Commitment to Community

The University Writing Center is dedicated to being a safe, accessible environment for learning. We work to make the University Writing Center a welcoming place where writers feel comfortable bringing a range of perspectives found in the university community. We are committed to accommodating all writers and all learning styles and we respect writers' use of their home languages and world Englishes. Our goal is to support literacy practices that are empowering on both an individual level and community level.

Our commitment is to make the University Writing Center a place where writers can be assured that they will receive a respectful and supportive response. Trust and safety are key elements to writing and teaching and central to our tutoring practices. We continue to work as a staff to educate ourselves and listen carefully to writers. 

Our mission is to encourage and empower critical thinking and civic discourse. We work with all writers, from all political viewpoints, to help them learn how to create arguments that are evidence-based, nuanced, and engage respectfully with opposing points of view. We work with all writers to encourage a discourse that, even when in opposition, is respectful of the humanity of others. We continue to believe in and advocate the value in listening and responding thoughtfully to the ideas of others.