Academic Support:

The Academic Support program assigns each varsity team an athletic academic advisor. This advisor serves as a key contact for student-athletes seeking academic assistance, and helps the student-athletes navigate the academic community. Utilizing the Developmental Advising Model, the academic support staff creates an individualized educational plan based on each student's strengths and weaknesses. Advisors are in regular contact with instructors through progress reports, phone calls, and emails. This information is used as a source of intervention to identify problem areas and make necessary recommendations for improvement. The advisor works closely with their assigned students to monitor their academic progress throughout the semester.

Study Center:

The study center program provides a managed study environment. The program balances the need for structure with the aim of increasing student's responsibility for his/her own work. Each student-athlete is responsible for 6 hours of monitored study per week. Students are required to use their Red Storm Identification card to swipe in and out of the Study Center. Hours are recorded using a tracking system throughout campus.  There are a number of options available for these hours to be completed.  We encourage our student-athletes to utilize the resources available to them on campus in order to individualize their educational plans. Students can accumulate hours by attending one of the designated study center locations or by meeting with a tutor, attending professor's office hours, attending review sessions, or attending study groups facilitated by the academic support staff.

What to do in Study Hall when you: "Don't have anything to do"

·    Re-write or re-type your notes

·    Read ahead in your textbook

·    Create a study guide for your next test/quiz

·    Make an outline from your notes of the main ideas from class

·    Create a timeline of important dates, assignments or events that are coming up and write them into your planner

·    Make flashcards or note cards for studying

·    Plan out your week and set goals that you want to achieve

·    Organize your game book or planner

·    Review your course web pages and re-read course syllabi

·    Email your professors and set up appointments to meet with them in their office hours.

Tutoring:

Student Development for Athletes provides supplemental support at untraditional times that are more conducive to an athletes' demanding schedule.  The following services are provided during weekend and evening hours: peer tutoring by undergraduate students who have already successfully completed the course, academic coaches who provide assistance with developing effective learning strategies, and study groups/review sessions for traditionally difficult courses. Sessions are usually facilitated by a graduate student in a Master's degree program or by a Professor. Student-athletes interested in requesting a tutor should see their academic advisor as soon as possible. The advisor will document the request and provide the student-athlete with possible options.

Academic Coaches:

Designed for students in need of extra assistance in developing effective learning strategies. While tutoring focuses on learning the content, academic coaching focuses on concepts of how to learn.

Study Groups/Review Sessions:

Each semester the Academic Support program will target traditionally difficult courses and offer concentrated reviews of the course content before the midterm and/or final exams. Sessions will be facilitated by a graduate student in a Masters Degree program or by the Professor.