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2016 The Academic Success Center at Augusta University
AFA Departments Academic Advisement Katherine Sweeney, AVPSS 706-731-7979 academicadvising@augusta.edu
Career Services Julie Goley, Director 706-731-1604 careercenter@augusta.edu
The 5000+ square-foot Academic Success Center (ASC), located on the first floor of University Hall, is scheduled for completion in mid-fall. The goal of the center is to develop a robust support infrastructure for freshman and sophomore students, to promote engagement and have an overall positive impact on AU progression and graduation rates. Many of our students are looking to enter highly selective programs and graduate schools and the ASC programs can help them earn and maintain a high GPA to be competitive candidates. Other students may find a particular subject or course difficult and the ASC programs will help them overcome the challenge. The primary goal is to empower all students to reach their academic potential. The ASC will house a tutoring program for students enrolled in general education courses, a new academic coaching program, and the First and Second Year-Experience office. Academic Coaching: Fall 2016 Academic coaching began when the semester started. Academic coaching refers to the process of guiding a student into becoming the most effective, self-regulated learner possible. The coaching framework includes reflection, planning, goal setting and a solid support network to promote student success. Coaching is a perfect metaphor for the relationship because the goal is to identify the academic strengths and weaknesses of students and individualize a program of appropriate activities and workshops to address them, much as an athletic coach or a personal trainer assesses an athlete and Academic Success Center Continued on Page 2
Center for Academic Success Lorraine Evans, Executive Director 706-446-5167 Loevans@augusta.edu
CURS John Sutherland, Director 706-729-2260 jsutherland@augusta.edu
Office of Experiential Learning Kim F. Gray, Director 706-446 -5564 kim.gray@augusta.edu Faculty Dev. & Teaching Excel. Deborah Richardson, Director 706-737-1742 ctl@augusta.edu
First/Second-Year Experience Beth Huggins, Director 706-737-1594 ehuggins@augusta.edu
Registrar Heather Metress, Registrar 706-731-1430/1431 registrar@augusta.edu
University Libraries Brenda Seago, Director Greenblatt 706-721-3441 Reese 706-737-1744 www.augusta.edu/library