The Writing Center provides all Vassar students with a community of experienced peer-readers and writers by offering free, one-to-one consultations at any stage of the writing process—from generating a thesis and structuring an argument to fine-tuning a draft. Writers are invited to bring any type of writing project to the Center, including academic essays from any discipline, lab reports, creative writing, senior theses, fellowship statements, and other application materials such as resumes and cover letters. Writers can also bring speaking assignments, including oral and multimedia presentations, poster talks, and teaching plans for leading class discussions.
The Writing Center is centrally located on the first floor of the Thompson Memorial Library (Main Library) in Room 122, just left of the Cornaro Window.
Some additional resources for effective writing and speaking:
- Essay writing strategies (Harvard University Writing Center)
- Writing Short Essays (Custom-Writing.org)
- Model papers from the disciplines (Yale University Writing Center)
- Research papers and lab reports (The University of Texas at Austin Writing Center)
- Scientific writing (Texas A&M University)
- Multimodal/Multimedia Composition (The University of Mississippi)
- Academic integrity and attribution (Vassar College)
- Research and Citation (Purdue Online Writing Lab)
- Grammar and Punctuation (Grammarly)
- Writing conference, thesis, and dissertation proposals (Penn State University)
- Free e-book on writing and presenting your thesis or dissertation (Michigan State University)
- Professional writing: emails, cover letters, resumes (Montclair State University)
- Oral communication strategies (Hume Center for Writing and Speaking at Stanford University)
- English language resources (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Writing Center)
- ESL/ELL Education: Interactive Websites for Learning (The University of Wisconsin-Madison)
