It has been a big weekend here at Mississippi College as we hosted the 2019 Mississippi Writing Center Association Conference. Mississippi College Writing Center Assistant Director Lingshan Song, assisted by veteran tutor and receptionist Sam Dean, organized and created a great event for writing center tutors and directors across the state to come together and connect at. One hundred attendees from across Mississippi and from a few neighboring states came. The conference star

There are only 6 weeks left in the semester, and you probably have one or two papers left to write. Or maybe you’re in the middle of one, and you’re trying to make it the best it can be. Enter the MC Writing Center. As in, the MC Writing Center can help you. But also, in the sense that you should enter that beautiful glass door quite literally. If you’re debating if it is worth it to visit the writing center this week, it may be helpful to consider the following: 1. 30-Minute

I hope you are having a wonderful semester, readers! In my last post I introduced you to a few of our new tutors. There are too many tutors to cover in just one post, though, so I have some more of them for a you to meet. They are Chapman, Kelsi, Madeleine, Brandon, and Christine. Chapman is a new receptionist while all of the others are new tutors. These are all fun people who are there for you in the Writing Center, ready and willing to help you out. Chapman Cooper Where ar

There’s a hustle and bustle in the air as the MC Writing Center gears up for the annual Mississippi Writing Center Association (MSWCA) conference. Tutors and administrators from writing centers across the state of Mississippi will gather on March 22-23, 2019, to give presentations and hear keynote speaker, Jackie Grutsch McKinney, the president of the International Writing Centers Association, as she speaks on life after tutoring and the skills that tutors can employ elsewher