The Learning Commons
Location: Hege Library, 2nd floor
Staff Members in Photo: Top Row: Becky Gibson, Tutor; Mercer Bufter, Tutor; Joan Skokan, Tutor; Kim Garner, Coordinator of Disability Services; Bill McCarver, Tutor Bottom Row: Doug Smith, Tutor; Melissa Daniel Frink, Director |
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The Learning Commons (LC) is located on the second floor of Hege Library. LC staff members help students develop strategies for more effective and efficient learning across the curriculum and throughout their lives. The LC provides academic support for all students, including Early College, adult, traditional, honors, under-prepared, students with special needs, students on academic probation, and those doing creative writing, advanced course work or senior theses. The Commons offers a variety of services: professional tutors who assist with writing, study skills, reading, time management, test taking, quantitative literacy, and learning differences; peer tutors who assist with course-specific needs; Learning Strategies and Alternative Learning classes each fall & spring; class & group presentations on a variety of topics, such as writing process and time management, and a campus reading series for creative writers. The LC also has a variety of resources for students: a computer lab with space to study, tutor, and be tutored; books, handouts, and other valuable resources, such as semester-at-a-glance calendars and assistive technology, including Kurzweil Reader (text to speech software), Dragon Naturally Speaking (speech to text software), JAWS, and a magnifier for use with printed texts. Disability Services is housed within the Learning Commons and consists of the Coordinator and Associate Coordinator who facilitate disclosing disabilities and arranging reasonable ADA accommodations. |
Today in the LCWe congratulate Georgieann Bogdan as she steps into her new position as Associate Coordinator of Disability Services, effective 7/15/08, and Kathryn Walker joins us as a full-time staff member, effective 8/1/08! Please help us welcome both of them. Five Learning Strategies classes and one Alternative Learning Strategies class will be offered during the Fall semester. For more information, please contact Melissa Daniel Frink, danielfrinkmm@guilford.edu. The LC is in search of notetakers and peer tutors. For more information about notetaking employment, please contact Kim Garner. For more information about tutoring jobs, contact Melissa Daniel Frink. |