The service provides direct assistance and appropriate referrals to students, faculty and staff for personal, educational, career and relationship concerns which enable the participant to gain the necessary learning skills to achieve realistic academic goals and to become independent, lifelong learners. The Reading and Study Skills Learning Center offers assistance in the form of courses and individualized laboratory programs. Courses include such topics as learning theory and study skills, vocabulary enrichment, analytical reading for textbook study and speed reading. The laboratory programs are developed on an individual basis according to the needs of the students and are delivered via multi-media instructional modes.
Confidential assistance is available to all employees.
Iissues cover career concerns, martial issues, family issues, legal or financial troubles, Brown Bag lunches and training programs. The Ombudsperson, Victoria Asmar Anderson, acts as an information source for students, University employees and the community. The Ombudsperson helps maintain equity between the University and its several constituencies attempting to resolve problems informally when students become entangled in academic or bureaucratic procedures. Additionally, the Ombudsperson seeks to change those policies and practices of the University which have become outmoded, irrelevant or otherwise unfair. All members of the University community should freely consult the Ombudsperson for assistance.