{"id":12331,"date":"2021-09-21T20:26:32","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T01:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dept.writing.wisc.edu\/blog\/?p=12331"},"modified":"2022-10-14T15:23:20","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T20:23:20","slug":"on-thresholds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dept.writing.wisc.edu\/blog\/on-thresholds\/","title":{"rendered":"On Thresholds, or Beginning Again at the Writing Center"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Greetings from a new fall semester!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As summer edges its way into fall, we find ourselves returning: not just the return that comes with the cycle of a new academic year but also a return to campus life that continued moving while its physical spaces seemed to remain suspended in time. <\/p>\n\n\n

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The baseball cap left hanging from a thumbtack on the bulletin board 18 months ago remained in place there, still waiting for its person to claim it, while the Writing Center posters in our meeting room overlooking Lake Mendota slumped from their attachments, finding their way to the floor. Yet in the year that we taught from our homes while on Zoom and in WCOnline, among other spaces, first-year students became second-year students, graduate students wrapped up their degrees, and academic progress, well, progressed<\/em>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stepping back into the Writing Center itself feels deeply familiar at the same time it is also newly strange. Pathways worn into our neural circuitry have not entirely grown over, as it turns out, but they must be reawakened in the movement over this threshold. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This fall, we are excited to continue some of the online practices and programs that our writing center debuted in 2020-21 and are also eager to bring back some of the mainstays of our engagement with students, especially our in-person appointments. Below are some highlights of our offerings for Fall 2021:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Writing Center instructors are once again available at our main location in Helen C. White Hall to meet with students, typically from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. We help undergraduate and graduate writers at any stage of the writing process\u2014from choosing a topic to drafting and revising\u2014with a wide range of genres that span the disciplines across our university. Currently enrolled UW-Madison students can set up appointments online<\/a>, through WCOnline, up to two weeks in advance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instructors at our eight satellite locations in residence halls, libraries, and multicultural student centers across campus are also available for in-person meetings with students. Students can sign up for same-day appointments through WCOnline, viewing all of our satellite locations\u2019 availability at once and choosing the location that is best for them. Our instruction at these locations represents our commitment to meeting students where they are. Most satellite appointments take place in the evening, typically between 6:15 and 9:15 p.m. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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