May you never write alone.
Meet a Tutor
Olivia
Olivia completed her undergraduate degrees in English and Special Education at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, where she first discovered her love of all things Writing Center while working as an undergraduate writing consultant. After settling into a career as a high school English teacher, Olivia returned to graduate school and received her M.A. in English from Mizzou in 2020. During her master’s program, Olivia had the opportunity to return to the community as a tutor at the Mizzou Writing Center.
Currently, Olivia is pursuing an Online Educator Graduate Certificate through Mizzou’s School of Information Science & Learning Technologies, further exploring her interests in teaching, learning, and creating engaging educational experiences in online environments.
Outside of work and studies, Olivia enjoys camping, hiking, and finding beauty in the everyday chaos of life with her Person. She has a particular fondness for adding “heartbeats” to her home, which currently includes four children, three cats, two dogs, and six chickens. She’s apparently never met a living thing she didn’t want to bring home (turtles, frogs, and raccoons included).
DANG- Dissertation Acceleration & Navigation Group
Empowering Mizzou Graduate Writers
“What shows human perseverance better than committing to and completing a whole week of writing? What about a group of only 18 writing 354 pages in that one week? Read more about the Writing Center’s DANG (Dissertation Acceleration & Navigation Group) event.”
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Alumni Feature
From library study room to national stage
“This is a visible role –– high profile, high stakes and deeply public. But if you take the time to trace back, Wilson will tell you it began in a much smaller room: a reservable study room in a university library, where he learned how to listen for a person’s voice long before he ever raised his hands to conduct.”
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Alumni Feature
From Campus Connections to National Impact: Logan Liguore, Mizzou Alum
“When work gets tough, Liguore applies his tutoring talents to get things done. ‘Tutoring demands an ability to take a complex problem, concept or scenario and make it into something that anyone can understand and solve,” Liguore said. “Since the law can be dense and complex, I often rely on this skill to distill the facts, statutes and application of federal antitrust litigation into something useful for my team.’”
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Location and Contact Info
100 Student Success Center
Writing & Research Hub (Ellis Library 115)
Columbia, MO 65211-6310
Phone: 573-882-1645
Email: writingcenter@missouri.edu