The MSU Writing Center is now open for Spring 2026 tutoring. We hope to see you here!
To make an appointment, go to WC Online.
If you do not already have an account, click on "Register for an account."
Log in and click on any white square to make an appointment.
Please note that on some days, the tutors are only available virtually, for etutoring or online tutoring.
We offer face to face tutoring in the Center, etutoring (asynchronous tutoring via email), and online tutoring (synchronous tutoring through WC Online).
Questions? Contact Dr. Patti Kurtz, Writing Center Director at patti.kurtz@ndus.edu
Writing can be hard. We’re here to help you become a successful writer.
At the Minot State Writing Center, you will work with our student tutors who are eager and ready to offer feedback on your writing in any subject, at any stage of the writing process.
Tutoring is free for all Minot State students and there is no limit on the number of appointments you make. We encourage you to bring your paper or assignment to us several times while you work on it, rather than coming in at the very end of the process. This allows our tutors to offer in-depth feedback and help.
How to Make an Appointment:
For summer 2024, we are only offering in person tutoring (drop in) and etutoring (asynchronous).
Location:
You can find the Minot State Writing Center in the Academic Support Center on the lower level of the Gordon B. Olson Library. Simply follow the signs or ask the administrative assistant for directions.
How to contact us:
Phone: (701) 858-3060
Email: writing@MinotStateU.edu
Director: Patti J. Kurtz, Associate Professor, English
308 Hartnett Hall
(701) 858-3073
What we believe about writing:
At the Minot State Writing Center, we believe everyone is a writer and can express their ideas through writing. We also believe that the best way to improve your writing is through helpful and constructive feedback from engaged, nonjudgmental readers. Our tutors strive to be those readers.
As writers ourselves, we offer a place where you can safely try out new ideas, learn new writing skills, practice revising strategies, and gain confidence in your writing.
Our primary goal is to help you become a stronger, independent writer by offering you strategies and tools you can use for future papers. We focus on you, the writer, rather than the individual assignment.
We believe writing is a process of discovering what we really want to say, a creative, non-linear process whose steps often blur together. All writers approach this process in different ways on their way to a polished final draft.
Because writing is a "messy" process, we believe that feedback throughout the writing process is most helpful. The Writing Center should not be the last stop for your paper, but rather, several stops along the way to a finished paper.
We believe content comes before
- Thesis and focus
- Audience awareness
- Depth of ideas
- Organization and flow
- Support for ideas in the form of examples, research, etc.
- Style: appropriate voice, word choice, etc.
- Mechanics, grammar, and format (documentation style)
writing@minotstateu.edu
1-701-858-3060
1-800-777-0750 ext. 3060
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The Writing Center has a new No Show policy:
If you miss three appointments in a semester, your account will be disabled and you will no longer be able to make appointments.
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To make an appointment, go to WC Online.
Below is a short video explaining how to make an appointment and what kinds of online appointments we offer.
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