Testimonials
“Claire, you received the highest number of returned evaluations among the staff last semester, which itself says something about the excellence of your work and the impact it has on students. These are fantastic, and I am so pleased and proud...”
— Jennifer Lutman, Director of the Colgate Writing and Speaking Center
What Writing Center Clients Are Saying
All of the testimonials were submitted anonymously and can be verified by Jennifer Lutman, Director of the Colgate Writing and Speaking Center at jlutman@colgate.edu.
“My consultant was very helpful in asking me what I wanted to get out of the session so that she could better address my goals. She was very understanding, nice, and intellectual. She let me explain my ideas and then helped me find other paths to take. She made me feel much more confident in my work!”
“She was completely open to working with what I had so far which was extremely helpful. I was worried since I was only halfway through my draft that there wouldn't be enough to talk about or that it wouldn't be helpful, but I was utterly wrong. She took what I had and helped me develop it into a more thoughtful paper and then worked with me with my outline on the rest of it to show what could be done with what I had.”
“She helped me so much with formatting my argument and picking through the quote so that i had a cohesive paper. I think that if i hadn't gone and talked through the flow it would have been a paper trying to maximize the number of quotes i could throw in rather than actively analyzing.”
“My consultant was extremely helpful, working diligently with me to cater towards my needs and restructure particular sentences that aided in clarity. She even spent more of her own time to continue working with me!”
“She helped me with the specifics of APA format as well as give me some great suggestions to make my essay more coherent and strong. The session was super helpful.”
“Claire not only helped me with grammatical and structural errors, but also helped push me to think further with my argument and bring out ideas I hadn't previously considered.”
“Claire is great in helping me to comb through my ideas for the paper. She could bridge what the professor wants with what I have, and help me to see the big picture and the small pieces I'm lacking.”
“Claire talked about the subject of the essay with me and allowed me to explore the complexity of the topic in ways that are demanded by my professor.”
“She did an amazing job in being specific about how I should elaborate my analysis of quotes. She took her time to go through one example with me in detail so that I had a good grasp on what I needed to do for the rest of the paper.”