ASC Writing Center: Mission Overview

Our mission is to make students confident, creative, and independent writers by providing a supportive environment that fosters productive dialogues about the writing process.

About the ASC Writing Center

The Writing Center is instructional, with the goal of supporting your efforts to become a better writer. It is a free service – no appointments necessary – offered to all RIT students seeking help with the process of producing quality, college-level writing assignments. This might include an essay, a lab report, an application or cover letter, a résumé, or specific grammatical issues.
The Center is staffed by professional writing instructors who will work with students or faculty at every stage of the writing process, from brainstorming to final revisions. Several of our staff members are also fluent in American Sign Language (ASL). Cross-registered, NTID-supported students are welcome to use the ASC Writing Lab, beginning with Written Communication I.
Since we are an instructional center, we will not edit or proofread your writing. Instead, we identify problem areas and offer solutions for addressing them yourself, with the goal of making you an independent writer.
We work on a first-come, first-served basis. Two computers and a printer are available to use while you are receiving help in the Center.

OUR GUIDELINES:

• Please read over your own paper carefully and correct as many errors as you can. Mark the places where you have questions for the instructor. We will offer techniques and strategies for you to improve your own writing.
  
• Be ready to explain your assignment to us. If you have a written copy, please have it available.
  
• For students in the COLA Writing Seminar, a report of the assistance you received will be sent to your professor.
  
• Master’s students, please ask about our guidelines for reading graduate thesis projects.

PLEASE DON’T ASK US TO:

• EDIT OR PROOFREAD YOUR WRITING. We diagnose errors in grammar, organization, spelling, structure, and logic. Then we help you to improve your own writing skills.
  
• ACCEPT A DROPPED-OFF PAPER. We want to work with you on your drafts.
  
• READ TAKE-HOME TESTS / EXAMS.
  
• READ ENTIRE DRAFTS, particularly if several students are in the lab at one time. We will go over a section of your draft with you, and then ask you to check the rest of the paper on your own.
  
• READ A DRAFT ON A COMPUTER SCREEN. We ask that you provide a hard copy of your paper.

The Writing Center is a division of the Academic Support Center (ASC), in RIT’s College of Student Affairs.

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Andrew Perry

Program Coordinator for Writing

andrew.perry@rit.edu
585-475-6945 (Phone)
(Fax)
Office: SAU 2140-E