Agnes Scott College Center for Writing and Speaking

Peer-tutoring service dedicated to serving the writing and speaking needs of the Agnes Scott community! Christine Cozzens, Charles A.

The Center for Writing and Speaking (CWS) is a peer tutoring organization devoted to improving and enhancing students’ writing and speaking skills. Staffed by trained peer tutors, the CWS provides students of all ability levels with individual assistance in writing papers and in preparing and practicing speeches and presentations. Imagine having the opportunity to prepare for a critical presentati

on with a peer tutor who understands the nuances of body language and the importance of maintaining eye contact with your audience. What if you have great ideas for a paper, but you’re unfamiliar with the format the instructor has assigned? Let’s say you need quick tips fast—such as the dos and don’ts of writing a research paper, a résumé, an outline for an informative speech or tips for mastering an employment interview? You’re working on your senior project and need some feedback before turning in the next draft, or you want to practice a speech you are about to give for an off-campus organization. The Center for Writing and Speaking can help you do your best work with all of these assignments and more. We encourage students to come in for tutoring at any stage of the process, from understanding the assignment and idea development to the final stages of editing and polishing. Tutoring conferences are collaborative: the student brings her ideas, intentions, and knowledge, and the tutor brings experience in helping writers and speakers turn their work into successful final projects. Throughout the conference, tutors emphasize critical thinking and student ownership of their work. As CWS Director Christine Cozzens said, The Center for Writing and Speaking should really be called the center for intellectual engagement outside the classroom. The CWS is located on the ground floor of Campbell Hall and is open 24 hours a day as a student work space; tutoring is offered six days a week. Two different spaces provide students the opportunity to work in the kind of environment that is best suited to meet their needs. The Tutoring Lounge offers a comfortable, relaxed tutoring environment with ample seating and desks, coffee and tea (to give you that extra push while writing your paper or working on your presentation!), and all the best reference materials to help make your assignment a success. When you’re all ready to practice your speech, our Presentation Center has state-of-the-art projection equipment to help you make the most of what you have to say. Available resources include over 100 student-produced handouts on many aspects of writing and speaking, books, journals, computers, printers, scanners, software and audio and video playback equipment. Dana Professor of English, directs the CWS and Mina Ivanova, professor of Public Speaking serves as the Coordinator. Over 5,000 tutoring conferences are held at the CWS each year; that means Agnes Scott students from all majors and classes appreciate and make the center an integral part of their academic life.

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05/13/2026

As we finish up our finals hours, we’re taking a moment to congratulate our graduating seniors!!! We’re so proud of you all and so excited to see everything you do :) Thank you for spending your time with us in the center 💚💙🤍

04/28/2026

PowerPoint Night was a success, thank you so much for joining us! In case you missed it, here’s a recap of the super fun presentations and talented winners of the night! And in the spirit of the ranking theme, a song choice reminiscent of a certain dance show with a pyramid…

04/21/2026

TONIGHT AT 5:30 🧛🏻🐺✨ If your SpARC or class presentations have you feeling like you’ve been thrown to the wolves... hold on tight, spider monkey, because we have just the event for you! Join us next week for the last workshop of the semester, where you’ll learn how to create presentations so strong, they could live forever! You don’t want to miss this!
There will be pizza.

04/17/2026

Jacob is wondering where you’ve been Loca!!! Come let your skin sparkle like diamonds in the sun on Tuesday, April 21st at 5:30pm in Campbell G-17! This workshop will help you prepare for your upcoming SpARC (or other) presentations and teach you how to fight your inner public speaking Volturi vampires!!

04/14/2026

If your SpARC or class presentations have you feeling like you’ve been thrown to the wolves… hold on tight, spider monkey, because we have just the event for you! Join us next week for the last workshop of the semester, where you’ll learn how to create presentations so strong, they could live forever! You don’t want to miss this!

04/14/2026

TONIGHT at 7PM!!
Ranked list makers, hot take givers, and powerpoint creators...step to the front! It’s your time to shine next week in Frannie Graves Auditorium at 7pm for another installment of PowerPoint Night, this time with a fun ranking theme! Light snacks and wholehearted entertainment provided. We look forward to seeing you!

04/07/2026

Ranked list makers, hot take givers, and powerpoint creators…step to the front! It’s your time to shine next week in Frannie Graves Auditorium at 7pm for another installment of PowerPoint Night, this time with a fun ranking theme! Light snacks and wholehearted entertainment provided. We look forward to seeing you there!

04/06/2026

The student finalist reading is here and so are our amazing tutors!! Karmon Christopherson, Sarah Angstadt, Zoe Heath, and Alexa Robinson will be presenting their writing between 5 and 6:30, Tuesday April 7th in the Luchsinger Lounve!

03/05/2026

Today’s the day! We are so excited to share our new mascot: Sir Citation Styles the Squirrel! 🐿️

Sir Citation Styles is a natural at public speaking and a talented writer, and we could think of no one better to represent us at the Center for Writing and Speaking. He embodies our values of collaboration, critical thinking, and boosting others’ confidence in their work.

Sir Styles was born in Liverpool, where he first became interested in writing after penning his first poems in collaboration with his friend Paul McCartney. He graduated from University of Oxford with a Master of Arts in Creative Writing. He earned his knighthood from his outstanding achievements in the arts.

In his free time, he loves climbing trees, eating acorns, and crocheting.

He is very excited to join us at Agnes Scott in his new role as CWS Mascot! Expect to see Sir Citation Styles more in the future!

Created by the Publicity and Events Committee and drawn by Sophia Baker.

02/26/2026

TONIGHT at 7PM!! Join us to celebrate Black poetry, music, and more in Luchsingers Lounge for a coffeehouse poetry night complete with revolution doughnuts and coffee ☕️ 📚

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Telephone

+14044745201

Website

http://cws.agnesscott.edu/

Address

141 East College Avenue, Campbell G-14 And G-17
Decatur, GA
30030

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 10pm
Tuesday	9am - 10pm
Wednesday	9am - 10pm
Thursday	9am - 10pm
Friday	9am - 4pm
Sunday	9am - 10pm