Benzinger Three to four peer assistants deliver workshops, individual sessions, and marketing. Usually these assistants are Work Study, senior, or graduate students with high academic standing. As part of the Office of Student Affairs, the Academic Advisory Centre operates mainly eight months of the year, with some individual services available from May to September.
Individual counselling is available but on a more limited basis than workshops.
There is a part-time disabilities advisor for students with learning disabilities. Academic Dons are trained in basic study strategies and are assisted with materials for use in their residences. Classroom presentations are given at the request of faculty and may be either generalized or specific to a topic. Those students interested in tutorials may complete a computerized writing assessment and submit a writing sample for appraisal and discussion. An individualized writing program is then developed.