Writ­ing Cen­ter Re-Opens

MISHAWAKA- In the fall se­mes­ter of 2021 Bethel Uni­ver­sity opened the Writ­ing Cen­ter. The Writ­ing Cen­ter is staffed by stu­dents rep­re­sent­ing sev­eral ma­jors and is over­seen by As­sis­tant Pro­fes­sor of Eng­lish Tara Holmes, M.Ed. 

Bethel Uni­ver­sity re­ceived a one-year grant from the Higher Ed­u­ca­tion Emer­gency Re­lief Fund (HEERF) to help fill in the gaps in stu­dent writ­ing abil­i­ties caused by the pan­demic. This grant money funded the open­ing of the Writ­ing Cen­ter. Ac­cord­ing to Holmes, the cen­ter was able to help 400 stu­dents im­prove their writ­ing dur­ing the fall se­mes­ter. Many of the writ­ing coaches have also been hired as teach­ing as­sis­tants for spe­cific classes to help stu­dents with their writ­ing.  

For this new spring se­mes­ter, the Writ­ing Cen­ter has a new page on the Bethel Uni­ver­sity web­site as well as an In­sta­gram ac­count to bet­ter help stu­dents ac­cess some­one who can as­sist them with their writ­ing. 

The Writ­ing Cen­ter is open from 2 p.m. till 5 p.m. and from 8 p.m. till 10 p.m. Mon­day through Thurs­day.  Stu­dents do not need to make an ap­point­ment for the cen­ter.