SWEETLAND PEER WRITING CENTER

Thank you for visiting the Sweetland Peer Writing Center.

Spring 2025 consulting schedules are open. We look forward to seeing you soon!

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Welcome! The Peer Writing Center provides consultations specifically for undergraduate students.

PWCP Dates of Operation
SPRING: Tuesday, May 6 - Wednesday, June 18
Closed Monday, May 26 and Thursday, June 19

PWC SPRING 25 Hours: 

You have three options for your appointment:

1. IN-PERSON MEETING

• Make an appointment on the schedule at Shapiro Library.
• Arrive on time to meet your consultant and begin your session. If you arrive more than 5 minutes past your scheduled appointment time, your appointment will be dropped.
• Either bring a hard copy of your writing or share access to your Google Doc with your consultant.

2. VIDEO MEETING 

Google Meet Online appointment--you have a real-time online video/audio, audio, or text chat consultation with a peer writing consultant

• Make an appointment on the schedule.
• Before your appointment, create a Google Doc containing your writing and any relevant assignment details.
• Share your Google Doc with the Peer Writing Consultant, giving them access as a "commenter." 
• Log back into WCOnline approximately 5 minutes before the start of the appointment
• Open the appointment, scroll down to the "Google Meet Link" box and click the meeting link that will be shared by your consultant.
• A peer writing consultant will join you for a video or text chat appointment in real-time over Google Meet.
• Open your Google Doc in a window separate from the meeting and resize the windows so that you can view both your document and the writing consultant at the same time. 

3. ASYNCHRONOUS WRITTEN FEEDBACK

eTutoring — we provide written feedback on your writing project (fewer than 8 pages, please!) via email

• Make an appointment on the virtual schedule - be sure to list your specific concerns.
• Upload your assignment prompt (if applicable) and draft document(s) to WCOnline at the bottom of the appointment form.
• Watch your email for notification that a peer consultant has responded to your paper. You can expect that your paper will be responded to by the end of the scheduled appointment time.

NOTE:

• All appointments begin on the hour and last 45 minutes.
• If you are more than 5 minutes late for your online appointment, it will be dropped.
• You may schedule one appointment per day.
• Please be considerate of our consultants and your fellow students; if you cannot attend your appointment, please cancel it at least one hour before the scheduled start time.

We look forward to working with you! If you have questions or concerns, please email scwreceptionists@umich.edu.

Usage Note: It's a privilege to get to work with you! To better establish trust and mutuality in our consultations, our PWCs and consultees agree to never reproduce each other's work in part or in full. Consultation participants commit to never submitting any of either party's comments or writing to an AI program without explicit consent from both people. For our program, consent includes specifying which LLMs and which words are okay to involve.