Grinnell College Writing, Reading, and Speaking Center

Grinnell College Writing, Reading, and Speaking Center Teaching Grinnellians to be more confident & effective writers, readers, and speakers.

We provide feedback and support for any project related to writing, reading, or speaking. Whether you're writing a paper for a class, scripting a podcast, or applying for an internship or graduate program; reading academic writing for the first time or sorting through research for your Mentored Academic Project; getting ready for a Tutorial discussion or preparing to present at an academic confere

nce — if you're working on it, we're happy to talk about it with you, no matter what step in the process you're on.

Glad to see Writing Mentors Ashley Baek and Hamilton Peacock, both class of ‘25, featured in this story!
06/12/2025

Glad to see Writing Mentors Ashley Baek and Hamilton Peacock, both class of ‘25, featured in this story!

Students in Professor David Harrison’s Spring 2025 advanced French seminar, Molière: Performance and Adaptation, recently had the opportunity to bring their classroom learning to life when they pitched theatrical production concepts to a nationally renowned theatre director in Chicago.

Applications are due today! If you have any last minute questions, email [baekashl] or [curranbe]!!
02/20/2025

Applications are due today! If you have any last minute questions, email [baekashl] or [curranbe]!!

Ready to submit your application? The deadline is this Thursday (2/20) at 11:59pm. Make sure you’ve crossed off all thes...
02/15/2025

Ready to submit your application? The deadline is this Thursday (2/20) at 11:59pm. Make sure you’ve crossed off all these boxes!

Applications are still open to apply to be a Writing Mentor for next year! If interested, there will be two more info se...
02/12/2025

Applications are still open to apply to be a Writing Mentor for next year! If interested, there will be two more info sessions in HSSC room N1118: today from 4-5pm and Tuesday (2/18) from 4-5pm.

For those interested in being a Writing Mentor…come join us at our upcoming info sessions!
02/03/2025

For those interested in being a Writing Mentor…come join us at our upcoming info sessions!

We love knowing Grinnellians are talking about us on YikYak, even if they’re still calling us the writing lab. But don’t...
11/27/2024

We love knowing Grinnellians are talking about us on YikYak, even if they’re still calling us the writing lab. But don’t be mad at the people who planned ahead, okay?

For those of you still looking for appointments: 1) Put yourself on the waitlist for the day you want to meet with us. 2) We’ll open up appointments for Reading Day and finals week next Monday. In the meantime: Happy Thanksgiving!

We're so excited to welcome the new Grinnell College Writing Mentors who will be starting work next year! What a fantast...
06/03/2024

We're so excited to welcome the new Grinnell College Writing Mentors who will be starting work next year! What a fantastic group! 😍

Congratulations to the class of 2022 — and especially to our graduating Writing Mentors! The Writing Center Director ma...
05/27/2022

Congratulations to the class of 2022 — and especially to our graduating Writing Mentors! The Writing Center Director maaaaay have whooped and hollered for all of you crossing the stage. ❤️ 🎓

Congratulations to the new Writing Mentors who will be starting work next fall! What an amazing group! 😍
05/09/2022

Congratulations to the new Writing Mentors who will be starting work next fall! What an amazing group! 😍

Love writing? Need a job? Want to meet other cool writers? How does being a Grinnell Writing Mentor sound like? Don’t re...
02/10/2022

Love writing? Need a job? Want to meet other cool writers? How does being a Grinnell Writing Mentor sound like?

Don’t really know what that is? Well, join us for one of the info sessions to get more information and have your questions answered by current Writing Mentors and Writing Center Director, Tisha Turk. We’ll be giving an overview of the program, talk about what it’s like to be a mentor, and describe what to expect from the application process. There will also be allocated time to answer any questions you may have. So stop by!

Date and times:
Monday, February 14, 4-5 pm
Thursday, February 17, 11 am-noon
Thursday, February 24, 4 pm-5 pm

Location: HSSC N1118

For additional information, follow the tinyurl link: tinyurl.com/grinnellwritingmentors. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to us or Tisha Turk ([email protected]).

Based on the conversations we’ve been having with writers this week, we think it might be time for some reminders about ...
12/08/2021

Based on the conversations we’ve been having with writers this week, we think it might be time for some reminders about Life Stuff. Image by Maia Kobabe ().

Writing Mentors at work: Melena Johnson and Cat Dang Ton discuss the structure of their research papers for WRT 301: Tea...
11/24/2021

Writing Mentors at work: Melena Johnson and Cat Dang Ton discuss the structure of their research papers for WRT 301: Teaching & Tutoring Writing. To talk about your own upcoming papers and presentations, make an appointment at the Writing, Reading, and Speaking Center!

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