The Racer Writing Center at MSU

The Racer Writing Center helps students from all disciplines and in all majors become more effective, more successful writers. We believe that learning to write well is a rewarding but often difficult process and that all writers—no matter how competent—can improve.

We therefore believe that all writers benefit from sharing work in progress with knowledgeable, attentive readers. Our methods—multi-faceted, flexible, and above all, collaborative—reflect our dedication to the individual writer, whose talents, voice, and academic and professional goals are central to all our endeavors.

To fulfill this mission, the Racer Writing Center offers at no charge to students:

• trained, supportive graduate student consultants from a variety of areas of study who work one on one with students at all levels and in all disciplines at every stage of the writing process
• short-term, non-credit workshops about academic writing
• a non-credit certificate program in writing to those students who attend the requisite number of writing workshops
• reference materials about academic writing
• a Writer’s Hotline (telephone and email) to address simple grammatical and mechanical issues

Sessions typically last 40 minutes and our student clients find them enormously helpful. We are here to help students learn to become better writers, not to judge the quality of their writing. Because we are here to supplement the teaching of writing across campus, we are willing to work with students on any kind of writing project, including resumes and graduate school applications.