Roth Writing Center

The Roth Writing Center at Connecticut College plays a central role in supporting student success, academic confidence, and persistence across the undergraduate experience. Through individualized, peer-to-peer writing support, the Center helps students develop the skills, strategies, and confidence they need to succeed in their coursework and to see themselves as capable, engaged members of the academic community.

The Writing Center supports students at all stages of the writing process and across all disciplines. In one-to-one consultations, students work collaboratively with trained peer tutors to brainstorm ideas, develop and refine arguments, organize drafts, integrate sources, and revise thoughtfully. Students are welcome to bring writing from any course, as well as senior theses, capstone projects, and personal statements for graduate or professional school applications. Consultations emphasize writing as a process, supporting independence, resilience, and transferable learning strategies that contribute to long-term academic success.

To make an appointment with a peer tutor in the Writing Center, please click on the Google Calendar link.

Peer Tutors 

The Writing Center is staffed by undergraduate peer tutors from a wide range of academic majors who are specially trained to support student writers. Peer tutors work collaboratively with students and are prepared to assist writers from diverse academic, linguistic, and educational backgrounds.

Each year, the Director of the Writing Center invites faculty to nominate students to serve as peer tutors. Nominees are selected not only for their strong writing abilities, but also for their ability to work effectively with peers and to communicate their understanding of writing and learning. All nominees interview for the position, and selected students enroll in ENG 300: Seminar in the Teaching of Writing. This writing-intensive course introduces pedagogical theory and practice and prepares students to serve as peer educators in the Writing Center.

Writing and Communication Excellence Program

The Roth Writing Center is home to the Writing and Communication Excellence (WCE) Program, which extends the Center’s mission beyond individual tutoring to support writing and communication across the curriculum. Through faculty partnerships, embedded communication mentors, workshops, and campus-wide initiatives, the WCE Program promotes strong writing, oral communication, and multimodal composing. By fostering academic engagement, reflective learning, and confidence as communicators, the WCE Program contributes directly to student persistence and long-term success at Connecticut College.