The CSUSB Writing Centers conduct one-to-one student writing conferences and facilitate workshops with faculty members in a variety of campus classrooms. Students, staff, and faculty are welcome work with writing consultants on writing of any kind, including academic writing projects, personal statements, resumes, and scholarship applications. Our writing consultants come from disciplines across the university.
Writing consultants work with students at all stages of the composing process. They work with students on interpreting assignments, discovering topics, expanding ideas, shaping organization, incorporating counter-arguments, citing and incorporating references, reading complex texts, speaking and listening in academic contexts, editing and proofreading. The Writing Centers work with faculty members who are designing and evaluating writing components of their courses. They also conduct in-class writing workshops.
In all situations, writing consultants work WITH writers, never FOR them. They work to preserve the integrity of writers' ideas and plans, even as they challenge writers to interrogate and contextualize both their own ideas and those of the sources they are engaging.
Students who miss three (3) appointments within an academic term are automatically disallowed from scheduling appointments until they have reached out to the director to set up an appointment to discuss appointment making by sending an email to writingcenter@csusb.edu. You may be seen on a walk-in basis in the interim by reaching out to our receptionists (details below). All appointment-making privileges are reinstated at the beginning of each academic term.
If you are experiencing difficulty making an appointment, we are happy to help you. Contact us for assistance using the information below:
You can connect with us via email, phone, in person, or via Zoom. Chat with one of our awesome receptionists using the contact info below! They're available during our normal business hours.
When you first enter the Zoom meeting, you'll land in the waiting room, but one of our receptionists should be with you shortly (during business hours).
Receptionist Zoom Meeting ID: 336-834-754
Receptionist Zoom Meeting Link: https://csusb.zoom.us/j/336834754
Phone: (909) 537-5232
Receptionist Hours for Fall:
For more information about preparing for and scheduling an online appointment, navigate to our online tutoring info at csusb.edu/writing-center/students/online-tutoring and thank you for your patience!
