Purdue News
Purdue News
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March 20, 1998
Purdue's Learning Center celebrates 25 yearsWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A celebration Tuesday, March 31, will mark the 25th anniversary of the Liberal Arts Learning Center at Purdue University.The celebration from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. in the East Foyer of Stewart Center will feature remote broadcasts of the event by 95.7 FM Radio, a demonstration of the virtual Learning Center Web page at http://www.sla.purdue.edu/studentserv/learningcenter/, a presentation of awards to those involved in founding the Learning Center, and door prizes from community sponsors. From its humble beginnings in a classroom in Recitation Hall where students received one-on-one instruction, the Learning Center has grown to a staff of seven instructors providing academic assistance to more than 7,000 students each year. In the past 25 years, the Learning Center has expanded its services to provide workshops, classes and drop-in counseling along with one-on-one tutorials. The free services are available to all students campuswide. "We especially wanted this celebration to be open to the students -- those whom we have served in the past and those who may not be aware of how we can help," said Kathleen Thayer, director of the Learning Center. A recent grant from the office of Robert Ringel, executive vice president of academic affairs, will allow the Learning Center to meet the challenges of the 21st century with an updated 15-station computer lab, according to Thayer. Ringel will attend the celebration, as will Brock Spack, an assistant football coach, and Earl Notestine, former associate dean of liberal arts and professor emeritus of educational studies. Notestine helped found the Learning Center in 1972 along with the university's first African-American faculty member, Helen Bass Williams. Ringel was dean of the School of Liberal Arts at that time. For more information, contact Thayer at (765) 494-8720 or Stacy Yoder, public relations intern, at (765) 743-1867 ext. 234.
Writer: Jeanine Smith, (765) 496-3133; e-mail: jeanine_smith@purdue.edu
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