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.

The UWC offers weekly writing appointments with the same Writing Assistant through our ENG 100 course. In an effort to support more NAU students, students seeking writing support outside of ENG 100 are limited to scheduling 3 recurring appointments at a time and are not guaranteed to work with the same Writing Assistant week-to-week.

The University Writing Commons is moving online for the remainder of the spring 2020 semester. We are in the process of solidifying our online writing appointments and will roll out our services on Monday, March 30th. 

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 University Writing Commons provides online writing support for upper division 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. Our new scheduling system will be available starting the week on March 30th.

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

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

Work weekly with a writing assistant! Enroll in ENG 100 for Spring 2020

Meet our writing assistants Get to know your Writing Assistant

Find out more about The Interdisciplinary Writing Program

Hours & locations Come visit us at our new location at the Student Academic Services building!