Wichita State University
Writing Center
Online Writing Center
The Writing Center's online services are available to all Wichita State students. Come get help now!
Contact Us
For more information about the writing center, contact Kerry Jones, Writing Center Director, at 316-978-6183 or send her an email at kerry.jones@wichita.edu.
Her office is 639 Lindquist Hall.
The Wichita State University Writing Center is a free writing resource available to all WSU students. Trained undergraduate tutors from a variety of majors will help you at any stage of your writing--from brainstorming to later stage work and revisions.
We Offer
- Brainstorming assistance
- Help with developing a topic
- Specific writing problem assistance
- Help with revisions
- Development of critical reading leading to more enhanced writing
- Assistance with sentence, grammatical, or punctuation errors.
- Online grammar exercises
We Will Not
We will not edit or proofread papers, correct grammatical and mechanical errors, revise papers for students, rewrite sentences or paragraphs, write introductions or conclusions, or guarantee good grades on papers. For extensive writing projects, such as theses, please call Kerry Jones, Writing Center director at 978-6183, or email her: kerry.jones@wichita.edu.
Location: SHOCKER SUCCESS CENTER
The Writing Center is now located in the Shocker Success Center on the second floor. Appointments are not necessary. Sometimes we do have to close early, and sometimes, due to weather conditions, we are forced to operate on a skeleton staff. If the university closes operations, we close as well. However, submissions for assistance are still accepted through the OWL (online writing lab). That being said:
If you can't make it to the Writing Center in person, you can still receive help with your writing project remotely through the Online Writing Center. Simply enroll the Online Writing Center's Blackboard page and submit your document. You'll receive feedback from a trained tutor within two business days. For example, if you submit a document at 4 p.m. on Friday, you can expect to receive comments on it by 4 p.m. Tuesday. You must re-enroll in the (OWL) each August. For extensive writing assignments (those exceeding 10 pages) and graduate-level assignments, please contact the director of the Writing Center, Kerry Jones: kerry.jones@wichita.edu.
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Hours
Fall 2026 Hours (subject to change in case of inclement weather or staffing situations)
- Monday through Thursday: 8am-7pm
- Friday: 11-5
We generally close early the day before scheduled holidays, and we are closed during the holidays. We are also closed during the Fall and Spring Breaks. The Writing Center opens the first full week of class (Monday) and closes for the semester on the last day of class. We are not open during finals or during the summer.
Writing Resources
For additional help, check out these on-line services:
Citation Manuals and Style Guides:
**APA Citation Manual Style Guides for students in the School of Nursing**
APA 7th Edition Writing Tutorial: https://extras.apa.org/apastyle/basics-7e/?_ga=2.150020150.1865515697.1595439806-1724355297.1593659475#/
APA Style Central: https://apastyle.apa.org/
Becoming a Tutor
If you are interested in becoming a Writing Tutor, please contact Prof. Kerry Jones, Writing Center Director: kerry.jones@wichita.edu. You should be able to refer to at least two English classes that you have taken at WSU, and that you list a professor who can vouch for your writing skills and recommend you as a tutor. We also ask that you provide a current transcript of your work here at WSU. As always, good oral and written communication skills are an absolute must! At this time (August 2026), we have no positions currently available.