Location:
Krannert Memorial Library
2nd floor, west end

Phone:
(317) 788-3554

Faculty Information about the Writing Lab

Encouraging Writing Lab use and advertising our services

We would appreciate your announcing our hours and telephone number to your students. If you would like bookmarks that list this information, please send an E-mail to Dr. Marshall with:

Your Name
Name of the course
Number of bookmarks needed

You may also call the Writing Lab, 788-3554, during our hours, or leave a voicemail message for Dr. Marshall at 788-3240.

Please encourage (or even require) your students to visit the Lab, not just when they finish a draft but at earlier stages: when they are brainstorming for a topic, when they have finished half the paper, when they have written the first page. We have discovered in recent semesters that we can especially help writers in the prewriting stage. Three-quarters of the Lab's business comes in the last quarter of the semester, and we would like to help students earlier. Besides, in-process consultation not only prevents procrastination but is a practice that most writers outside the university campus regularly employ.

Requiring Writing Lab Visits

If you are requiring your whole class to visit the Writing Lab, please call the Lab, (788-3554, or leave a message at 788-3240) and make arrangements so that ten students do not arrive at the same time. The staff would like to know how many students to expect, when they will come, and what type of instruction you expect them to receive.

If you wish to refer formally individual students to the Lab and to specify the type of assistance they need, we can provide you with referral forms. Call the Lab (788-3554, or leave a message at 788-3240) and ask us to send you some. Students may, of course, use the Lab without official referral.

Communicating with the staff

When one of your students visits the Lab, you will receive a Notice of Conference that explains the date and subject of the consulting session. Please respond to these Notices if you feel we need to redirect our focus, if something is unclear, or if you have a suggestion. Write us a note, call 788-3554 during our hours, E-mail Dr. Marshall, or leave a voicemail message at 788-3240.

Arranging for a consultant to explain our services to your class

If you would like a staff member from the Writing Lab to visit your class and explain our services in person, please E-mail Dr. Marshall and include:

Your Name
Phone Numer
Office Hours
Course Name/Number
Location and Hours
Best Date/Time to Visit

You may also call the Writing Lab, 788-3554, during our hours, or leave a voicemail message for Dr. Marshall at 788-3240.