[406] MTSU Writing Center Hosts Free Writing Tutorial & Workshop

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 6, 2010
CONTACT: Jamie Smith, University Writing Center, 615-904-8237

MTSU WRITING CENTER HOSTS FREE WRITING TUTORIAL & WORKSHOP
April 24 Event Designed to Assist Community with Writing Résumés, CVs & More

(MURFREESBORO)—Members of the University Writing Center staff will offer a one-day, writing-focused event, including a free résumé workshop, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 24, in Room 325 of MTSU’s Peck Hall.
Organizers of the free and open event said the tutorial will be especially beneficial to those in the local community who may have been affected by the poor economy and are in need of one-on-one assistance with résumés, cover letters or curriculum-vita development, as well as help with college and scholarship applications or assistance completing materials related to job hunting or returning to school.
The Writing Center staff will not provide job placement or career counseling, but its tutors will offer writing-related services to assist those actively seeking work or further education. Plus, information from MTSU’s Financial Aid Office and representatives from MTSU's Admissions Office and Career Development Center will be available to those in attendance.
Beyond providing writing assistance, the UWC event also will include an hourlong workshop, "Keeping Your Resume Out of the Trash and Your Name in the Loop," by Nancy Stubblefield, a coordinator with MTSU’s Career Development Center, beginning at 10 a.m.
"The Writing Center is always looking for ways to branch out and serve the community on and off campus,” said Jamie Smith, a peer mentor at the center. “We're bringing this workshop back (for a second year) so that people who aren't necessarily MTSU students can benefit, especially now that so many are out of work and back on the job hunt."
The one-day tutorial event is free and open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis.
For more information, please e-mail questions to uwc.career@gmail.com or call the center at 615-904-8237.


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With three Nobel Prize winners among its alumni and former faculty, Middle Tennessee State University confers master’s degrees in 10 areas, the Specialist in Education degree, the Doctor of Arts degree and the Doctor of Philosophy degree. MTSU is ranked among the top 100 public universities in the nation in the Forbes “America’s Best Colleges” 2009 survey.