The Learning Center The Learning Center, on the eastern end of the top floor of South Hall, provides academic support services. It consists of the Learning Lab, with computers and resource staff, where students complete academic work as well as accessing the Internet and the World Wide Web, and the Writing Center, where students meet with peer tutors and staff specialists to develop their writing skills and study skills such as effective reading and time management. The Writing Center is staffed by a writing specialist and trained, skillful peer tutors who help with papers, reports, statements of interest, research projects, and creative writing. The staff is prepared to assist students with their writing, helping them to develop and organize their thoughts, and to suggest solutions to problems ranging from comma usage to writer's block. In addition to writing, the staff work with students on study skills, time management, effective reading, and improving focus and concentration.
Tutors work with students on improving specific skills such as spelling, math, and languages.
The staff provides support to students coping with learning disabilities, and assists students to become aware of and use constructively their individual learning styles. The Learning Lab provides educational technology and human support for students' academic work. Over thirty Macintosh computers, four laser printers and four color scanners and one color printer combine to provide full Internet access, word processing software, desktop publishing tools, and language software for a multi-faceted learning environment. Faculty also utilize the Lab to integrate their classroom content with interactive learning programs such as Mathematica, StatView, MacDraft,SimCity, and the full Adobe line. Student monitors specialize in teaching students to use computers effectively to accomplish their learning goals.