Give the "Write" Gift for Writers Workshop Student Support

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Writers Workshop

At Illinois, writing is part of student success, and the Writers Workshop serves as the primary source of writing support. The Workshop provides resources and guidance so students can gain written communication skills and feel confident in what they submit. The Workshop helps students at all stages of the writing process, whether just getting started and brainstorming or refining academic style and structure. We take a teaching approach so students will leave with strategies to use for future academic, professional, and personal writing.

Fast facts:

  • The Writers Workshop holds about 7000 consultations each year by appointment and walk-in, where we give feedback on in-progress writing.
  • We’re open 6 days a week and provide writing support to about 30 students per day.
  • We have 5 locations on campus: the Main Library, Grainger Library, MCB Learning Center, Lisnek LAS Hub, and Irwin at FICE.
  • In an average semester, we give feedback on about 760 class assignments, 300 theses and dissertations, 850 personal statements and application essays, 130 job application materials, and 140 manuscripts for publication.
  • We host about 150 presentations each year and reach about 3750 students with topics like writing ethically and effectively with GenAI, acing in-class essay exams, writing personal statements, and refining data communication.

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