Whether you just graduated a few years ago or worked for us back in the early 2000’s, we want to hear from you! The CLC Writing Center will be celebrating its 40th birthday soon, and we’re hoping to commemorate this milestone year in several ways.
Continue reading “Summer 2025 CLC Tutor Alumni Survey”Introducing Alanna Phillips – Lead Tutor, Lakeshore
Lakeshore Campus Tutoring Center
Hi. My name is Alanna Phillips, and I am the Lead Tutor at CLC’s Lakeshore Campus Tutoring Center. I tutor in writing, reading, speech, English, as well as study & technology skills. I am an artist and aspiring educator learning to think clearly & openheartedly in a confusing and disheartening world.
Continue reading “Introducing Alanna Phillips – Lead Tutor, Lakeshore”National Day on Writing – More Than Just a Day
The College of Lake County Writing Center decided to expand the National Day on Writing (which falls on Sunday, October 20th) this year, so that we are celebrating all things writing for a full week.
Continue reading “National Day on Writing – More Than Just a Day”Meet Our New Peer Writing Tutors – Part 2
Meet Andie, Morgan, Jose, and Michael! They are four more of the 14 new CLC student tutors who joined our staff in the Writing Center this fall. As part of our Peer Writing Tutor Program, they are taking a 3-credit English class, English 260 (Intro to Writing Center Theory and Practice) while they work their first semester as writing tutors.
Continue reading “Meet Our New Peer Writing Tutors – Part 2”Meet Our New Peer Writing Tutors – Part 1
This fall 14 new CLC student tutors joined our staff in the Writing Center. As part of our Peer Writing Tutor Program, they are taking a 3-credit English class, English 260 (Intro to Writing Center Theory and Practice) this fall while they work their first semester as writing tutors. Meet Alex, Juan Jose, Jacqueline, Xiomara, and Noelle!
Continue reading “Meet Our New Peer Writing Tutors – Part 1”Night (and Afternoon) Against Procrastination
On Thursday, December 1, 2022, the CLC Writing Center hosted a successful write-in event to help students (and CLC faculty and staff) fight procrastination.
Three separate write-in events were scheduled–one on each campus and writers had the opportunity to work for anywhere from two to four hours. Snacks were provided and door prizes were awarded.
Continue reading “Night (and Afternoon) Against Procrastination”National Day on Writing – 2022
Here are some scenes from our celebrations of the National Day on Writing on Thursday, October 20, 2022 at the Grayslake and Southlake Campuses.
Continue reading “National Day on Writing – 2022”Meet the New Peer Writing Tutors – Part 1
Back in June, we interviewed over 30 students for our Peer Writing Tutor Program. Though our Fall 2022 cohort is smaller than usual, our staff of ten new writing tutors is already mighty. They have been working in the Writing Center since August while also taking English 260 (Intro to Writing Center Theory & Practice), our tutor development course.
Please meet four of our new tutors as well as our the new Tutoring Coordinator for the Writing Center.
Why Be a Peer Writing Tutor?
Here are some responses to that question from our current staff.
Greta S. started as a writing tutor in 2016 and has continued to work in the writing center since she graduated from CLC. She plans to start at Lake Forest College this fall.
They Came. They Wrote. They Won.
The CLC Writing Center hosted another successful Night Against Procrastination Virtual Write-In on Wednesday, April 27, 2022 from 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm.
We had thirty-three (33) writers participate in the event and twenty-nine (29) of them were student writers. Four (4) faculty members also joined us to get work done.
Voices from the CLC Writing Center 