Writing Up a Storm

GSW student Alison McCarter named top writing tutor in Southeast

‘Every writer needs a reader’ is the unofficial motto of the GSW Writing Center. The Writing Center has seven ‘readers’ and writing consultants who assist students from all disciplines in strategies for all aspects of the writing process free of charge. Alison McCarter is one of the GSW writing consultants, and she has been awarded the 2014 Southeastern Writing Center Association (SWCA) Undergraduate Tutor Award.

McCarter, an English and professional writing major, has been a writing tutor since January 2011. Since then, she has become an instrumental part of the GSW Writing Center designing fliers and brochures, giving presentations, and, in the words of the Writing Center Director Lauren DiPaula, Ph.D., being “an excellent writing consultant.”

McCarter was nominated for the SWCA Undergraduate Tutor Award by DiPaula and her fellow tutors.

Founded in 1981, SWCA hosts annual conferences throughout the Southeast to serve as a forum for the writing concerns of students, staff, faculty, and writing professionals. SWCA also gives out awards each year to recognize the excellence of writing tutors from three categories: undergraduate, graduate, and professional writing tutors. The winners represent the best from the SWCA region which includes North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, Puerto Rico, and the American Virgin Islands.

Alison McCarter (left), the recipient of the 2014 SWCA Undergraduate Tutor Award, consults a peer.