Please list and describe the academic services and support programs at OU with which you are familiar with and/or have used. I have tried to use as many resources available at OU. However, the ones that I am familiar with is the writing center and the learning center. As a non-native English speaker, I sometimes struggle on getting my ideas out the way I intended. The Writing Center is a great help to me; it offers me the possibility to improve my writing skills. Additionally, the people there are really nice and excited about helping the students. The environment at the Writing Center is relaxing and favorable. Overall, it is a great resource that every student should take advantage of. Moreover, they do offer services in different locations …show more content…
The learning center provides students with a conductive study environment, as well as resources that can help enhance their academics, such as textbooks, calculators and the likes. Also, the learning center provides one-to-one study skills consultations for students to speak to consultants about their problems with regards to how to study, take notes and manage time. Personally, the center offers me a quiet place to study. It is a very welcoming environment, quiet and warm and there also refreshment. I like going there because this is a place where I can be productive.
Explain the most difficult obstacles you have had to overcome during your transition to the University of Oklahoma. Suggest ways the University of Oklahoma could ease this transition for you and other students. Honestly, my transition to the University of Oklahoma was much easier than I thought it would be in a big university. In fact, I studied for two years in England, therefore I have been away from home already. Moreover, I am part of the United World College program which provides me a big family here at OU and a lot support. The United World program recruits students around the world to come together and study in the purpose of promoting peace and a sustainable future. Having people with the same beliefs around you makes you feel
The Writing Center is one of the more popular services available because of how helpful it can be for a student. The sole purpose of the Writing Center is to revise and edit a student’s paper. The Writing Center is located below the Native American Center for Student Success, and is open from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. There are some guidelines for the center that have to be followed for your paper to be revised; be present during the tutoring session, schedule an appointment well in advance of the paper’s due date, bring a description of the assignment, know the name of instructor and course, and finally type the essay before the appointment. If you would like to set up an appointment you can stop by or call them at (580)-745-2990.
I had a very unique adjust meant to GCU, I transferred in the Friday before classes started which was on Monday so I didn't have much time to prepare or get myself ready to start at a new school. I transferred in and it clearly was not planned I originally went to Marist College which is in Poughkeepsie, New York. I played softball for Marist which is division one, I loved every second of it. There was something missing being away at school, it made me realize how much I miss my family and how dependent I am on them emotionally. I handle myself very well physical and mentally but emotionally I needed to have my family with me for support.
Sure, we all have that one parent that claims they know how to edit your paper, but oops they forget to spill the beans of how they could barely get above a B on papers themselves. The truth of the matter is writing is tough, and it does not come easy for everyone. For me, I struggle with grammar and just all the logistics that go into paper writing. However, there is a very big and bright light at the end of the tunnel for me. Yes, I will have to take more writing classes at Liberty University, but this time I will actually be able to get legitimate help. Thanks to Liberty University’s Undergraduate Writing Center, I will finally be able to get that writing help that I will need on my papers I will have to write. The writing center offers students the ability to sit down with a coach that will help them through what they are trying to accomplish on paper. Some of these coaching sessions can be in larger groups or can be requested to be one on one. Lessons on how to properly format MLA or APA will also be available at the writing center. For a student like me that does not exactly like writing, these resources will come in very handy. I truly believe that if I need help on a certain paper, then I will go there to make sure I get it. It is something that will give many students an edge over the tough papers that they will have to write as they make their way through
The article “Obama’s Lessons for Transfer Students” by Kim Clark discusses the hassles that transfer students go through. The main idea of this article is to explain the freshmen students that transferring out of a college is not an easy job. It’s not easy because once you transfer out you are starting over again because new college comes with new challenges and different environment. So, you should have strong valid reasons to transfer out. If you decide to transfer out stay strong and dont give up. Also, it is really easy to feel lonely because its hard to make friends since all the freshmen's students have their bonding already.
I am looking forward to using the writing and tutoring center this fall. One of the reasons
Throughout this course, I was able to assess and evaluate my weaknesses and strengths in writing. This class has truly brought out my ability to write, a skill I did not believe I had. I now know what it takes to become a college-level writer. Also, at the beginning of the course I did not particularly enjoy writing. Now, however, I have a greater respect for
University Writing Center (UWC) and Academic Success Center (ASC) are two of the university facilities that help students enrich their academic experience. While UWC assists students in improving their written and oral communication skills through one to one consulting sessions, online resources, and workshops, ASC works to enhance students’ intellectual performance through academic coaching, supplemental instruction, drop-in tutoring sessions, and peer mentoring. Both of the organizations take a collaborative learning approach to encourage students to develop necessary study skills for academic success and increase student retention. ASC offers various student development programs; however, our focus for this proposal will be on drop-in tutoring services offered by ASC.
