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About The Writing Center
Satellite Locations

Spring 2012 Locations and Hours

The Writing Center provides instruction when classes are in session, including the first day of each semester in our main location. We’re open during the fall and spring semesters. PLEASE NOTE: As a UW-Madison student, you may request up to an hour of Writing Center instruction per week, total; this instruction should include total time spent at a Satellite Location, via the Online Writing Center, or the Main Writing Center.

While we would like to be able to provide service during the rest of the year, we are limited by available funding. Thus we are not open during Thanksgiving or other academic recesses. We hope that you find our online Writer's Handbook useful when the Writing Center isn’t open.

Scroll down or follow the links below for the hours at our various locations:

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6171 Helen C. White Hall (main location)

January 23 - February 10

Monday - Thursday: 10:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. (receptionists begin taking phone calls at 9:30 a.m.); Friday: 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. (receptionists begin taking phone calls at 9:30 a.m.)

February 13 - May 11 (the last day of classes for the spring semester)

Monday - Thursday: 10:00 a.m. - 8:30 p.m.; Friday: 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. (receptionists begin taking phone calls at 9:30 a.m.)

Hours for Spring Recess: The Main Writing Center will close for Spring recess at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, Mar. 30. The Main Writing Center will re-open and resume regular hours on Monday, April 9.

During Finals, Limited Hours with Limited Staffing: Monday, May 13, Tuesday, May 14, and Wednesday, May 15, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. (receptionists begin taking phone calls at 9:30 a.m.)

main Writing Center location

The main location of the Writing Center is in room 6171 Helen C. White Hall, 600 North Park Street. Here is where much of our individual instruction takes place as well as almost all of our short, non-credit writing workshops. We see students by appointment at this location, and we're often booked up several days in advance, so please plan ahead! We do receive cancellations, though, so please feel free to call to see what's available.

We are directly across the street from the Memorial Union and from Science Hall, on Lake Mendota. Take the stairs or elevators located to the left of the entrance to College Library. Upon reaching the sixth floor, turn left (from the stairs) or right (from the elevator), and then right down the corridor. The Writing Center is the first door on the left.

University Libraries

Memorial Library, First Floor, West Corridor

Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays: 7:00 - 10:00 p.m.

Feb. 5 - May 9

No instruction during the week from Sunday, 4/1, through Sunday, 4/8, because of Spring Recess.

Thanks to generous funding from Memorial Library, Writing Center tutors will be in the West Corridor of Memorial Library on Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, 7:00 -10:00 p.m. Instruction at the Memorial Library satellite is first-come, first-served.

College Library, First Floor, Student Services Area

Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays: 7:00 - 10:00 p.m.

Jan. 29 - May. 10

No instruction during the week from Sunday, 4/1, through Sunday, 4/8, because of Spring Recess.

Writing Center tutors will be in the Student Services Area on Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, 7:00 -10:00 p.m. Instruction at the College Library satellite is first-come, first-served.

 

 

Selected Campus Residence Halls

Writing Center tutors offer first-come, first-served help with writing at a number of locations in the residence halls. We staff these locations at limited times and days; check our schedules for this information.

If you have an idea for another location you'd like us to add, please let us know by using our feedback form. Thanks!

In the Lakeshore Residence Halls

conference in Lower Frank's

Lower Frank’s in Holt Commons

Sundays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays: 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.

Feb. 5 - May 9

No instruction during the week from Sunday, 4/1, through Sunday, 4/8, because of Spring Recess.

The writing tutor is in a booth in Lower Frank's of Holt Commons. From the main desk, go down the steps and around the corner to your left. From the ice cream counter, go to the far end of the room on the right. Look for the Writing Center sign. Instruction at the Lower Frank's satellite is first-come, first-served.

In Liz Waters Residence Hall

conference in Elizabeth Waters

Across from the TLC

Mondays: 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.

Feb. 6 - May 7

No instruction on Monday, April 2, because of Spring Recess.

The writing tutor is in the TLC. Go in the front entrance, take the stairs to the left, walk forward fifteen paces, and the TLC will be on your left. Instruction at the Liz Waters satellite is first-come, first-served.

In Gordon Commons

conference at Pop's Club

Pop's Club in Gordon Commons

Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays: 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.

Feb. 5 - May 10

No instruction during the week from Sunday, 4/1, through Sunday, 4/8, because of Spring Recess.

The writing tutor at Pop's can be found at a table in the aisleway between Pop's Club and Ed's Express. After entering Pop's, turn right and you'll see the aisleway next to the condiment bar. Look for a big easel with sign-ups on it. Instruction at the Pop's Club satellite is first-come, first-served.

 

 

Chadbourne Residential College

Located in Rheta’s.

Sundays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays: 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.

Sun., Feb. 5 - Wed., May 9

No instruction during the week from Sunday, 4/1, through Sunday, 4/8, because of Spring Recess.

The writing tutor is located in Rheta's, along the windows on the University Avenue side of the cafeteria. Look for the round table with the Writing Center sign. Instruction at the CRC satellite is first-come, first-served.

conference in Chadbourne

 

 

Multicultural Student Center, Red Gym

The Writing Center is pleased to offer drop-in writing instruction at the Multicultural Student Center, on the second floor of the Old Red Gym, 716 Langdon Street.

conference at the MSC

Mondays: 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays: 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.

Jan. 30 - May 10

No instruction during the week from Sunday, 4/1, through Sunday, 4/8, because of Spring Recess.

The writing tutor sets up in the lounge of the MSC. Head in the main entrance, make a right, and go up the stairs to the second floor. The MSC will be the first set of doors on your right. Walk straight past the reception desk and make a right. Instruction at the MSC satellite is first-come, first-served.

 

 

Center for Cultural Enrichment, Witte Hall (off the main lobby)

We are continuing to offer service at the Center for Cultural Enrichment in Witte Hall.

Mondays & Tuesdays: 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.

Jan. 30 - May 8

No instruction during the week from Sunday, 4/1, through Sunday, 4/8, because of Spring Recess.

The Center for Cultural Enrichment is located on W. Johnson Street, in Witte Hall, off the main lobby. Look for the writing tutor at a table with the Writing Center sign. Instruction at the CCE satellite is first-come, first-served.

 

 

Madison Public Libraries

smiling WC instructor at public library location

Writing assistance at these locations is intended for community members who are not enrolled at or affiliated with UW-Madison. Students at the University are encouraged to use our numerous campus locations and our Online Writing Center.

Goodman South Madison Branch

Community Writing Assistance is at South Madison Public Library at 2222 South Park Street.
Map & Directions.

Tuesdays: 5:00 - 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays: 1:30 - 4:00 p.m.

Tues, Sept. 6 - Tues, Dec. 13; Sat, Sept. 10 - Sat, Dec. 10

No instruction during the week from Sunday, 4/1, through Sunday, 4/8, because of Spring Recess.