{"id":7085,"date":"2018-02-08T21:09:32","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T05:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/westernjournal\/?p=7085"},"modified":"2018-02-08T21:09:32","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T05:09:32","slug":"helping-western-students-succeed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/helping-western-students-succeed\/","title":{"rendered":"Helping Western students succeed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernjournal\/files\/2018\/02\/tutoringoptions-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7086\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sam Dunaway | News Editor<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Week five can be a stressful time in a college student\u2019s life. When midterm exams, essays and projects start to pile up, the Student Success and Advising Office can be an important resource to keep on track and receive academic help.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Student Success and Advising Office aims to support students and provide them the tools they need to be successful in their academic and career goals. One of the major services provided by the department is free peer tutoring for Western students. Every student can take advantage of these tutoring services by simply clicking the \u201cWCS\u201d logo on Portal and making a tutoring appointment for a current class. Tutoring through the Student Success and Advising Office is available for most humanities, linguistics and social science classes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tutoring Coordinator and Student Success Specialist Carly DelaBarre emphasized that the peer tutors undergo extensive training in their position. This includes teaching to multiple learning styles, multiple intelligences, and general communication skills to effectively assist students in need.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Even if students don\u2019t require tutoring for specific classes, DelaBarre encourages everyone to seek help at the Student Success and Advising Office, \u201cI would really love students to know that they can come in and see us if they have a 4.0,\u201d she explained. \u201cI want to help you. I want to make sure that your time management is solid, study habits are solid, and your classes are going well. I genuinely care about every single student that comes in here \u2026 I have students from all different grade levels and all different backgrounds come in and see me regularly, and I wish more students did that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Student Success Specialists like DelaBarre can help with everything from test anxiety to studying for specific learning styles. When asked what advice she would give students during midterms week, DelaBarre replied, \u201cIt\u2019s so crucially important to manage your time well \u2026 Take care of future you by planning now for the future.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Visit the Student Success and Advising Office in its new location, the old Student Health and Counseling Center next to the WUC, starting on Feb. 12.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For more information on the resources that the center offers, visit wou.edu\/advising.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Contact the author at journalnews@wou.edu<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Photo by: Paul F. Davis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sam Dunaway | News Editor Week five can be a stressful time in a college student\u2019s life. When midterm exams, essays and projects start to pile up, the Student Success and Advising Office can be an important resource to keep on track and receive academic help. 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