The Writing Studio & Learning Commons at Bard Early College New Orleans is more than a physical space, it is time carved out from our daily schedule to provide space for your reading, writing, and homework, and people ready to support you. Our team of peer tutors provides a special support system on campus by sharing the lived experience of being an early college student, and therefore understanding the challenges specific to this campus and curriculum. Tutors can be found during Learning Commons time, supporting the subjects of math, science, writing, and humanities. Our Writing Studio also hosts the computer lab, library, and other resources that can enable your scholarship.
We are here to support student writing and academic work in every aspect — from starting new projects and papers, to developing, revising, organizing, and polishing content, to building comprehension with homework and reading. We support all disciplines in which you use writing, whether creative, expository, or scientific. We are here to help you become more confident, to practice and experiment with your process, and to help you cultivate your voice. Whether you are someone who loves to write, finds it a struggle, or are somewhere in between, we are here on your journey with you!
Our goal is to develop questioning and construct thought and conversation around your writing. Through one-on-one conversations designed to motivate, encourage, and educate, our Writing Fellows as well as our Director provide caring, candid feedback and generative consults on your work, or to help you begin writing projects. We can also direct you to resources that you can use to learn on your own and return to for reminders.
Our peer tutors and writing fellows train in a pedagogical course with the Director to learn study habits, coaching techniques, and essay building while collecting valuable experience to carry forward to their next collegiate institution where they can potentially be employed in other writing centers and educational programming. Our Writing Studio is linked with other writing centers not only throughout the Bard Early College campuses and Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, but also internationally! Our Director collaborates frequently with colleagues in Ghana, Vietnam, Germany, and Bulgaria, just to name a few.
