MISSION STATEMENT

The University Center for Excellence in Writing is devoted to the support and promotion of writing  for all members of the FAU community-undergraduate and graduate students, staff, faculty, and visiting scholars. Our Center provides a range of free support services, including informed and sensitive readers who help writers become more reflective readers and more self-sufficient crafters of their written work. We will help at any point in the writing process (i.e. brainstorming, drafting, revision) with papers for courses, senior or master theses, dissertations, job applications, applications for graduate school, articles for publication, grant proposals, and other documents. In the future, we hope to provide a host of other services, including supporting computer-facilitated teaching and learning for writing classes, and hosting brown-bag discussions, workshops, and presentations by guest speakers for FAU and local communities. The UCEW will eventually serve as the clearinghouse on campus for research in literacy, pedagogy, and computer-facilitated writing across the curricula.

If you would like to take a tour of the Boca Center prior to your visit, please click here.  Look here in the future for a tour of the Davie Center.

CONFERENCES

Conferences will vary according to the writing project. In some cases, writing consultants will help writers unpack difficult readings, understand assignments, or generate and clarify ideas. In others, they may help writers flesh out weak or biased arguments, understand documentation and citation practices, or follow task-appropriate format. In still others, conferences may help writers develop strategies for identifying patterns of error that can be tracked and proofread for conformity to American academic English. Consultants specializing in creative writing will also provide expert perspectives for creative projects.

We provide writing aid rather than an editing service. Consequently, consultants will write with, not for writers. This means that consultants may not get to all of a paper's issues, but writers will come away with a fresh perspective on their work and documents that are improved in one or more aspects.

We encourage all writers to take advantage of this free service to interact with other writers, gain perspective on their own work, and further develop strategies in reading and writing for all writing projects.

We welcome suggestions for improving our services.

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

Interested in becoming a consultant with us? Download our application from this site and submit it in hard copy form to Professor Jeffrey Galin, Director, University Center for Excellence in Writing in room 107 of the Social Sciences Building.