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JHBC Professional Writing Office

Welcome!

“Writing is thinking. To write well is to think clearly. That's why it's so hard.' – David McCullough

The JHBC Professional Writing Office is open to both graduate and undergraduate students who seek to improve their writing in general and specifically hone in on business writing skills. We tutor students across the disciplines in all stages of the writing process, but focus primarily in writing associated with business.

Hours of Operation and Contact

Spring 2023 Hours:

Appointments Available In-person and Online

Monday: 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Tuesday: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Wednesday: 5 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Thursday: 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Friday: 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Saturday: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Location: JB 462

 

In-person appointments available at Palm Desert Campus 

Thursdays 10 a.m. -3 p.m. only in the Mary Stuart Rogers Gateway Building (RG) Room 203D

Phone: (909) 537-3704

Email: JHBCProfessionalWritingOffice@csusb.edu


How to Make an Appointment

  1. Visit http://mywco.com/jhbc and log-in or create a new account.
  2. Select the appointment time that best fits your needs.
  3. Fill out the appointment form and click “submit.”
  4. Be on time for your appointment with your assignment printed out.
  5. If you are more than five minutes late, you will not receive credit for your visit and will risk losing your appointment slot.
 

More About the PWO

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XB7YBQfpHcQ?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0">Watch JHBC Professional Writing Office YouTube Video</a>

 

Meet Our Staff

 

Professor Melissa Bakeman

Melissa 'Mel' Bakeman, Faculty Director

Years teaching: I have taught at CSUSB for over two decades.

Future career plans: Never grow up, but be responsible in the process.

Fun fact: I have over two dozen animals—including twenty chickens and an indoor pig named Churchill.

Favorite book/movie: Raymond Chandler's Farewell My Lovely/My Butterfly or the Shawshank Redemption

 

A. Marquez

Alejandra Marquez

M.A. English Composition, Literature concentration c/o 2020

Future career plans: Teach at the university level (get a Ph.D., currently working on it)  :)

Fun fact: I have nearly 300 books and have read about 2/3 of them!

A favorite book: This Bridge Called My Back by Cherríe Moraga and Gloria E. Anzaldúa 

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Serina Item

Major: M.A. English and Writing Studies, Literature and Applied Linguistics Concentration

Future Career Plans: I would love to teach literature for California Community Colleges.

Fun Fact: I am a certified chef, and I try to cook something from scratch every day. 

Favorite Book: I love Y.A. My favorite books are The Giver by Lois Lowry and The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger.

 

Photo of PWO tutor: Blond/Brown hair, brown eyes

Taylor Rubio

Major: Post-Bachelorette Teaching Credential- Single Subject

Future Career Plans: My future career plans are to teach middle school Science.

Fun Fact: A fun fact about me is I can balance on the side of my arms in a yoga pose called Crow Pose.

Favorite TV Show:  My favorite tv show is Breaking Bad. My favorite book is (SUCH A HARD QUESTION) Dark Matter by Blake Crouch.

Tutor Alumni

Congratulations to our past tutors who have graduated! 

 

Breanna Hinckley

Breanna Hinckley, c/o 2017

B.A. Business Administration

Concentrations: Management and Marketing

 

Bryan White

Bryan White, c/o 2017

B.A. Business Administration

Concentration: Marketing

 

Picture of Chloe Watts

Chloe Watts c/o 2018

B.A. Liberal Studies 

 

Picture of Lauren Cook

Lauren Cook c/o 2019

 B.A. Communications

 

Photo of Erin Metz

Erin Metz c/o 2019

B.A. English, concentration in Creative Writing

 

Alberto Velasco Jr.

Alberto Velasco, Jr. c/o 2019

B.A. Administration, Entrepreneurship Concentration

Picture of Marisol Rivera

Marisol Rivera c/o 2019

M.A. English Composition

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Randy Lucio c/o 2020

M.A. English Composition, concentration in Applied Linguistics

Jaye Johnson c/o 2021

George Romero c/o 2022

Photo of Ryan Miller

Ryan Miller

Major: B.A. in Business Administration, Finance concentration 

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Betty Thompson

Major: B.A. in Business Administration, Information Systems and Technology concentration

 Female with long brown hair, glasses, white background

Jacinta Mercado-Knowles C/O 2022