At a Glance
The Schreibzentrum | The Writing Center – Facts and Figures
The following demonstrates how the wide range of services offered by the Writing Center is used by students, graduates, doctoral candidates, and faculty members from all departments at the University of Würzburg.
Since 2017, a team of academic and student staff members has been working at the Writing Center with academic support by Prof. Dr. MaryAnn Snyder-Körber.
Our Team
Our current team (from left to right): Jana Radičević (Staff member), Dr. Petra Zaus (Head) and writing tutors Pia Becke, Lukas Ehrenfeld, Tim Gütle, Samuel Garzón Felbermayer, Etienne Reiter, Lennart Behrens, Johannes Retsch, Benjamin Schäffer and Barbara Harlander
The Schreibzentrum | The Writing Center offers:
- A broad bilingual workshop program in German and English, with offerings for all stages of academic study.
- A training and qualification program for writing tutors, including training and supervision at the Writing Center, followed by placements within the various faculties.
- Individual writing consultations by appointment.
- In-class workshops integrated into seminars across various subjects.
- Open consultation formats via Zoom, open office hours as part of a trial study program, as well as support services for international students and for writing in English.
- Events focusing on writing as a profession, such as the Writing Matters | Writer in Residence series, which since the winter semester of 2017/18 has brought renowned journalists and authors—including C. Bernd Sucher (Winter 2017/18), Thomas Chatterton Williams (Winter 2018/19), Yaa Gyasi (Summer 2019), and Anna Winger (Winter 2019/20)—to Würzburg, fostering productive exchanges with University of Würzburg students.
- Since the winter semester of 2020/21, transnational digital offerings as part of “WueGlobal – Writing, Learning, Digital Connection,” a teaching project that successfully secured funding from the DAAD through the IVAC (International Virtual Academic Collaboration) Program.
Workshops and Programs in English
Here you can find an overview of the Writing Center’s events and programs offered in English since 2017.
| Workshops in English | Workshop Title |
| Workshop: Term Paper | |
| Workshop: Academic Writing | |
| Workshop: Interest, Question, Argument | |
| Workshop: From Topic to Thesis | |
| Workshop: Working Group (Thesis) | |
| Workshop: Working with Sources | |
| Workshop: Writers Block | |
| Workshop: Back to the Source: From Research Methods to Citation Style, Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Working with Source Material | |
| Workshop: Writing for Publication: Advanced Academic English Writing | |
| Workshop: Grammar, Style, Substance | |
| Workshop: Writing to Win: The Basics of Proposals, Grants, and Applications in English | |
| Workshop: Writing professional applications - CV and cover letter | |
| Workshop: The Research Question: Foundation to a Solid Argumentative Structure | |
| Workshop: Unlock Your Writing Potential | |
| Workshop: AI and Academic Writing | |
| Workshop: Punctuation (English) |
Collaborations with Other University of Würzburg Institutions
Since the establishment of the Writing Center in the summer semester of 2017, a number of successful internal university partnerships have been developed. Project partners include:
- Higher Education Didactics at the Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) (formerly ProfiLehre), through university didactics seminars for lecturers with a focus on writing pedagogy, as well as providing feedback on reflective portfolios for faculty members seeking to enhance their supervision of term papers, theses, and dissertations.
- The University Library, Information Technology Center, and Sports Center, in collaboration on ASK – Academic Writing Compact.
- JMU Research Academy (RAC), through contributions to its ongoing program of events for doctoral researchers and to the annual Fokuswoche Junge Wissenschaft.
- The Contact and Information Center for Students with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses (KIS). Together with KIS, Writing Center staff work to develop solutions that enable students with physical disabilities or mental health conditions to successfully complete their writing projects.
- JMU Family Service, through the use of client-centered approaches to support students balancing academic work with family responsibilities during their writing projects.
- The Career Centre, which collaborates continuously with the Writing Center on topics related to professional and workplace writing.
- The International Students Office, with which the Writing Center has jointly developed workshops specifically tailored to the needs of international students. International students are, of course, also warmly welcomed in all workshops and writing groups offered by the Writing Center.
