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Celebrate Writing Excellence
WHO WE ARE
The UCLA Undergraduate Writing Center (UWC)'s mission is to enrich the education of undergraduates in all disciplines through individualized consultations on writing. Its goal is not only to assist students with particular writing assignments, but also to enable them to become more effective and confident writers by helping them: (1) gain insight into how they write most productively and efficiently, and (2) meet the intellectual, rhetorical, and conventional demands of specific writing tasks. In the age of generative AI, the UWC serves a purpose more vital than ever, helping students feel confident in their own voices and ability to shape and articulate their ideas.
The UWC's services are free and accessible to the entire undergraduate student body at UCLA.
The Undergraduate Writing Center is staffed by undergraduate Peer Learning Facilitators (PLFs), themselves accomplished academic writers, who are trained to work collaboratively with other students, helping them discover, explore, and express their ideas clearly. New PLFs receive approximately 20 hours of training over the year; returning PLFs receive approximately 14 hours of training annually. Through their roles, PLFs hone their ability to teach and guide, while also sharpening their writing and professional skills.
WHAT WE DO
Skilled Peer Learning Facilitators (PLFs) hold 50- or 25-minute one-on-one, in-person appointments and also provide online writing consultations or consultations via email, meeting their peers where they are and in the medium they most prefer when they need support with written assignments — be they class papers, resumes, graduate school applications, scholarship essays, lab reports, etc. — at no cost. The UWC supports students who want to develop their own writing and critical thinking skills rather than relying on generative AI.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
Your investment in the Undergraduate Writing Center is an investment in writing confidence for undergraduate students campus-wide and the skilled Peer Learning Facilitators who help their peers navigate an array of writing assignments while also juggling their own schoolwork and building their professional portfolios. Show your support during UCLA's 14th annual Blue & Gold Challenge, which brings alumni, parents, faculty, staff, students and friends of the university together in the spirit of generosity to invest in all the areas of campus that are meaningful to them.
With your gift of $25 or more before November 9, you'll lock in the UCLA Limited Collector's Edition Enamel Pin Set above to start (or add to) your spirited collection!
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$25
Rise to the Challenge
Make your mark on the Undergraduate Writing Center and help us get one step closer to meeting our donor count goal during the campus-wide Blue & Gold Challenge. To show our appreciation, we will send you a Limited Collectors Edition Enamel Pin Set. (tax-deductible gift of $20)
$50
Elevate the UWC Experience
At the UWC, students may choose to schedule a 50-minute or 25-minute appointment, or receive an online or email consultation for any writing assignment, at any stage in the writing process. Your gift of $50 helps keep the UWC's services free to students! To show our appreciation, we will send you a Limited Collectors Edition Enamel Pin Set. (tax-deductible gift of $45)
$250
Celebrate Student Success
Student clients of the Undergraduate Writing Center see their Grade Point Averages (GPAs) grow through steady use of the UWC's services. Those who use the UWC have first-year GPAs that average 3.62 and cumulative GPAs at graduation that average 3.73. Your contribution of $250 will allow the UWC to help students continue to realize these gains. To show our appreciation, we will send you a Limited Collectors Edition Enamel Pin Set. (tax-deductible gift of $245)
$500
Help the UWC Expand Its Impact
In the 2023-24 academic year, a total of 5,053 papers were reviewed by the UWC staff from students in just under 500 unique courses spanning the Humanities, Social Sciences, Engineering and others. Help the UWC staff expand its breadth, reach and impact on the undergraduate student writing experience with your contribution of $500. To show our appreciation, we will send you a Limited Collectors Edition Enamel Pin Set. (tax-deductible gift of $495)
$5,000
Champion our Writing Tutors
Our Peer Learning Facilitators (PLFs) are trained undergraduate students who hold one-on-one appointments with their peers, guiding them through every step of the writing process. Champion our PLFs with a gift of $5,000 to sponsor one student for a full academic year. To show our appreciation, we will send you a Limited Collectors Edition Enamel Pin Set. (tax-deductible gift of $4,995)