DSU Writing Center

Services

The Writing Center staff is committed to the belief that every DeSales University student is a good student seeking to become a better student.

• Professional and trained peer tutoring in writing skills
• Critical thinking as pertains to written expression
• Documentation of sources among the disciplines
• Referral to and interactions with appropriate resources
• Coordination with disability services
• Collaboration with the Gateway To Success Program

What to Expect

At the DSU Writing Center, you can get help with any writing skill you are worried about, including:

• MLA, APA, and other documentation formats
• grammar, mechanics, and academic conventions
• composing a thesis
• organization of paragraphs and/or essays
• development of research papers, literature, essays, seminar reports, etc.

Please note that tutoring is not the same as editing or proofreading; it is more like coaching. You will learn to improve your academic writing through the process of feedback from the tutor. Please come prepared to your appointment by bringing with you any of the following that pertain to your assignment:

• your assignment prompt or rubric
• your draft, printed out
• your professor's markup for revisions
• sources and texts you are using 

Additional Links

• OWL at Purdue Online Writing Lab
• Online video tutorial on "Writing a Research Paper"
• Online video tutorials on "Plagiarism Prevention"
• Trexler Library's Databases

Need Writing Assistance? 

Undergraduate Students

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Adult Studies Students

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If you need off-campus assistance, submit your request through the Support Request for Adult Studies Students form in the Academic Resource Center section of MyDSU.

Graduate Students

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You may also contact writing@desales.edu or John.Lynskey@desales.edu to schedule an appointment.

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