Mission
To create a community that fosters generative, inquiry-based writing and critical literacy practices. Writing for college requires the development of a particular set of skills and study habits. The Writing and Critical Literacy Center at C-GCC assists Columbia-Greene Community College students in every aspect of the writing process—from brainstorming to navigating citation protocols—and the cultivation of the skills and habits they need to succeed as students at C-GCC and beyond through individual writing consultations, our online programming, and a curated collection of online resources.
Regarding Writing Consultations
We help with materials, including but not limited to:
- Course Work
- Essays
- Lab Reports
- Presentation Slide Decks
- Research Papers
- All types of writing you do at C-GCC
- College Transfer Essays
- Cover Letters
- Proposals
- Job Materials
We help with the Writing Process:
- brainstorming ideas
- developing outlines
- reverse outlining
- research practices
We help with global issues:
- the structure of your document
- the “flow” or logical ordering of your ideas
- the appropriateness of your argument for your intended audience
- the purpose of your writing
We help with local issues:
- questions of clarity, cohesion, consistency
- practices of Standard American English grammar, word choice, style, and punctuation
- sentence-level transitions
We do not:
Copy-edit student work or review texts written by generative AI. C-GCC Writing Consultants help our students learn and employ writing processes and strategies to better navigate academic and professional writing practices.