Locations
Focus Schedule by Location
If you prefer one of the locations listed below over others, you can now filter our schedule by location. Once sign into our online scheduling platform, look for the “focus schedule by location” option. Select a location option and the schedule will display only the location you chose.
Writing Studio appointments are available at several convenient locations across campus listed below. Regardless of location, all appointments are scheduled through our online scheduling platform by following the “Schedule an Appointment” link on the Writing Studio homepage.
- Our main location for writing consultation appointments is Curb Center building (1801 Edgehill Ave.) , Suite 112.
- Here you will also find the office’s of the Writing Studio’s professional staff as well as space for writing.
- Our Commons Center satellite office is in the Commons Center, Room 217.
- Online: We continue to offer a significant number of synchronous online sessions alongside in-person appointments, and we treat “online” as the location for this appointment modality in terms of ways you can filter the schedule to search for appointment hours during which a writing consultant is available and ready to meet with you online.
- Campus-Partner Satellite Locations: For a limited number of hours each week, we have also opened a number of satellite locations hosted by various campus partners. These campus-partner satellites include weekly hours at the following locations (days and times change each semester, check our online scheduler for details):
- Central Library: Look for our writing consultant in the Central Library’s lobby (technically the 4th floor), to the right of the main service desk.
- See the current semester’s schedule on our scheduling platform for current hours.
- The K.C. Potter Center for LGBTQI Life (Euclid, 312 West Side Row)
- See the current semester’s schedule on our scheduling platform for current hours.
- Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center Resource Room
- For information about writing consultation hours offered at the Black Cultural Center, please see the Black Cultural Center’s weekly listserv announcements.
- Central Library: Look for our writing consultant in the Central Library’s lobby (technically the 4th floor), to the right of the main service desk.
Primary Offices: Curb Center Building (1801 Edgehill Ave.), Suite 112
Transportation and Safety Resources: VandyRide and Walking Escorts
VandyRide
After 6:00 p.m., you can also travel to and from our locations using the VandyRide service, which operates until 1:00 a.m. daily.
Useful Links
- Explore the real-time shuttle map online or on the VandySafe app.
- Download the Passio GO App for instant access to route information and stop locations.
- VandyRide FAQs
Walking Escorts
A walking escort may be requested, at any time, by calling the VUPS Communications Center at (615) 322-2745.
WALKING TO THE WRITING STUDIO AT 1801 EDGEHILL AVE.?
The Writing Studio is located at 1801 Edgehill Avenue (Curb Center Building), Suite 112. Situated between 18th Avenue and Appleton Place, we are just two blocks from 21st Avenue pedestrian bridge.
Access our building off of Edgehill Avenue through the courtyard to the right of the Curb Center (see picture). Once inside, turn to the right and head through the double doors into Suite 112. Our front desk will be to your left as you enter the suite.
DRIVING TO THE WRITING STUDIO AT 1801 EDGEHILL AVE.?
Vanderbilt Parking Maps | VU Campus Visitor Parking Guide
Compared to some areas on campus, the Writing Studio has relatively easy nearby parking options.
For annual permit parking permit holders:
- Parking lots 80 and 82 are just across Edgehill Avenue from the Writing Studio.
- Lots 78a and 79 are available behind the Writing Studio’s building, between it and the Commons Center
- Lot 77 is located just across 18th Avenue South.
Hourly paid parking for campus visitors and others is available as noted on the parking map (and are marked with signs):
- One nearby hourly paid parking option is the Wesley Place Garage on Scarritt Place.
Metered parking spaces maintained by the city are available on 18th Avenue South across the street from the Seigenthaler Center and Commons Center.