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Words of Wisdom from Our Departing Seniors

When the school year begins, seniors move into their dorms and apartments like every other student on campus, and I was no exception. Soo...

Cassandra Holcombe

Nov 20, 2019

How Tutors Lead the MC Community

The writing center has a large impact on the Mississippi College community in more ways than one. Sure, it provides a place for people to...

Jonathan Scott

Oct 29, 2019

Better Writers, Not Just Better Writing

When I first heard about the MC Writing Center, I assumed I didn’t need to go. The writing center was a place where people went to get he...

Madeline Osigian

Apr 26, 2019

Goodbye, Graduates!

It’s the end of the semester, and while some of us will return in the fall, others are off to graduate school, jobs, and other adventures...

Meet the Newest Friendly Faces of the Writing Center | Part Two

Cassandra Holcombe

Mar 9, 2019

Meet the Newest Friendly Faces of the Writing Center | Part Two

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 tuto...

Meet the Newest Friendly Faces of the Writing Center | Part One

Cassandra Holcombe

Feb 15, 2019

Meet the Newest Friendly Faces of the Writing Center | Part One

Hello, readers! A new semester means new faces at the writing center, and this semester there are fifteen new faces. These students recen...

6 Inspiring Tutors to Collaborate with You

Madeline Osigian

Sep 21, 2018

6 Inspiring Tutors to Collaborate with You

Welcome to the Mississippi College Writing Center blog! I’m Madeline Osigian, your 2018/2019 blog editor, and I’m so glad you’re here! Th...

writingcenter97

Apr 21, 2018

Why Do You Write?

With the semester rapidly drawing to a close, we here at the Writing Center thought it would be nice to have a little fun and talk about...

writingcenter97

Oct 23, 2017

Meet the 2017 Staff!

With the fall semester well under way, we here at the writing center want to welcome everyone back! :) We've already been having a lot of...

writingcenter97

Jul 26, 2017

Goodbye Grads, Pt.2

It's always a little sad having to say goodbye to some of our Writing Center family. All of our graduating tutors are supremely talented...

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