The Learning Commons

 

 

Location: Hege Library, 2nd floor

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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.

Today in the LC

The LC is in search of notetakers and peer tutors for the summer.

For more information about notetaking employment,

please contact Georgie Bogdan.

For more information about tutoring jobs, contact Melissa Daniel Frink.

SPRING SURVEY RESULTS ARE IN!

We received 97 responses this spring, and we greatly appreciate the feedback. Here are some of the results:

95% of our users think that tutoring helped improve their academic performance.

Some things that students have to say about the LC:
“[The tutor] gave me some great ideas on how to manage my time. I look forward to implementing these strategies into my daily routine.”

“I find the help [the tutor] has give[n] me phenomenal, and have never found myself pushed so well in my writing.”

“Using the tutorial services gave me the opportunity to establish a set time to review my work outside of class, as well as provided one-on-one time for a study session.”

‘By utilizing the Tutorial Services, I learned that you can obtain assistance for anything that you need help with.”

“I was able to grasp certain concepts from my lessons in order to help improve my performances on tests.”

 

Eleven Learning Strategies classes and one Alternative Learning Strategies class will be offered during the fall semester. For more information, please contact Melissa Daniel Frink.

 

  

The LC 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;

  • a variety of class & group presentations 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 blank weekly schedules;

  • 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.