My first day in the Writing Center

Hello! My name is Julie, and I am one of the new Writing Center tutors for this fall. I am a senior here at OU-C, and am in the BSS program, majoring in Literature and Communications. I will graduate after Fall Quarter, and I plan on going on to grad school for Library Science. In the mean time, I am really looking forward to working here and helping my fellow students improve their processes for writing papers. I have helped Dr. Kasbekar with tutoring her students over the last couple of quarters and have thoroughly enjoyed it, so coming here to the Writing Center seems like a natural transition for me.

Today was the third day of orientation for the Writing tutors, but my first day. I missed the first two days of orientation because I was just hired yesterday afternoon. Today, we covered some interesting topics--dealing with biases, research methods (with Head Librarian Allan Pollchik), tips for engaging tutees, and the like.

Thanks to Debra Nichols for this opportunity, and thanks for all of the veteran Writing Tutors for welcoming me into the group. I'm looking forward to getting to know all of you better!