For Faculty
The Center for Writing takes pride in our support of TCU’s instructional mission. Our professional staff are experienced teachers themselves, and our peer consultants are good students and writers. We frequently work with faculty members in a variety of ways to enhance writing instruction across all disciplines and colleges at TCU.
CLASS VISITS AND WORKSHOPS
Director Cheryl Slocumb and professional staff members are available to visit classes or other groups to present a short informational talk about the many advantages that consultations at the Center can offer to a student writer. We are also happy to deliver workshops on various topics such as:
• Academic writing tips
• Research and writing
• APA formatting
• MLA formatting
• Chicago Style formatting
• AMA Style formatting
• AP style basics
• Peer review
• Collaborative writing
• Literature review
• Synthesis
• Avoiding plagiarism
• Ethical use of AI
• The purpose of writing in the age of AI
• Graduate school application essays
• Scholarship essays
• AI for creative writers
• Brainstorming with AI
If you are interested in one or more of the above workshop topics, complete this form. If you are interested in more than one workshop, please complete one form per workshop. Once we have received your completed form(s), we will reach out via email with any questions and to confirm the workshop.
SYLLABUS STATEMENT
Faculty may wish to include our Syllabus Statement and QR code when preparing course syllabi:
The William L. Adams Center for Writing is a free academic service offering writing support and instruction in both one-on-one and group settings. Consultations may focus on a specific piece of writing or on selected writing skills. Professional and peer writing consultants are available to meet with students in person or via Zoom from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday in TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library, Office 1160. Students may also submit documents for online review. To make an appointment or to access online services, please visit the Center for Writing web site at http://www.wrt.tcu.edu . The writing center does not assist students with completing take-home exams, finals, or graduate written exams without the expressed written approval of the professor.
FACULTY WRITING PROJECTS
We work with faculty across all disciplines on many individual writing projects such as submissions for publication, conference papers, proposals, and personal projects. Faculty may schedule a consultation by appointment with a professional staff member via Zoom or in person. Faculty may also submit a document for review via our Online Submissions, to be routed to the first available professional writing consultant.
REFERRALS
We are always appreciative when professors refer students to us for help with assignments and writing projects. Professors may request Center for Writing brochures by emailing the Center at writingctr@tcu.edu.
Our primary mission is assisting student writers in an ethical and confidential manner. We do not share personal information with faculty about a student’s consultations unless we have that student’s consent; we will confirm student consultations if requested by a student.
WRITING ASSOCIATES PROGRAM
Open to professors in all disciplines, this program dedicates a writing associate to a class that emphasizes writing instruction. The Center assigns consultants (trained undergraduate, graduate students, or professional staff) to undergraduate classes, based on faculty requests and available staff.
Writing associates, who also serve as writing consultants for the Center for Writing, receive training from us as well as mentoring from the professors with whom they work. The associates meet with students from their assigned classes during their regular tutoring hours in the Center.
The primary mission of a writing associate is instructional rather than editorial. A writing associate will respond to writing in ways that help students to become more aware of their strengths and to learn to overcome any weaknesses.
Writing associates do not grade papers for professors; rather, they support the course outcomes the professors set forth. They also serve as liaisons between the professor’s class and the other writing center staff, providing us with necessary information to assist those students. For more information about the Writing Associates Program, please email Ms. Cheryl Slocumb at c.slocumb@tcu.edu.
