For Students:

   1.  Appointments. The Writing Center accepts and encourages appointments with tutors. Appointments should be made 24 hours in advance if possible. Students may make appointments in person, through voicemail at 556-3810, or via email at writcent@iwu.edu. Students should give their name, telephone number, date and time of desired appointment, and (if desired) a preferred tutor. Tutorials are usually 30 minutes long, although more time should be allotted for longer papers. Tutorials are usually scheduled on the hour or half-hour. Tutors will confirm by telephone or email. Students should inquire about their appointments if they have received no prior confirmation. Students should call and cancel their appointments if they are unable to keep them. Students who miss three appointments will be warned that they may lose their right to make appointments and must seek walk-in sessions. Students are also encouraged to make arrangements with the assigned tutors to drop off long papers a day before their tutoring sessions if at all possible in order to allow the tutor time to read carefully. Tutors will read only one paper per session. Portfolios as a whole are not appropriate for tutoring sessions; however, tutors will look at individual papers in a portfolio during a session and will be happy to assist writers drafting an introduction or overview to the portfolio.

   2. Notification of instructors. Students have the right to have their instructors notified about their visit to the Writing Center. Should a student elect to notify his/her instructor, the tutor and the student will negotiate the description of the session. Notification of the session will be sent out via email to the faculty member within one week.

   3. Holding for late appointments. Tutors will wait at least five minutes for students who have previously made appointments. After five minutes, if walk-in student is waiting for tutoring, that student will be given priority.

   4. Take-home essay exams. The standing policy of the Writing Center is not to assist students with take-home essay exams. However, if the Writing Coordinator has received email or written permission from the instructor to give tutoring assistance to students with take-home exams, tutors will aid those students. If a student comes to the Writing Center for help on a take-home exam after approval from the instructor, verification of the visit will automatically be sent to the instructor.

For Faculty:

   1. Whole class visits. While the Writing Center encourages whole-class visits to the Center as a means of promoting the Center and encouraging its use, such visits need to be planned ahead of time with the Writing Coordinator. It is not practicable for tutors to conduct tutoring sessions with large numbers of students. A good alternative would be to arrange with tutors to conduct specific writing-related sessions in the classroom, such as peer revision, small-group tutoring, etc.

   2. Take-home essay exams. The standing policy of the Writing Center is not to assist students with take-home essay exams. However, if the Writing Coordinator has received email or written permission from the instructor to give tutoring assistance to students with take-home exams, tutors will aid those students. If a student comes to the Writing Center for help on a take-home exam after approval from the instructor, verification of the visit will automatically be sent to the instructor.