Peer tutoring is available in over 30 courses and across most academic disciplines, with an emphasis on 100- and 200-level courses. To qualify as a peer tutor, any student must have earned a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA at the time of their application, and course-specific tutor applicants must additionally have received a grade of “B” or higher in the course in which they wish to tutor. All tutors must complete a mandatory training program sponsored by the office of student success prior to their assignment. General writing consultants are required to maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.0 and display a strong knowledge of writing style and form, as evidenced by a professor’s recommendation.

The writing center is a free, inclusive, collaborative learning resource available to all Oglethorpe students. The center offers one-one-one tutoring sessions both in person and online with trained peer tutors as well as a variety of workshops, special events, and programs to support student writing across the university. Writing center tutors must have successfully completed COR 101 and 102 and maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.0. Additionally, they must display a strong knowledge of writing style and form, evidenced by prior experience tutoring writing or enrollment in a writing tutor training course. Writing tutors work with students on any type of writing- or communication-related project at any point in the composition process, helping them to become more skillful, flexible writers and communicators. By discussing with writing center tutors such aspects of writing and communication as the context, audience, genre, format, medium, and style of their projects, students further develop their skills in written and multimodal communication and build confidence in their academic capabilities.