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Consultations
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Contact Information
C T Ryan Library, 2nd Floor - East, 865-8728
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FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions
There are a number of common questions that we hear at the UNK Writing Center. Here are the answers. When are you open? Click here. The Writing Center was open until midnight on Sunday's last term. Why not this term? The Writing Center hours are not set in stone. They are based upon
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Hours of Operation
Spring 2010 – 7 days a week
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Principles for Consultants
Our aim is to improve individual writers, not individual pieces of writing. Nearly all suggestions and strategies should be useful for future writing situations. We see writing as a series of choices and encourage writers to take
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Staff
This spring we have fourteen consultants and one part-time director on staff.
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Writers Workshops
To commemorate our 15 year anniversary in fall 2008, the Writing Center is hosted three writers workshops 9/25, Thursday "In 300 Words or Less" Writing Fabulous Paragraphs for Papers, Exams, and Applications 10/8, Wednesday "Can You Proofread This?"

Make an appointment here

C. T. Ryan Library, Suite 223-Top Floor, East Side, Next to Skylights

Spring 2010 — Daily hours here
Limited Summer Hours

Free, friendly, face to face and online assistance with all writing projects at any point in the writing process.

Appointments of 30 to 60 minutes recommended and available Jan 19 through May 6 (Limited summer hours after May 6).

Sentenceworks Pilot— The WC is piloting a newly released technology called Sentenceworks. This automated tool assists writers with over 100 grammar and punctuation rules. Anyone with a UNK or UNMC email address is pre-authorized to use Sentenceworks at no charge until May 2010. Learn more here

Late Policy—If you are 10 or more minutes late to your appointment and someone else is waiting to meet with a consultant, you forfeit your appointment and earn one no-show.

Three Strikes, You're Out—Three no-shows in a single semester will block you from making appointments; you will have to rely on walk-in availability.

Last updated 2/25/10