Schedule an Appointment

In one-to-one sessions, online, and writing seminars, our instructors will help you to:

1.  Get acquainted with the writing process
2.  Help you get started on your assignment
3.  Learn and practice strategies for developing ideas, revising drafts, and proofreading
4.  Break through writer's block
5.  Access any library, writing, and personnel resources

We do not edit, evaluate, or check grammar.  We work with you to become effective writers and to succeed in your professional goals and workplace. 

Please use the Consultation Request Form to request an appointment with a GWRC consultant.  

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Note: Please bring in the rubric or guideline for the assignment you are working on.

Mark Vaughan  vaug6764@stthomas.edu

Opus Hall Room 330
Hours are Tues., Wed., and Thurs. from 12:30p - 4:30p and
Mon. and Fri. from 9a - 12p

Bio:  Mark is a non-traditional student who returned to school in pursuit of a second career.  He graduated from Metropolitan State University in 2007 with a B.A. in Psychology and is currently working toward his Masters in Counseling Psychology at UST.  Mark is also completing his practicum at a counseling center in Minneapolis while pondering pursuing a Psy.D. degree.  He has extensive editing experience and may become a published author by year's end.   


Sharon Bertrand, RN, M.H.A.  swbertrand@stthomas.edu
Opus Hall Room 330
Hours are Tues., Wed., and Thurs. from 4:00p - 7:00p

Bio:  Most recently, Sharon worked as a vice president responsible for a variety of professional and non-professional operational areas in two hospitals within a large health system in the Twin Cities.  Currently, she is completing her dissertation in the Doctorate in Leadership Program at UST.  Her research interest is in the use of complementary and alternative medicine by Americans and its integration into the U.S. healthcare delivery system.  Sharon enjoys assisting students with the writing process from beginning to end.

Katie Mollen  moll1214@stthomas.edu
Opus Hall Room 330
Hours are Mon. from 11a - 7p, Tues. from 9a - 7p and Wed. and Thurs. from 9:00a - 4:00p

Bio:  Katie graduated from the University of North Dakota with a Bachelors in Religious Studies, a minor in history and a certification in Nonprofit Leadership through American Humanics.  She is currently working on her Masters of Catholic Studies at UST.  Her areas of interest include anything pertaining to history, specifically the history and development of ideas.  Since a young age, she has also had a passion for writing and research but loves reading more than anything.

General Writing Assistance

 
Sheryl Grassie srgrassie@stthomas.edu
Opus Hall Room 330
Available by appointment only.

Bio:  Sheryl has a Bachelors degree and a Masters degree in transpersonal/clinical psychology and previously worked as a psychotherapist with children.  She is currently a doctoral candidate at UST in the Leadership, Policy and Administration Program.  Her first love is writing and she is presently co-authoring a book on Transactional Analysis.  She is the mother of three children including an 11-year old son who has severe autism and is working to develop a residential treatment center for autism in Minnesota.

Additional Directions FOR sign up:

In an email send your request to Susan Melvin at   melv9319@stthomas.edu.  Or call (651) 962-4460 if you have any questions.

frequently asked questions:

1.  Who can use the GWRC?
All graduate students enrolled in the University, alumni, faculty, staff, and community members.  Consultees can be at any skill level or at any stage in their writing process. 

2.  What do I need to do before attending the writing consultation? 
You need to fill out the Consultation Request Form at least 24 hours before your appointment. Consultants will work with you to develop your ideas and clarify your writing.

3.  Why attend a consultation? 
Research shows that writing improves as writers learn to use the different stages of the writing process.  The process of revision is more productive as a result of a critical dialogue with a consultant.  GWRC staff can help you generate ideas, organize information, revise, and polish your documents in a supportive one-on-one environment.

Center participants have stated that after working with a consultant they find that they spend more time on their writing, are sensitive to their writing, and begin to think more confidently of themselves as a writer.  A variety of tasks are reviewed by GWRC consultants.

4.  What is a consultation like and what happens during a consultation? 
When you walk into the Graduate Writing and Research Center, your consultant will want to know about you, what you are working on, and what goals you have for your writing.  The session is based on what you tell us you'd like to work on.  We don't take your paper and mark errors; typically we read your paper with you and work through the areas you have told us you'd like to pay attention to.  

Our goal is to help you revise and improve a paper while you get a better sense of yourself as a writer.  A variety of writing tasks may be reviewed including class assignments, research proposals, funding applications, and project presentations.

5.  What do consultees need to bring with them?
You are encouraged to bring your questions, ideas, notes, doodles, and assignment guides.  Bring a hard copy of your essay or a first draft on a flash drive.  Bring writing at any stage of the process.

Students have worked with our consultants on generating ideas, organizing information, revising documents, checking the format of references, reorganizing paragraphs, and unpacking project guidelines. 

Our writing consultants have seen it all and welcome your work in a supportive one-on-one environment.