The Writing Center at Michigan State University provides one-on-one and group writing consultations, various writing-specific workshops, and writing groups for graduate students and faculty.The Writing Center at MSU operates with a broad vision of collaboration in the MSU community. Through peer-to-peer consultations with students, faculty, and the community, the center expands ideas of literacy and composing beyond traditional models and geographic boundaries. With this vision for both the academy and the global community in mind, the center is committed to:(a) working with and developing multiple literacies; (b) encouraging and facilitating collaboration; (c) supporting interdisciplinary methods of thinking, writing, and researching; (d) promoting diverse understandings of writing and the disciplines in which they are situated; and (e) utilizing new technologies in pedagogically responsible ways.Through this expansive view of writing, literacy, and pedagogy, the center believes it can best meet the ever-changing needs of a diverse constituency and continually grow.