The University Writing Commons
The University Writing Commons works with you at any stage of the writing process and we offer two formats for NAU students.
Mountain campus students have hours at nine locations on the Flagstaff campus. All sessions are face-to-face. We also have online hours for our statewide and online students. Scroll down for further information including hours and how to visit us.
When you are ready, click on the yellow button on the right to make a face-to-face appointment.
*We are offering limited online appointments for the winter session through December 31st. In-person and online writing appointments at the Flagstaff Mountain campus will resume for the spring term on Tuesday, January 21st.*
Need an online appointment?
The Academic Success Centers and the University Writing Commons are both delighted to offer online appointments to support student writing. The Academic Success Centers offer online appointments for all undergraduate students, regardless of course delivery mode. Writing tutors with the Academic Success Centers are best prepared to provide support for needs such as grammar and punctuation, and organizing essays and reports; these are issues commonly experienced in, but not limited to, lower division courses. To schedule an appointment with the Academic Success Centers, please visit www.nau.edu/onlinetutoring
The University Writing Commons provides online writing support for undergraduate students who are enrolled in an online course or Statewide program and for all graduate students. Writing Assistants are Graduate Teaching Assistants in the Department of English and are best utilized to support more complex issues in writing, such as organizing and writing disciplinary research papers, and rhetorical awareness; these issues are often experienced in upper division courses. To schedule an appointment with the University Writing Commons, please email iwriting@nau.edu or call 928-523-7745.
Learn more about making an appointment at the University Writing Commons
Find out how you can schedule and cancel your face-to-face appointment through our online scheduler
Please check-in with our Student Assistant 5-minutes early to keep the session on-time.
We cancel appointments 3-minutes after the scheduled time for another Student to step in and work with us.
We look forward and enjoy working with students from across the university.
At the Writing Commons, you can expect
1:1
Student:Writing Assistant
50
Minute Appointments
