Writing Center Links
On-Campus Links
Sanger Learning & Career Center
The Learning Center provides a range of programs and services designed to enhance both students' individual learning and their in-class performance.
Graduate Student Writing Services
Established in Fall 2003, the Graduate Student Writing Service welcomes any UT Austin graduate student to take advantage of our individualized writing consultations across all disciplines. Our staff of highly trained graduate student consultants is qualified to offer help with writing in all disciplines and at all levels.
LBJ School of Public Affairs Writing Center
The LBJ School of Public Affairs Graduate Writing Center offers LBJ graduate students individualized assistance at any stage of the writing process. The graduate writing center encourages critical reflection and prepares writers to make effective decisions about their texts.
Law School Writing Center
Learning to write like a lawyer is perhaps the greatest challenge of legal education, and even practiced attorneys can work at making their arguments more persuasive and cogent. Through individualized, professional writing help, the Law School Writing Center provides advice to law students on any law school-related writing, encouraging them to become stronger legal writers by taking an active part in their own writing process.
School of Social Work DiNitto Center for Career Services
The role of the Graduate Writing Consultant is to offer graduate students non-evaluative feedback about their writing in order to improve composition and revision skills. Services include assistance with brainstorming, organization, structure, audience, tone, clarity, transitions, APA citation, and sentence-level problems. The writing consultant is familiar with expectations of scholarly writing in the field of social work and is prepared to work with students on literature reviews, course papers, job applications, and other writing projects.
Services for Students with Disabilities
Based in the philosophy that all students should be assured equal access and opportunity, Services for Students with Disabilities works to eliminate physical, instructional and attitudinal barriers by providing reasonable accommodations and fostering awareness within the University community.
International Office-ESL Services
Provides services and programs for students who speak English as a second language.
Off-Campus Links
National Council of Teachers of English
Since 1911, NCTE has worked to advance teaching, research, and student achievement in English language arts at all scholastic levels.
Conference on College Composition and Communication
The Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) is the world's largest professional organization for researching and teaching composition, from writing to new media.
International Writing Centers Association
The International Writing Centers Association, an NCTE affiliate founded in 1983, fosters the development of writing center directors, tutors, and staff by sponsoring meetings, publications, and other professional activities; by encouraging scholarship connected to writing center-related fields; and by providing an international forum for writing center concerns.
South Central Writing Centers Association
Founded in 1989, the South Central Writing Center Association (SCWCA) is the regional affiliate of the International Writing Center Association. The purpose of SCWCA is to foster communication among writing center personnel and to provide a forum for professional concerns. Members include directors and staff of writing centers and persons interested in writing centers, and its membership consists of but is not limited to individuals from: Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Texas.
The Writing Center Journal Online
The Writing Center Journal is an official publication of the International Writing Centers Association, which is an Affiliate of the National Council of Teachers of English. WCJ is published twice a year, in the fall/winter and spring/summer.
The Writing Center Journal's primary purpose is to publish articles, reviews, and announcements of interest to writing center personnel.
Purdue University's OWL
The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material, and they provide these as a free service of the Writing Lab at Purdue. Students, members of the community, and users worldwide will find information to assist with many writing projects.
Writing@CSU
The online home of Colorado State University's Writing Studio, Writing@CSU features more than 35,000 pages of resources supporting writers and writing teachers and provides access to the Writing Studio, an open-access instructional writing environment that includes writing tools, research tools, and a course management system for writing classes.
Links to other writing centers online (via IWCA)
An extensive list of writing center websites online, from K-12 writing centers through undergraduate, graduate and community writing centers.
Online how-to guide for editing and proofreading at ProofreadingAdvice.com
A free service provided by Graduate Education Information Service, ProofreadingAdvice.com provides practical, detailed guidelines for proofreading your own (or someone else's) writing. It also includes useful pointers about commonly made mistakes.