Steps to success

Steps to success: Pointing your student to our academic resources

CSU Pueblo has numerous academic support services including free tutoring, a writing center, academic advising, and more. Below is a list of resources that support academic success:

Academic Advising: Extensive advising throughout the first two semesters is crucial for the first-year student. Advisors engage with students once they have been accepted to the university to help students create schedules that will foster success at CSU Pueblo and help build a foundation for future semesters. Students can call the Pack Center at 719-549-2584 or visit the Library and Academic Resource Center (LARC) Room 151 to speak with an advisor directly.

Services for Students with Disabilities

are provided by the Disability Resource and Support Center located in LARC Room 187. They offer classroom accommodation plans based on verified documentation. For more information, please visit their website at csupueblo. edu/disability-resource-and-supportcenter or call 719-549-2648.

Tutoring and Writing Assistance: CSU Pueblo has several tutoring options available. Below is a list of the various tutoring centers on campus:

• The Learning, Innovating, and

Networking Center (2nd Floor of

Library, 719-549-2333) provides individual and group tutoring for general education humanities, history, and social science courses.

• The Writing Center (2nd Floor of Library, 719-549-2333) provides an inviting atmosphere where students can receive advice and positive feedback on any type of writing from research papers, letters, and writing assignments to poetry and fiction.

• Hasan School of Business

Learning Center (Hasan School of Business 230, 719-549-2175) provides tutoring assistance to HSB students enrolled and regularly attending the business courses. Contact the HSB Tutoring Coordinator to set up an appointment or request a tutor.

• TRiO - Student Support Services

(SSS) (LARC 357, 719-549-2111) is a federally funded TRiO grant project providing an array of services to low income students, firstgeneration students, or students with a documented disability. TRiO provides the following supportive services: academic action planning, tutoring, academic counseling, career development, financial literacy, graduate school counseling, financial aid advisement, academic success seminars, and monitoring of student academic progress. Students who meet eligibility criteria outlined by the program are encouraged to apply. CollegiateParent.com

• The Math Learning Center

(Physics-Math Building 132, 719-549-2271) gives students a place to work in a collaborative and supportive environment. Students can drop by any time and do not need an appointment. The center is open Monday through Friday during each semester and with some weekend hours. The MLC is staffed by tutors who are upper division math, physics, biology, chemistry or engineering students.

The tutors are trained to help students work through their own problems in classes as diverse as algebra, calculus, and statistics. The

MLC provides CSU Pueblo students a place and a plan for success in college level and remedial math classes. • Science Learning Center (Life

Science 122, 719-549-2652) offers walk-in tutoring support for Biology,

Chemistry, and Physics courses.

Additionally, we offer group review sessions for many courses, as well as supplemental academic support, professional development, and volunteer opportunities. The

Science Learning Center is open

Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. during the academic year.

• Engineering, CET, and CM

Tutoring (Technology 163, 719-549-2697) Appointmentbased tutoring for Engineering,

Civil Engineering and Construction

Management Courses.

• The John L. Garcia, Jr. Language

Center (CIHHI, 298, 719-5492578) offers a place for students to improve their foreign language skills in a social setting and supports students enrolled in language programs and their connection to the diverse Pueblo community.

The Language Center at CSU

Pueblo is a socio-academic space where students can improve their foreign language skills. We offer a variety of activities and events open to students, faculty, staff, and community members.

Learning Resources are available at the Library and Academic Resource Center (LARC), 719-549-2361, and include: study rooms, presentation rooms, tutoring spaces, audio visual rooms, study and relaxation areas, and support services. The LARC has extensive technology that includes: wireless internet, PCs, Macs, mobile devices and laptops for checkout, scanners, software, and AV equipment. Students may also purchase beverages, snacks, and food items at the LARC’s Café Libro.

Textbook Purchases can be made at the University Bookstore, 719-5492146. The University Bookstore sells textbooks, campus apparel, school supplies, snacks, gift items, cards, and many other items needed by university students. Students can save time by ordering textbooks online and picking them up at the Bookstore. Visit csupueblobookstore.com for more information.

Employment and Career Exploration

services are offered by the Career Center, 719-549-2980. The Center provides individual career coaching, career exploration and assessment, resume and cover letter development, job and internship search strategies, and career fairs.