UW-Madison Writing Center

Drawing on personal experience with cancer survivorship and writing center practice, Maggie Hart’s blog post for Another Word reframes writing centers as spaces of recovery and argues that writing and recovery are nonlinear, relational processes shaped by care, flexibility, and “crip time.” Through concepts like access intimacy and ethics of care, Hart positions writing centers as places where writers can rebuild confidence, voice, and belonging within academic life. Read more here: https://go.wisc.edu/3q8lz

Finals are coming! Join us this Sunday evening for late night Writing Center hours at College Library. Make an appointment here: https://writing.wisc.edu/make-a-writing-appointment/

In their blog post "How to Discuss GenAI in Writing Consultations,” Brady Hall and Emma Bapst (Miami University of Ohio) presents questions for writing consultants to reflect on their experiences discussing GenAI, introduces frameworks to aid in these discussions, and relays some consultant experiences from a 2026 writing center conference. "We hope this will help consultants feel better prepared to address GenAI use in consultations,” they write, especially in "a manner that supports effective, ethical, and developmentally appropriate use."

Read more on Another Word: https://go.wisc.edu/03j5wv.

This week’s Another Word blog post posits that the “low-stakes” nature of writing center work is not guaranteed; it heavily depends on the broader sociopolitical contexts within which we operate. In the U.S., these contexts are increasingly shaped by heightened immigration enforcement, racialized surveillance, and growing anxieties surrounding documentation and visibility. Drawing on writing center scholarship alongside public resources developed by immigrant advocacy and higher education organizations, this post offers several considerations for writing center tutors and administrators navigating the present moment. https://go.wisc.edu/1xoj06

Are you working on a cover letter for a summer internship application? Are you finishing a draft of a paper for a class? Do you need some help brainstorming for an upcoming final project? We have appointments available before spring break!

https://writing.wisc.edu/make-a-writing-appointment/

📚 Memorial Library Writing Center satellite location is open Monday and Thursday, 2:30-5:30pm!

📚 Make an appointment today! https://writing.wisc.edu/make-a-writing-appointment/ -person-appointments-at-our-satellite-locations

Shout out to our friends at Chadbourne❣️

📆 CRC Satellite is open Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday from 5:30 to 8:30pm.

https://writing.wisc.edu/make-a-writing-appointment/ -person-appointments-at-our-satellite-locations

College Library Writing Center Satellite is open 5:30-8:30pm, Sunday-Thursday.

Make an appointment today! https://writing.wisc.edu/make-a-writing-appointment/

✏️ Hey Lakeshore! Do you need a Writing Center appointment?

✏️ Dejope satellite location is open!

✏️ Monday-Thursday, 5:30pm-8:30pm

✏️https://writing.wisc.edu/make-a-writing-appointment/

✏️ Do you need a Writing Center appointment this weekend? Check out our satellite location at Witte (room 114) on Sunday, 5:30-8:30pm.

✏️ https://writing.wisc.edu/make-a-writing-appointment/