Meet the WRC Staff

All of us writing assistants have experience writing at the university level and have taken a special course preparing us for work as peer tutors for writing. As you get to know us you will find that each of us is different, with a different tutoring style. Let us know what works for you and we'll do our best to help.

	Hi, I’m Anie. I graduated from Anoka Senior High here in Minnesota. I’m a sophomore studying Creative and Professional Writing. In addition to the Writing Resource Center, I also work in the Language Lab. Feel free to ask me about Rivers Meeting (the campus poetry and art publication) or the Honors Association. I’m happily involved in both. I look forward to seeing you!
	Hey, I'm Zachary Burke, a sophomore from Naples, Florida. I moved to Minnesota in sixth grade to escape the golf courses and have been living in Bemidji ever since. Though I'm not a creative writing major, I've always enjoyed writing and the opportunity to lend a hand. I've had quite a bit of experience with creative writing workshops and am eager to apply what I've learned to helping anyone who comes to the Writing Resource Center.
	Hi there— I am Sara Dennison, a senior this year majoring in Creative and Professional Writing and minoring in Spanish and Outdoor Education.  I was born in the foothills of Wheat Ridge, Colorado.  When I was twelve I moved to an old mining town in the Rockies called Central City for the duration of middle school.  I moved again to Ellison Bay, Wisconsin for the remainder of my precollege education.  There is no solid reason why I chose Bemidji aside from a gut feeling that it was simply the right place for me.  Upon my arrival to the Northwoods, I was driven to pursue a major in Biology and Psychology.  Things changed as did my focus.  I have always enjoyed writing but more recently have felt obliged to make it part of my future.  I look forward to meeting you!
	Hello – My name is Andrew Evans.  I’m currently a junior and I hale from the suburbs surrounding Minneapolis.  My background at BSU begins with a few sketchy semesters spent familiarizing myself with Sattgast Hall.  Then, once I had satiated my appetite for biology and chemistry, I decided to make the switch to the English department.  I’ll be earning a B.A. sometime soon, and will likely pursue another major or minor.  Amongst my many other quirks, you’ll soon find that I’m a puzzle junkie and fond of word games.
	My name is Tyler Vagle.  I was born and raised in Thief River Falls, MN.  I am an English major here at BSU.  I suppose you could call this my senior year, although I don't think I'll finish my degree until fall 2009.  I am an older returning student.  My goal is to get my Masters in English at BSU and become a college English Teacher.  I sincerely hope that I can be of some useful assistance to any writing project you may have.
	Hello--I'm Brian Donovan, Professor of English and director of the Writing Resource Center since Fall of 1998, when I took over from my energetic and brilliant predecessor Michael Morgan.  I have loved writing centers ever since joining the tutoring staff at the Writing Center at SUNY Albany, then run by Steve North and later by Lil Brannon.  (Steve had slept on my floor when he visited the University of Iowa doing research for a doctoral dissertation on writing centers, but I don't think that was his only reason for taking me on when I showed up at Albany.)  For more about me, see my home page .  If you are wondering where my moustache went, I have sacrificed it to a new hobby:  SCUBA diving.  (The mask seals better without it). Come on down to HS 110 for one-on-one help with your writing projects--and remember, when you're just getting started and may not even have anything down on paper yet, that may be the best time of all to start working with one of our Writing Assistants.  See you there!