Academics

Below is a list of resources that promote student success. All links provided are direct links (ONE CLICK) connecting you to contact information or an educator who can respond to your questions and/or help your students who need academic help. Thank you for helping our students achieve their goals.

Academic Advising

For students in a particular college or department:

• Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Arts and Letters
• Broad College of Business
• Hospitality Business
• Communication Arts and Sciences
• Education
• Engineering
• Music: Please click on Associate Deans’ Offices; contact Talitha Wimberly, Director of Undergraduate Student Affairs
• Natural Science
• Nursing
• Social Science
• Veterinary Medicine

For students in a residential college:

• James Madison
• Lyman Briggs
• Residential College in the Arts and Humanities (RCAH)

For students selected to be in the Honors College:

• Honors College

For students who have not yet selected a major [Exploratory Major preference]; usually first year students or sophomores):

• University Advising 

For students in an ROTC Program

• Air Force
• Military Science

Help Rooms

Business Courses for Students in Multicultural Business Programs Please click on the link and contact Ed Tillet, Director Multicultural Business Programs/ Darrell King, Sr. Associate Director/ Anne Crain, Academic Advisor and Program Coordinator

CSE (Computer Science and Engineering) 

Engineering Guided Learning Center Primary focus is to offer academic assistance and support to underserved undergraduate engineering students and students majoring in various STEM fields

Help Rooms Housed in the College of Natural Science

Help Rooms Housed in the College of Social Science

James Madison Writing Consultancy (MC 201)    

Packaging Help Room

Veterinary Medicine

Other Academic Support  

Collaborative Learning Center: For students wanting to develop their academic skills [study skills, note taking, time management, etc.] and for students interested in becoming peer educators

CoRe Experience [Cornerstone Engineering Residential Experience]: All first-year engineering students are considered part of CoRe where they engage in academic [i.e., tutoring, advising] and co-curricular activities; some students choose to join a living-learning community in Wilson or Wonders Halls

English Language Center: For international students needing to improve their English language skills before beginning their academic course work

ESL Writing Lab:  For international students seeking help with course assignments i.e., reading comprehension, writing, etc. 

Writing Center: For students seeking assistance with brainstorming, writing, making multimodal projects, and interpreting writing assignments