One of these programs is the AIM Program. Within this program, the students selected receive academic, financial, and emotional support. First generation students can take advantage of this resource by talking to Peer Advising Coaches to relieve the stress that comes with a heavy academic workload. Alongside the Office of Academic Support, students have access to the Writing Studio formally known as the Writing Center. The Writing Studio is conveniently located on the main campus in Tigret Hall room 302. The services provide by the Writing studio include tutoring on Mondays-Thursdays from 10 o’clock in the morning to 4 o’clock in the afternoon and Fridays from 10 o’clock to 3 o’clock. For students who cannot make those times, the Writing Studio also has night hours offered inside of Library West on Mondays-Thursdays from approximately 5 to 8 o’clock in the evening. Tutors will work alongside students to help them expand their proofreading, editing, and overall writing skills so they can become competent writers. It is
“Both tutor and tutee benefit from the non-hierarchical, complementary relationship that enables both partners to refine and expand their writing and communication skills” (Jones 3). Writing centers are providing further opportunities not normally found within traditional classroom. Clarence Sherran, who was a coordinator for the writing center at the University of the Western Cape in Cape Town, South Africa, declares that, “[People] often assume that [the] ways of knowing, and learning, talking, reading and writing about knowledge, are transparent and easily acquired by students if they have met the required standards” (136). Having writing centers offers a greater boost of learning for students by the use of collaborating with one another, which I believe gives a positive edge and the main motivation to keep writing centers in
What I recall about the center during my time there was the program was tailored to the different programs available. For instance I majored in communications and for my program the writing center was designed around that major.
After reading the first two chapters of Glenn and Goldthwaite book The St. Martin’s Guide to Teaching Writing, I noticed to the book gives a detailed description of what a writing teacher needs to know if he will be teaching the subject. Frist of all, in first chapter “Preparing for the Course “the author mentioned that the teacher should look up writing programs and reading centers in the campus of the university. As this could help students solve their writing issues when the class period is not sufficient. Especially if you have ESL students, these programs might be very beneficial. However, in my Country (Saudi Arabia) where English is not the native language, these programs are not available to English learning students, they only available
On July 9 at approximately 1800 I observed an individual walking up the Priest Rapids Road towards the intake. As he was walking up he would stop and began yelling and screaming at something towards the dam. I hurried and grab my patrol radio along with my keys for the patrol car. I got on the radio and inform priest control that I was on site. They asked if I was aware of the gentleman walking across the damn. I informed them that yes I was and that I was heading up towards the intake deck to make contact. They informed me that it look like he was carrying something sharp in his hand. When I pulled up to him and got out of the vehicle I could see that his hands were up in his fist were clinched. As I got closer I noticed that he had a small
Aside from time management, I plan on using the writing center resources to help me prepare for academic writing, and knock the dust
I am fortunate enough to be friends with a vast majority of the people enrolled at my school, and the opportunity for individuality in the classroom is great. The downside to attending a small school and living in a small community is that there is not much of a learning experience with culture and diversity. In spite of my lack of diversity, I am a very open-minded person who wants to learn about all the new ideas a big campus has to offer; I feel Ohio State is the best university to do so. I am thankful to have grown up in this small town because this deprivation of a wide culture has just made my thrive for education steepen. I have learned about my small towns culture, a thing many do not think to do, yet, I am grateful for, but it is now time for me to move on, so I can broaden my educational and personal experience. People that come from my town do not always leave because they know nothing more than the small culture we have here; I am going to be the
One example of how the writing center has been useful to me is when I took my textual analysis paper to the writing center we used the lens more about and say back. The way that I get helped with the lenses is that when we used say back we summarize each paragraph. The other students in the writing center wrote about how they felt I was coming off and I wrote about how I felt I was coming off, and what my audience may notice in my writing. Sayback is helpful because if the people in the group feel that something does not make sense then they would let me know so I can fix it. The other lens we used was more about. More about is what I want to write more about so if I wanted to add more things to certain paragraphs I would let the group know. What the group would be writing is what they want to hear more of. Personally, I like to use say back and more about because when we're discussing it during the writing group it gives me more ideas to write about.