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By Jimi Jo Story
Arizona Daily Wildcat
August 23, 1996
Classes start, homework is assigned, and sometime around October, students begin walking around with a wild look in their eyes, screaming, "I'm going to fail all of my classes!"Stop. Before this scenario happens, the University Learning Center is ready to provide services to help students manage their time and their classes.
The University Learning Center is offering workshops on:
- Note-taking strategies
- Reading textbooks
- Exam preparation
- Test-taking strategies
- Time management
- Strategies for university writing assignments
- Upper-division writing proficiency exam preparation
- Computer labs
Tutoring services are also provided with private tutors, tutor sharing, and customized tutoring for organizations and departments.
Reed Mencke, associate director for the University Learning Center, said the center will be working in cooperation with the Geosciences and Molecular and Cellular Biology departments this year.
"In the biology department, we will be co-teaching a tutor-training class and offering workshops, while in the Geosciences Department, workshops will be available to students - and they'll get credit for it," Mencke said.
"Both departments are trying to be sure that every student taking their courses are getting a lot of help - they are really concerned about their students," Mencke said.
The First-Year Student Study Center is also available on a drop-in basis for 100-level courses in the Student Union Pueblo Cafeteria on Tuesday and Thursday nights from 5 to 8.
In addition, the Freshman Year Center in Bear Down Gymnasium offers major exploration, course scheduling, university policies, and academic advising and counseling, as well as a mentoring program for freshmen.
Freshmen will be able to sign up for a series of workshops, and Mencke said the center is really working at getting the word out to freshmen.
"The first series is September 9 to 18, and we're hoping that a lot of freshmen will sign up for the workshops and get some help before midterms," Mencke said.
In addition to freshman student services, a testing office is available for students who need to take the Graduate Record Examination, Graduate Management Admissions Test, Law School Admissions Test, Medical College Admissions Test and many other tests.
Marilyn Goulden, program coordinator, said there are three preparation classes offered for students taking the GRE, GMAT, and LSAT.
The testing office offers the College Level Examination Program for students who want to gain credit for a course by examination.
"It gives the student college credit by taking an exam in the subject areas they are already familiar with," Goulden said.
Goulden said that in college Spanish, for example, a student can gain as many as 19 credits by taking placement exams.
For the students who are unsure about their vocational destinations, the Career Interest Test is available.
"We have a lot of seniors who come in and want some confirmation that they're headed in the right direction," Goulden said.
The University Learning Center's main office is located in Room 18 of the Nugent Building.
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