Creighton University Writing Center Mission Statement
- The most important thing we do at the Writing Center is to listen.
- Having listened, we do nothing more or less than to ask questions, offer suggestions, and listen further still.
- We work with and for any member of the Creighton community who seeks a guided dialogue about his or her writing.
- Our purpose is one of responsive, deliberate, service.
- The writer's writing belongs 100% to the writer.
- We are not one bit concerned with grading or grades.
- We practice cura personalis . In our case, “care for the whole writer.”
- We recognize that ours is a “sacred space,” and that the writer entering such a space is making a brave step, deserving of our unfailing respect.
- We recognize that all writers bring a different set of experiences and expectations to their writing, and to their time with us.
- Proof-reading and the like are the last of our concerns. We are concerned with them only after we have addressed the writer's finding her greatest possible investment and means of expression within the writing task at hand.
- We welcome all writers “as they are” and “where they are,” and look forward to seeing writers progress to the places they want to be.