KateNavickas,Director
174RockefellerHall
[email protected]
607.255.5279
BECOMINGAKNIGHTWRITER
PROGRAMDESCRIPTION:TheWritingWalk-InService(WWIS),CornellUniversity’swritingcenter,operateswithinacomplex
writing-in-the-disciplinesprogramwhichservesstudentsfromallsevenofCornell’scolleges,rangingfromAgricultureandLife
Sciences,toIndustrialandlaborRelations,toArtsandSciences.ThestudentswhovisittheWWISareundergraduateand
graduatestudentwriters;theyarestudentswithbothconsistentlystrongandunevenlydevelopedacademicpreparation;they
aredomesticandinternationalstudents;theyareconfidentandfragilestudentsandwriters.Therangeofstudentabilitiesand
interestsrepresentedonanygivendayattheWritingWalk-InService,consequently,isquitebroad.
JOBDESCRIPTION:Ourundergraduateandgraduatewritingtutorprovidesupportforthisdiversepoolofwritersatvarious
stagesofthedraftingprocessfornearlyanykindofwritingproject.Weoperateoutoffivecampuslocationstoofferthirty-to
sixty-minuteindividualmeetings.Duringtutorials,writingtutorstypically:helpwritersgetstartedwithessaysbyreadingand
discussingawritingassignment,evaluatingresearchmaterial,orbrainstorminganoutline;discusswaystoshapecoherent
arguments,makestronguseofevidence,andworkwithappropriatecitationconventions;considerquestionsaboutdepthof
analysis,organization,thesisdefinition,audienceexpectations,paragraphdevelopment,stylistics,orsentencestructure;
supportbothnativeandnon-nativespeakersofEnglishtoidentifypatternsamongerrorsingrammarorusageandtodevelop
effectivestrategiesfortheirownline-editing.Inshort,writingtutorsserveasresponsivelistenersandreaderswhocanaddress
questionsaboutthewritingprocessoraboutparticularpiecesofwriting.Theymightalsoaddressissuesofconfidence,critical
reading,analyticthought,andimagination.
Writingtutorstypicallyworkbetweenfiveandtenhoursperweekandarerequiredtoattendtwostaffmeetingspermonth.
Undergraduatestudentsmustcompleteaone-semestertrainingprogram(4-5hoursperweek,paid)beforetheyareeligiblefor
fullemployment.
IfinterestedinapplyingtobecomeaKnightWriter(AWritingWalk-InServiceWritingtutor),pleasefollowthedirectionsbelow:
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UNDERGRADUATESTUDENTS
o Prerequisite:SuccessfulcompletionofFirst-YearWritingSeminarrequirement
o Completetheattachedapplicationformandsubmitit,withawritingsample,to174RockefellerHall
o DEADLINES:
§ Fall–ThirdFridayofSeptemberbynoon
§ Spring–SecondFridayofFebruarybynoon
GRADUATESTUDENTS
o Prerequsite:Enrolledstatus,experienceteachingortutoringand/orsuccessfulcompletionofWriting7100/01
o SubmitaCVandletterofinterestdetailingrelevantemploymentorcoursework
o DEADLINE:Applicationsacceptedonarollingbasis
KateNavickas,Director
174RockefellerHall
[email protected]
DsDate:____________________
607.255.5279
ApplicationforWritingTutorandPeerMentorinWriting,UNDERGRADUATESONLY
Name
College
Address
Email
Phone
Major Year
WorkExperience
RelevantCoursework
References
WritingSample:Pleaseattachasampleofyouracademicwriting(anessay,notastory)ofatleast5pages.