The Writing Center's objectives are to enhance student’s language skills as well as foster their academic success by engaging students in their writing and facilitating student writers' efforts, strategies and processes. Furthermore, tutors in the Writing Center encourage students to take responsibility for their writing and empower them with the tools needed to improve their skills. Tutors do not edit or proofread but assist students in understanding how to better their writing abilities by identifying their own strengths and weaknesses, in addition, to guiding them through the process of determining when and how to make modifications.   

In order to accomplish these objectives, the Writing Center provides individualized and tailored writing assistance to students regardless of discipline. Students and all members of the NHCC community may come in for guidance on academic papers, research projects, scholarship applications, creative writing, and any other writing project.

If you would like to visit with a peer tutor or the full-time College Writing tutor, it is best to make an appointment on Tutor Trac to ensure there is someone available to assist you. While drop-ins are available, there is the risk that tutors will be working with other students or are not staffed during the time you are in need; therefore, we highly encourage you to make an appointment.

Some of the topics tutors are able to help you with include:

• Interpreting assignments
• Brainstorming
• Organizing ideas
• Understanding grammar and punctuation
• Citing sources
• Using appropriate language

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Writing Center Mini-Sessions

Would you like to improve your academic writing skills? Is English your second language? If you answered "Yes!" to either one of these questions, you could become a more successful writer by taking one of the Writing Center's Mini Sessions.

You do not need an appointment - just show up! All sessions are offered in the Writing Center - LRC 169.

Click here to view a complete list of mini-session topics, dates, and times.