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Frequently Asked Questions

The Write from the Start Writing and Communication Center (WCC) is here to help you with all your writing needs, from brainstorming ideas for an assignment to proofreading your final draft. This FAQ page will answer some of the most common questions students have about the WCC. If you don't see your question answered here, please don't hesitate to contact us.

We can help any student currently enrolled at NSU, undergraduate through post-doctorate, in all colleges and on any campus (and online). We cannot provide assistance to friends and family members. Additionally, the WCC employs NSU faculty who can work with other faculty on an individual basis or at the department or college level to improve curricula and develop classroom skills.
Our consultants help with various assignments, such as academic projects (papers, theses, dissertations), professional projects (resumes, CVs, cover letters, grant applications, articles for publication), personal projects (creative writing), and digital and oral projects (PowerPoints, posters, infographics, presentations, speeches).
We assist students with writing assignments for any discipline, no matter the stage of the writing process—brainstorming to proofreading.
WCC consultants are generalists who can work with writers across the entire curriculum; writing fellows are directly embedded into specific courses. All of our staff members work as consultants, while only some work as fellows.
Our hours and locations vary by semester; view our homepage for specifics.
If you have a quick question, feel free to stop by one of our locations, email us at wcc@nova.edu, or call (954) 262-4644. You do not need to make an appointment.
Undergraduate students can complete one session per day, per course. Graduate students can complete one session per day, two sessions per week.
We encourage you to make an appointment to ensure that you will get the help that you need, but you are welcome to drop in and meet with any available consultant.

If this is your first time making an appointment with the WCC, you should review this detailed presentation on how to schedule appointments using myWConline, which also includes how to connect to online appointments once they are made. If you just need a refresher, see the instructions below:

  1. Go to nova.myWConline.com.
  2. Sign in. On the left hand side, there is a box where you must input your NSU email and the password you used when you created the account. If you have not created an account with myWConline, click the “Register for an Account” button and fill out the form in the pop-up window.
  3. Choose your schedule. Select your schedule from the drop-down menu. To help decide which schedule fits you best, there is a description of each schedule to the right of the sign in box. If you are an undergraduate student making an appointment with the writing fellow assigned to your class, for instance, then you would use the schedule titled “4. Undergrad - Sherman Library.”
  4. Choose your class. Open the drop-down menu titled “Limit to” and select the class for which you are meeting. This will limit the schedule to show only those fellows specially selected to help with your course.
  5. Select your appointment time. You can select any of the white boxes to make an appointment. A pop-up window will open asking for some information about your class, professor, and reason for coming in. Please fill this information out to the best of your ability, as it will be used by the consultant to help prepare for your meeting. After you have made an appointment, the box will become orange.
An appointment can be edited or canceled by signing back into nova.myWConline.com, clicking the orange box, and making the changes or pressing the “Cancel this Appointment” button at the bottom of the pop-up window.
Please be respectful of your peers and cancel your appointment as soon as you know you won’t be able to make it. If you intend to be late, keep in mind that we will still help you; however, if there is a drop-in student waiting, then we will take them if you do not show up within the first ten minutes.
We can send your instructor a Client Report Form (CRF) at your request. Faculty may also request CRFs for their students.
Please have available any materials with you that will ensure your session is the most helpful it can be—assignment sheets, rubrics, work completed toward the assignment, professor feedback, etc.

Contact Us

If you would like to learn more, please contact us using the information below. We’re happy to give you a tour of our space and have you meet our staff members!

The WCC space is on the fourth floor of the Alvin Sherman Library, room 430.

Hours:
Monday - Thursday: 9 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Friday: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Email: wcc@nova.edu
Phone: (954) 262-4644
Social Media: @nsuwcc

Email and phone messages are checked throughout the day seven days a week, with limited hours on weekends. Consultations are also offered remotely via Zoom seven days a week, with some occurring outside of our physical space's hours. 

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