Schedule a Writing Center Class Visit
Dear Instructors,
Happy New Year and best wishes for Spring 2023! This semester, the UIC Writing Center is pleased to announce that we are, once again, able to offer a limited amount of in-class visits. Thank you to everybody who invited us into their classrooms for a visit last semester--we loved getting to know your students!
The purpose of a WC class visit is to introduce our services, allow students to meet some of our tutors, explain the benefits of peer tutoring, and to get students registered for a WCOnline account so that they may start booking appointments. At this time, we are offering two types of class visits:
1. Introduction to services-- 2-3 tutors and a director will give an interactive presentation on our services, including instructions on how to register for an account and book a tutoring session.
2. Tutor panel--3-4 tutors and a director will form a small "panel" to answer students' questions about peer tutoring, academic writing, and college life at UIC in general.
Depending on the needs of your class, you may request one or both of these sessions. Either type of visit can take place either in your class or on Zoom. For classes of 15 students or less, the visit may take place in the WC (Grant Hall 105). All requests for class visits should be submitted using this form. **NOTE: If you made a request for this Spring using the old form, we ask that you kindly resubmit using the form linked in this email.**
Please note that while we would love to be able to visit every section of every class, scheduling and tutor availability may mean that we cannot accommodate every request. Additionally, while many instructors may want to have a class visit early in the semester, a visit from the WC will benefit students at any time of the year and throughout the rest of their careers at UIC, so please consider requesting us for March and April dates. If you would prefer an asynchronous, recorded version of the presentation, please let us know on the form, and we will do our best to accommodate your request.
If you have any other questions about UIC Writing Center class visits, please reach out to our Graduate Assistant Director and class visit coordinator, Katie Brandt at kbrand7@uic.edu, and she will be happy to assist.
We look forward to hearing from (and visiting!) you soon.
All best,
The UIC Writing Center