Starting as early as the first week of the semester, Academic Support Center workshops provide students with topics that emphasize aspects of academic success and requires students to engage in learning new information that could be key to their academic success.

Workshops are 50 minutes long and primarily offered during common hour on Monday/Wednesday/Fridays from 12:20 – 1:10 p.m. Contact the Academic Support Center for the most up to date workshop schedule.

  • Set academic, personal, social and work goals
  • Set challenging yet realistic goals that are specific and measurable
  • Break down goals into specific steps with times for completion
  • List reasons for why succeeding in college is important and why college is worthwhile to prioritize
  • Recognize personal distractions and how to minimize or regulate them

  • Create daily to do lists
  • Develop a master calendar with designated times for daily components
  • Recognize personal distractions and how to minimize or regulate them

  • Monitor concentration during class, while reading, etc. 
  • Create better study habits to decrease anxiety
  • Use textbook features such as learning objectives and chapter summaries to direct the attention to main ideas
  • Make connections between what is already known and what is being learned
  • Summarize the information in your own words and explain it to someone else
  • Summarize understanding of the material to the instructor or a classmate

  • Talk to classmates about the course material and ask for help when needed
  • Prepare questions to ask the professor or tutors; schedule appointments and ask questions

  • Maximize knowledge about the test format and content covered before the exam
  • Create a study plan that incorporates varied learning strategies
  • Stop periodically while reading to check if check comprehension and retention of the material
  • Answer practice problems on to check understanding
  • Create and answer possible test questions
  • Recognize self-sabotaging thoughts and believes that cause anxiety

The Academic Support Center provides a mini workshop series during Welcome Week to provide students the opportunity to get in – get out – get on your way. Each mini workshop is 25 minutes and will be offered multiple times throughout the week.

Contact the Academic Support Center for the most up to date mini workshop schedule.