Duquesne University Writing Center

The Writing Center will open for Spring 2021 on February 4. Face-to-Face Hours (216 College Hall) o Monday 82, 36 pm o Tuesday 810 am, 69 pm... o Wednesday 86 pm o Thursday 810 am, 34, 69 pm o Friday 83 pm Online Writing Center Hours o Monday 89 pm o Tuesday 89 pm o Wednesday 89 pm o Thursday 89 pm o Friday 85 pm

Join us for our "Teaching Writing Online," workshop! Our workshop will be held virtually on 11/4/2020 from Noon to 1PM. To register visit: https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/

Our hours will be changing for finals week! Our College hall location will close on November 24th, 2020 and reopen in the spring. Our appoints will all be online as of November 30th, 2020. Happy Thanksgiving all!

Check out an article in our own Duquesne Duke newspaper regarding our new Community Writing Center! http://www.duqsm.com/duq-writing-center-begins-mentoring-h/

The National Day on Writing is 10/20! We are celebrating in 3 ways with the chance to win a Barnes & Noble prize. Must be a Duquesne student or staff in order to win the prize. All submissions welcome! Duquesne email or social media will be used to contact winners.

The University Writing Center is here to help with your final projects and papers! The Writing Center’s regular semester hours will end Tuesday, November 24, 2020. However, the Writing Center will be open for consulting sessions during finals week starting November 30 and ending December 9. The finals week hours are below. You can schedule appointments now at www.duq.edu/writing-center. All sessions will be conducted online via Zoom. We have expanded our online hours! There ...are no in-person appointments. Online Writing Center Monday, November 30: 8 am 8 pm Tuesday, December 1: 8 am 8 pm Wednesday, December 2: 9 am 7 pm, 8 pm 9 pm Thursday, December 3: 11 am 2 pm, 4 pm 9 pm Friday, December 4: 11 am 6 pm Monday, December 7: 8 am 8 pm Tuesday, December 8: 8 am 8 pm Wednesday, December 9: 11 am 8 pm Best wishes for the end of the semester and the holidays. Please contact us at [email protected] with any questions. We look forward to working with you!

Duquesne's student newspaper, The Duquesne Duke, also wrote a nice story about the new Community Writing Center: http://www.duqsm.com/duq-writing-center-begins-mentoring.../. Thanks again to everyone who made this initiative a reality!

Our staff member of the week this week is John Bennett! John is a working on his dissertation in the Doctor of Philosophy in Health Care Ethics program. He earned a B.S. in Organizational Behavior and an M.S. in Leadership from Duquesne University. He holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership with a major in Entrepreneurship from Regent University. He holds a Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) with specialization in Business English certificate. He has facilitated the writing development of students who are native and non-native English speakers in a variety of coursework. He is looking forward to being of assistance to writers at all levels in developing writing knowledge, skills, and abilities.