End-of-Semester Updates
Dear Fellow Dons,
The Learning, Writing, and Speaking Centers want to keep you informed about our upcoming events to help you prepare for finals. We will be hosting Academic Skills Workshops via Zoom and our walk-in tutoring event, Tutorpalooza. Additionally, we will share valuable information about our office hours during Finals Week, academic support services, USF resources, and student employment opportunities. We hope to support you in every way possible during this critical time.
Best regards,
The Learning, Writing, and Speaking Centers
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The Learning Center is dedicated to enhancing student persistence and self-regulation through academic skills workshops, which include a wide range of topics, such as structured study time, academic mindsets, test-taking and exam preparation strategies, and more. We invite you to join us in one of our upcoming workshops on Zoom to prepare for finals:
- Tuesday, May 9 from 11:50 a.m.–12:40 p.m. PDT
- Wednesday, May 10 from 5:30–6:30 p.m. PDT
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Tutorpalooza
The Learning, Writing, and Speaking Centers are excited to announce that additional walk-in tutoring services will be available on Friday, May 12 from 12–4 p.m. on the second floor in Gleeson Library and in rooms 139, 232, 233, and 237. Come and meet with a peer tutor, Writing Center consultant, or Speaking Center coach while enjoying coffee and cookies. Don't miss out on this opportunity to receive some last-minute academic support from your fellow Dons at the LWSC before finals.
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Finals Week HoursOur office will remain open during finals week, from May 15–18. We will be operating from 8 a.m–8 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday, from 8 a.m.–5 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday, and closed on Friday. Please note that our services will be limited during this time, as there won't be any Learning and Speaking Centers sessions. The Writing Center will continue to provide online appointments.
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The Learning Center provides paid leadership opportunities for students through work-study. We're hiring for positions such as peer tutors, PLTL leaders, SI leaders, project success coaches, as well as Speaking Center coaches. If you're interested, please apply online for one of our leadership opportunities »
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At the Learning Center, we offer specialized academic assistance for various courses through programs like Peer Tutoring, Supplemental Instruction (also known as "SI" for some biology and nursing courses), and Peer-Led Team Learning (or "PLTL" for Chemistry I, II, and Organic Chemistry courses).
Our Peer Tutoring services are available for both individual and small-group sessions, which can be conducted through Zoom or in person. Meanwhile, our SI and PLTL programs provide weekly small-group study sessions, but only PLTL enrollment can aid students in earning course credits. For more details about our course-specific academic support services, kindly visit the Learning Center web page.
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The Learning Center provides online resources, workshops, and one-on-one academic skills coaching to help students maximize their efforts. Visit the Study Skills and Resources web page for tools and downloadable worksheets
Additionally, a coach is available for all international students at USF (undergraduate and graduate) who desire assistance in cultural adjustment and developing strategies related to effective communication, collaborative learning, active studying, and time management.
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The primary goal of the Writing Center is to empower students as writers by fostering their knowledge and skills in development, organization, style, and structure. Through one-on-one interactive conferences, faculty consultants support student writers working in different disciplines and rhetorical contexts.
Writing consultants engage in a conversation with students about how to conceptualize and develop an idea, how to write persuasively and with sophistication, and how to correct their own errors at the level demanded by college courses. The consultants do not edit or copyedit the work of students, but instead, they work with students so that they can learn to edit for themselves.
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The Speaking Center is available to help students prepare for public speaking — including speeches, oral presentations, team presentations, and visual aid demonstrations
Coaches are trained peer tutors, skilled teachers, and experienced public speakers, who can assist with a variety of aspects of public speaking, including effective oral communication skills, researching and writing speech content, developing well-organized, concise, and informative main points, crafting introductions and conclusions, and more.
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