The Speaking Center, housed in the Rhetoric Department in Rooms 410, 412, and 414 EPB, offers quality, one-on-one and small group tutoring and consultation to students and instructors on campus who would like to work on any aspect of oral communication.

We work with a range of students from many disciplines on such issues as:

• effective participation in class discussions
• becoming comfortable with casual conversation in and out of class
• crafting and delivering oral presentations
• understanding unfamiliar cultural references
• interview skills
• creative performances
• speech anxiety

We also work with instructors on:

• crafting clear assignments
• fostering classroom presence
• ensuring that all students can access their reading assignments
• going on the job market
• delivering poster and conference presentations

You may reserve a maximum of three 25 minute appointments each week (only two of these may be consecutive). Appointments are reserved on-line starting the first day of a new semester. Appointments are reserved on a first-come, first-served basis.