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"Remember, if you're not asking for help and taking advantage of academic support services, advising, study groups, and tutors, you're not being a smart student."
-- from College Knowledge: 101 Tips for the College-Bound Student by David Schoem
| Student Academic Services |
| The Student Academic Services office (Starbuck Center; Tel. x8150) is the College’s main office for students seeking a wide variety of services to promote academic achievement. As part of the college's commitment to academic excellence, the office serves all students interested in improving their academic performance, attending graduate school, or working as a tutor on campus. The office organizes peer tutoring and study groups, and offers one-on-one or small group academic support. Student Academic Services also offers support to students who receive Unsatisfactory Work Notices. The office works on a variety of issues with international students, students of color, and athletes. Student Academic Services sponsors workshops and provides assistance to students submitting applications for specialized post-graduation scholarships. The office also provides English as a Second Language (ESL) support and works with students with disabilities. • Peer Tutors – SAS hires students recommended by faculty to provide one-on-one tutoring with students in specific courses. Peer tutors are available for course work in all disciplines. Students request a tutor in the SAS office. There is no fee for tutoring services. • Disabilities Support – SAS staff includes a Coordinator for Students with Disabilities who arranges for academic accommodations and assists students with other disability-related issues. Current documentation is required in order to apply for status as a student with a disability at Skidmore. Further guidelines are available on the SAS web site. |
Writing Resources |
| Writing Center The Writing Center (Ladd Hall, Room 320; Tel. on campus x4331 or off campus 580-7400, x4331) offers students individual help in any academic and personal writing project. Maintained by the English Department and directed by a faculty member, the center is staffed by Skidmore students majoring in subjects across the disciplines. Writing tutors are especially effective in helping students generate ideas, organize material, and clarify writing style. The Writing Center is not a proofreading service, but tutors will answer students’ questions about grammar, punctuation, and effective style. Whether students are new to college writing or already accomplished writers, they will find that a one-on-one meeting with a Writing Tutor will help them become better, more self-sufficient writers. The Writing Center is open daily, afternoons and evenings. Students may call to make an appointment or they may walk in for tutoring during open hours. |
| Expository Writing Network The network provides faculty and students online writing resources for all disciplines. |
| Skidmore Guide to Writing This general guide to writing provides general guidance on college writing as well as information for writing in particular courses. The guide is available in print as well as online |
Other Academic Support Resources |
| Career Services The Career Services office (Starbuck Center; Tel. x5790) offers a advice and guidance on career planning as well as information on internships, graduate study, and scholarships. |
| Computers and Writing The Charlotte M. Lanzit Center for Computers and Writing (Palamountain Hall 302) provides students with a comfortable environment in which to use computers for academic or personal writing projects. The center is one of the fully networked computer labs on campus and provides students resources to compose, revise, and print their work. In addition, students can explore the internet, connecting to libraries and data bases, consulting online course materials, and communicating with faculty, students, and friends on e-mail. |
| Counseling Center The Counseling Center (Jonsson Tower, first floor; Tel. x5555) provides a supportive context in which students may actively reflect on personal dimensions of their college experience and arrive at important new understandings of their motivations, needs, values, and their relationships with others. |
| First-Year Experience: Scribner Seminar Peer Mentors The First-Year Experience Office (Starbuck Center; Tel. x8111) assigns Peer Mentors to particular Scribner Seminars. The Peer Mentors provide assistance to first-year students facing the challenges and stimulation of the seminars and the transition to college. Their experience as more advanced students, selected both for their academic achievement and their ability to steer new students to effective engagement, makes them a valued resource for enhancing the education of new Skidmore students. Peer mentors bridge the space between the classroom and the residence hall by serving as academic and social role models for the first-year student. They also support new students’ transition to college by encouraging their integration into the larger community of scholars through the promotion of academic and cocurricular opportunities. |
| Foreign Language Resource Center (FLRC) The Foreign Language Resource Center (Bolton 380-381; Tel. x4336) provides resources for foreign language study. The facility includes multiple computer stations for use in the evenings, an interactive Smartboard, and multi-region DVD and VCR players with large screen projection. The student stations also include webcams and headsets with microphones for intensive language practice and multimedia production. The FLRC also has an open study area with four computer workstations for use by students on a drop-in basis. The lab also offers a lounge area for viewing foreign videos and TV from foreign stations received by satellite. An adjacent workroom provides 3 additional workstations with hardware and software to support the production of multimedia projects. |
| Mathematics and Computer Science (MCS) support The MCS Peer Tutoring and Computing Lab (Harder Hall) is operated by the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science and provides tutorial and computing support for mathematics and computer science courses. Quantitative Reasoning (QR) Tutors are available to assist students working to satisfy QR requirements as well as students enrolled in departmental courses. |
| Off-Campus Study and Exchanges (U.S. and abroad) The Off-Campus Study and Exchanges office (Starbuck Center; Tel. x5355) provides information on study in the United States, U.S. territories (including Puerto Rico), and foreign countries. Students seeking to clarify their academic goals may benefit from consulting OCSE staff about opportunities to enrich a Skidmore education. |
