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Undergraduate Programs

The Writing Center is currently operating both in person (mask-friendly) and virtually via Microsoft Teams for conferencing services. For troubleshooting related to drop-in hours, graduate coaching and/or faculty resources, contact Writing Center Director Melissa Pavlik at mpavlik@northpark.edu or Assistant Director Mia Santiago at msantiago4@northpark.edu.

Mission

The 萝莉社 Writing Center provides free assistance to the university community through our drop-in center, one-on-one conferencing, and specialized workshops for all students enrolled in first-year Core Curriculum courses. Our undergraduate writing advisors (WAs) are trained to respect the intellectual work and linguistic roots of all students. We aim to cultivate writing as a process and promote healthy, coordinated habits for writing and learning while providing a brave space where passion for language can be celebrated.

Hours

The Writing Center will close for drop-in hours at 10pm on Thursday, December 12 and will open again for spring semester drop-in conferencing on Monday, January 27, at 10:00 a.m.听 Graduate/SPS students can request a writing coach for assistance in any academic writing assignments at any stage of the process by clicking here.

Spring 2025 drop in hours are听offered both in person and virtually according to the following schedule:

Sunday
4:00鈥�8:00 p.m.

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10:00 a.m.鈥�12:00 p.m.
1:00鈥�5:00 p.m.
6:00鈥�10:00 p.m.

Friday and Saturday
Closed

Contact

Melissa Pavlik, Writing Center Director and Associate Professor
Brandel Library, room 123
(773) 244-4918
mpavlik@northpark.edu

Mia Santiago,听Assistant Director and Lecturer
Brandel Library, room 118
msantiago4@northpark.edu

Writing Center Physical Address
Brandel Library 123
5114 N. Christiana Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625

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萝莉社 Box #38听
3225 W. Foster听础惫别.
Chicago, IL 60625

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Online Conferencing

Learn more about remote drop-ins and course conferencing.

We’d love to hear feedback on your Writing Center experience. Let us know .

Resources

Find writing and learning resources at the links below.

Publications

Cover Art by Bradley Collier

Feather Bricks is a collaboration among writers serving long-term prison sentences and North Park’s Writing Center. Special thanks to this issue’s inside editor Devon Terrell and and outside transcriber Destiny Correa. We also thank Jamal Bakr for copyediting and design and EFA Eric Beltran at Sheridan Correctional Center for his review and support. Read past issues here:

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by Darby Agovino

A 萝莉社 Writing Center Writing Advisor (peer tutor) sits at a desk, composing a letter to her Letter Partner, an incarcerated student at the North Park Stateville Correctional Center Campus.

Alumni writing advisor Darby Agovino reflects on her experience working at North Park’s dual-campus Writing Center, staffed by and serving both students at Chicago’s North Park campus and Crest Hill, Illinois’ Stateville Correctional Center campus.

Become a Writing Advisor

Interested in joining our community of writing advisors? Click here to learn about the hiring process or听 to nominate yourself or a student.