Welcome to the Hixon Writing Center
The Hixon Writing Center is a resource for effective writing and oral presentation at Caltech. With a staff of writing instructors and undergraduate tutors, the Center offers individual tutorials at any stage of the writing process—from brainstorming and drafting, to revising and editing. The Center also teaches courses on writing and oral presentation, offers workshops on communications topics, supports the written and oral presentation component of technical classes, conducts research on effective communications, and hosts a library of reference materials in hard copy and on line. We also coordinate writing placement for new undergraduate students. The Center was established in 2001 with a generous grant from Pasadena philanthropists Adelaide and Alexander Hixon.
Location
The Hixon Writing Center is located in #218 Sherman Fairchild Library (SFL), Group Study Room 2-1 (map).
On This Site
- Consulting
Learn about the Center’s free and confidential writing conferences with an English instructor or peer writing tutor. - Teaching
See the courses and workshops we offer. - People
Meet the instructors and tutors who work at the writing center. - Prizes and publications
Find out about the annual Hixon Writing Prize, as well as other writing/speaking awards and student publications. - Resources
Get useful information on writing and oral presentation, including drafting/revision strategies, technical/scientific communication, grammar and style, library resources, citation formats, oral presentation, and avoiding plagiarism.
