chapter 4: Campus Academic Resources
Speaking Center
The Speaking Center, located in Combs Hall 101, provides support for
the Speaking Intensive Program. Students preparing speaking assignments
are welcome to take advantage of the Speaking Center’s facilities,
even if their course is not designated as speaking-intensive.
At the Speaking Center, consultants help students select speech topics,
organize and develop supporting materials, create visual aids, and enhance
nonverbal delivery. Consultants also videotape and critique practice
speeches. Help with coordinating discussions, managing question-and-answer
sessions, and providing effective feedback to speakers is also offered.
Faculty who assign speech activities or who teach speaking intensive
courses can use the Speaking Center for assistance with developing assignments,
preparing students for those assignments, or evaluating speech activities.
Faculty can also arrange to have consultants videotape speech activities
in their classes.
For more information on the Speaking Center and the Speaking Intensive
Program, go to that section of the UMW Web site, “The Speaking
Center,” http://www.umw.edu/spkc/center/index.htm.