Academic Success Center

BRNG 3268

494-5569

Hours: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

The Academic Success Center, open to all students, provides help with various study skills, including time management, lecture note taking, marking textbooks, and test-taking. Instruction is offered in a variety of formats: classes, workshops, walk-in services, and appointments with staff. Additional resources include an audiovisual lab and a computer lab. Audiovisual tapes and computer software programs are available for independent use. The Princeton Review Software and Kaplan Software for GRE, GMAT, and LSAT tests is available for free use in their computer lab. The Academic Success Center's Web site offers tutorials and handouts for many of the topics for which students can obtain assistance.

The following study skill topics have video and CD Rom for use in the Academic Success Center's Multimedia Labs:

Staying Focused - Motivation	Time Management
Lecture Note Taking	Increasing Reading Efficiency
How Can I Organize Textbook Reading	How Do I Know What to Study
Guidelines for Taking a Multiple Choice Exam	Problem Solving

Study Skills Self-Help Information

www.ucc.vt.edu/stdyhlp.html

This Virginia Tech web site offers study skills self help information as well as "Online Study Skills Workshops" on topics such as:

• Study Skills Inventory
• Time Management Strategies
• Improving Test Performance
• Increasing Textbook Reading Comprehension
• Improving Concentration and Memory

www.usu.edu/arc/

This Utah State University web site offers an "Online Learning Center" as well as "Idea Sheets" that contain information, strategies, self-assessment, and practice exercises to help you "thrive and survive" while in college. Topics include:

• Communication
• Financial
• Memory
• Reading
• Self-management
• Study skills
• Test taking