The Writing Center's Peer Tutors not only tutor their peers but, in recent years, have also participated in panel discussions at the New England Writing Center's Annual Meeting .

To become writing tutors, students with excellent writing skills and strong interpersonal qualities must be recommended by a faculty member or tutor. Selected students - there are currently eight - are required to take a year long course in writing and teaching which will enable them to start tutoring after the first term.

"As a tutor, I have used my skills to help students with scientific writing assignments," said Tammy McGrath '96. "Encouraging and helping students write in a scientific manner begins with conveying the message that this particular writing style - clear, concise, and logical - is a tool that they can utilize over and over again."

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