Lab materials such as books, study guides, audio and videotapes, as well as educational software offer students help in a wide range of topics from academic subjects to stress management to law school preparation. Subjects include basic reading and writing skills, algebra, biology, physics, chemistry, and accounting. The student counselors work with clients in thirty-minute sessions. The Lab does not take appointments, but operates on a first come, first serve basis. During the fall, spring, or summer semesters, students may use the Lab without charge on a walk-in basis.
Counselors stationed in specific residence halls provide assistance in a variety of academic areas.
Schedules indicating the academic areas and the locations for tutoring are available at SLAC and in each residence hall. The trained paraprofessional student counselors staffing the SLAC Lab and Residence Hall Tutoring program are a mixture of traditional and non-traditional undergraduate and graduate students. Counselors must have a minimum 3.0 GPA and several faculty recommendations for each content area. Student applicants are interviewed to determine interpersonal skills, are tested on academic skills, and then must complete a counselor training program prior to joining the staff.