Mission

Operating under the umbrella of the Colby Writing Department the Farnham Writers’ Center works with Colby students, faculty, and staff on all aspects of writing. We also offer writing support to the Waterville community by supporting KVCC students. Our main goal is to foster a culture of writing at Colby and in the community through peer tutoring, faculty support, and special writing events on good writing practices and guidance on grammar and documentation. 

Statement on Linguistic & Social Justice

The Farnham Writers’ Center has an abiding commitment to the values of social and linguistic justice. We pledge to give students of all backgrounds and identities equal treatment and respect in their interactions with the Writers’ Center staff. We seek to provide a safe space for open dialogues among tutors and writers of differing perspectives through writer-led conversations about their work.

While our approach has always centered upon collaborative learning and critical thinking, the personal, identity-group, and societal damage caused by ongoing racism and other biases — whether gender, linguistic, socioeconomic, ableist, or cultural — now leads us to commit to specific values and practices. We affirm our solidarity with Black Lives Matter and antiracism. We also: