Note about our services

Note about our services: All Writing Center services, with the exception of the capstone Form and Style Review, are optional and supplemental, and they are not connected to a Walden approval process. Our role is to support writers and review writing, but we do not determine whether students can move forward in a course or degree program.

Memorial Day holiday

The Writing Center is closed on Monday, May 26, 2014, for the Memorial Day holiday. We will resume services on Tuesday.

U.S. Army Col. Carolyn Jones prepares to place some rose petals into the reflecting pool at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial’s annual Memorial Day observance, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., May 26, 2008. Photograph by the U.S. federal government (public domain).

Walden Capstone Writing Community

The Writing Center hosts a private online writing community exclusively for Walden students in the proposal and final stages of writing the capstone (dissertation, doctoral study, or project study). For more information about the community and a link to the survey students fill out to request an invitation, please visit this page: http://writingcenter.waldenu.edu/1599.htm

Video playlists on grammar basics, sentences, and engaging writing

We have three new playlists in YouTube of short grammar videos--anywhere from 1-6 minutes in length:

• Mastering the Mechanics: This playlist focuses on the basics parts of English grammar, giving students a foundation to write clear and grammmatically-correct sentences. 
• Structuring Sentences: This playlist features short videos that explain how to put together clauses and phrases to create clear and engaging sentences. Passive voice, parallelism, subject-verb agreement, and using "I" is also discussed. 
• Engaging Writing: This playlist gives students tools for creating concise, engaging writing, including how students can use syntax, punctuation, and sentence structure to create variety. Transitions, active voice, and reducing wordiness are also discussed. 

Playlists can be accessed from the links above or via the WUWritingCenter home page: https://www.youtube.com/user/WUWritingCenter

myPASS scheduling system launched + Tutoring tab now renamed Paper Reviews

Big news in the Writing Center today!

We have launched our new myPASS scheduling system for paper review appointments. Please check out our updated Paper Reviews page for information on how to use the new system.

We have also renamed the Tutoring tab (main menu button at the top of the page) to Paper Reviews.