Make an Appointment
All students, faculty, staff, and alumni can utilize these services. All appointments are available in-person or online.
For instructions on how to make an appointment, please watch the video below.
After making an appointment, make sure to read through the "Expectations" section below to be best prepared for your session.
Hacer una Cita
Campus en Thousand Oaks
Para hacer una cita con el Centro de Escritura en el campus de Thousand Oaks, haz clic en el enlace de “Schedule An Appointment” y usa la información de MyCLU. Recuerda que todas las citas deben ser hechas oficialmente por WCOnline de ante mano. Todas las citas son disponibles en persona y online.
Después de hacer una cita, asegúrate de leer el segmento de “Expectations” para prepararte para la cita. Para aprended mas en como programar tu cita online, visita la pagina de “Expectations.”
Para mas información o asistencia en crear una cita, por favor contacta el Centro de Escritura – writingcenter@CalLutheran.edu o 805-493-3257.
WC Policies and Expectations
Please review the following expectations, all of which support our mission and further your continued learning. We reserve the right to end or cancel your appointment if these expectations are not met.
Appointments are 30, 60, or 90 minutes long. You can adjust the appointment length when you create your appointment in our scheduler, WCOnline.
All students are allowed a maximum of two appointments per day. There are no back-to-back appointments.
All students are allowed a total of four appointments per week.
It depends on the purpose of your appointment and where you are in your writing process. If you are ready to talk about your writing or if you have a draft of your writing, please be prepared for your session by bringing specific writing-related questions and all necessary course materials, including a copy of the paper, prompts, outlines, or research.
The Writing Center is a distraction-free environment. Talking on cell phones is prohibited. During your session, be engaged in the process and be respectful of your peers and all Writing Center employees.
When you arrive, please check in with the staff at the front desk. When it's time for your appointment, your consultant will greet you and guide you to a table in our tutoring area.
Proof of Attendance: Upon request, we can provide students with proof of attendance at the end of a full consultation session. An email can be sent directly to a professor stating the date a consultation took place.
As a part of our distraction-free environment, The Writing Center does not tolerate lateness. If you are more than ten minutes late for a 60-minute time slot or five minutes late for a 30-minute time slot, your appointment will be cancelled, and you will be marked as a no-show for that appointment.
If you are late or absent for more than two appointments, without cancelling them ahead of time, your scheduling privileges are revoked through the WCOnline scheduler. To reinstate use, you must have a meeting with the Director or Coordinator.
- Support Writer Development: Writing Center is not an editing or proofreading service; instead, our mission is to support the growth and potential of each writer at any stage of the writing process. Writing consultants will not write papers for students or perform line-by-line editing. Students cannot leave papers to be corrected by a consultant. Our focus is on learning rather than correcting, which requires you to be present in-person or online.
- No Grading: Writing consultants will not discuss a grade you have received or anticipate a grade you may receive. Professors assign grades, not writing consultants. Writing consultants do not offer judgement on a professor’s written feedback.
- Right of Refusal: Writing consultants have the right to refuse to work with a client if he or she requests assistance beyond the scope of the center, becomes hostile towards the consultant, makes inappropriate advances, disregards the rules of the center, or is not a current or former CLU student.
- Confidentiality Policy: The Writing Center has a strict confidentiality policy that requires all student work, conversations and comments to remain in the center. We will not share your work or personal information without your explicit consent.
- Proof of Attendance: Upon request, we can provide students with proof of attendance at the end of a full consultation session. An email can be sent directly to a professor stating the date a consultation took place.