Writing Support

Updated December 2021
Students on the SGS Newark Health Science Campus have access to multiple programs to help them enhance their writing skills.

Consultation through the Rutgers English Language Institute (RELI)

The Graduate ELL Program offers free one-to-one academic consultations (tutoring) to graduate students on a limited basis, by appointment. Consulting appointments are for 50-minute sessions. To know what to expect during the appointment and to schedule one, click here.

Thesis writing course

Students can enroll in a 0-credit thesis writing course. Barring one or two workshops, students enrolled in the course meet with the faculty member one-on-one on a customized schedule. To register for the course students should contact Dr. Doreen Badheka at doreen.badheka@rutgers.edu prior to the start of the semester.

In a feedback survey, here is what students from our program said about the course:

"The course helped me realized the different weaknesses I had a habit of making. It also allowed me to convey my arguments with fluidity and write effectively ."

"This class was very helpful in showing me how to focus both the beginning and ending sections of the thesis by reorganizing the content and changing the emphasis on particular features of the research. The resulting paper was more direct, concisely expressed, and shorter in length."

Rutgers University Newark Writing Center

This is a no cost Writing Coaching for SGS Newark Students. Appointments are for a full hour, and you can work with a Writing Coach through a virtual face-to-face appointment (Zoom) or through email. Our hours are flexible! To make an appointment, please email Zeus Sumra at sumra780@gmail.com with the subject line SGS WRITING COACHING REQUESTED. Please include your phone number so that Mr. Sumra can call you back if needed. Once you have arranged an appointment, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions for either working through email or joining Mr. Sumra via for a zoom appointment.