The Writing Center offers UCSC graduate students one-on-one writing tutoring and supportive writing groups through the VOCES Program.  The VOCES Graduate Student Writing Center is staffed by advanced graduate students who serve as individual tutors and writing group mentors.  Bring us your budding ideas, your developing thoughts, your unpunctuated drafts, or your final polishing needs.  We are here to work with you and provide support for diverse writing needs!

 

Writing Process:

●      Prewriting

●      Writing

●      Revising

●      Exploring your writing process and understanding your strengths and needs

 

Academic/Creative Writing

●      Low-Stakes and High-Stakes Assignments

●      Graduate Seminar Papers

●      Proposals and Articles

●      Dissertation Chapters

●      Narrative and Fictional Writing

 

Professional Writing:

●      Resumes and CVs

●      Personal Statements & Artist Statements

●      Grant and Fellowship Applications

●      National Science Foundation Grant Writing

 

TO GET WRITING SUPPORT:

• Visit The Writing Center website and learn about us and our services
• Register, schedule an individual tutoring session (use the “VOCES Tutoring for Grad Students WIN2025” schedule)

• To inquire about joining a grad student writing group, email the Writing Center at writeon@ucsc.edu

 

All services are free, and take place online.  Services may be synchronous (online in real-time) or asynchronous (students submit writing to tutors in advance for review, the tutor then reads the document and provides feedback in writing (email) or in a Zoom meeting conversation.