, and improve their writing skills in a supportive environment.

05/16/2023

https://www.wlnjournal.org/blog/2023/05/chebotaryova/
Just published article by VT Writing Center coach, Kat (Katerina Chebotaryova!)

Transitioning from high school to college highlights the disconnect between learned secondary education skills and post-secondary expectations produces anxiety, ruffles insecurity surrounding indiv…