| March 23, 1966 |
The Writing Clinic is established in North Hall to supplement composition courses taught by the Department of English. |
| 1972 |
The Writing Clinic moves to the English Annex, only 100 yards away from the Department of English main office and classrooms. |
| 1974 |
First study of writing clinic efficiency conducted by Chad Manis, an undergraduate tutor with a university undergraduate research grant. He found that 48 percent of students who attended the Writing Clinic in Winter 1973-1974 had a one letter grade improvement from the beginning to the end of their courses. Thirty percent of students reported an improvement of two letter grades or more. |
| 1978 |
The Writing Clinic moves to its own facility. Students with any major can apply to be a tutor, but 80 percent of the tutors are English majors or minors. The Writing Clinic also publishes its own tutoring handbook. |
| 1981-1982 |
The Writing Clinic changes its name to the Writing Center. A standard tutor application and tutor evaluation form are adopted. An ongoing tutor training program is established (Practicum in Peer Tutoring EN 301). |
| Fall 1984 |
The Writing Center moves to Robert Bell, room 291, its current home. |
| 1984–1985 |
Grammar Crisis Line added to the Writing Center through the work of Jane Haynes and the writing across the curriculum project. |
| 1986 |
The Writing Center adds weekly workshops (placed on tapes), starts a conversation hour for nonnative speakers of English, begins walk-in hours, stays open in the summer, and begins advertising with brochures. |
| 1993 |
The Writing Center hosts the East Central Writing Center Association conference with keynote speakers Jeanne Simpson and James Berlin. |
| 1995 |
The Writing Center hosts the National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing. |
| 1996 |
The tutors begin tutor journals where they communicate with each other and share tutorial stories. |
| Late 1990s |
The Writing Center is given computers. |
| Fall 2003 |
First tenure-line faculty director is hired. |
| 2004–2005 |
WCOnline scheduling program begins to be used by the Writing Center. |
| 2005 |
Tutor of the Year award and Retired Tutor Hall of Fame are started. |
| Spring 2006 |
Walk-in tutoring at the library begins and tutoring through AIM begins. |
| Spring 2007 |
Online tutoring becomes available at the Writing Center. |
| Spring 2008 |
The Carol S. Chalk Memorial Scholarship for Writing Center Tutors is created. Writing Center tutors publish a tutor training guide: To Whom It Concerns: A Handbook for Writing Center Tutors. |