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Lear Learning ning Pr Prog ograms ams Parents Weekend Presentation 6 February, 2015 Wendy Menefee-Libey

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Wri Writing ting Ce Cente nter “It’s not the music, man, it’s the words.” - Bob Dylan • Designed to help students develop the critical and analytical tools to become clear and forceful communicators

Wri Writing Cen ting Center ter “It’s not the music, man, it’s the words.” - Bob Dylan • Designed to help students develop the critical and analytical tools to become clear and forceful communicators • Individual writing consultations with trained peer tutors

Wr Writ iting ing Ce Cent nter er “It’s not the music, man, it’s the words.” - Bob Dylan • Designed to help students develop the critical and analytical tools to become clear and forceful communicators • Individual writing consultations with peer tutors • All disciplines

Wri Writing ting Ce Cente nter “It’s not the music, man, it’s the words.” - Bob Dylan • Designed to help students develop the critical and analytical tools to become clear and forceful communicators • Individual consultations with peer tutors • All disciplines • Any composing project at any stage of the process

Wri Writing ting Ce Cente nter “It’s not the music, man, it’s the words.” - Bob Dylan • Designed to help students develop the critical and analytical tools to become clear and forceful communicators • Individual consultations with peer tutors • All disciplines • Any composing project at any stage of the process • For all writers- novice, experienced and somewhere in between – NOT REMEDIAL

Writing Center Use 2002-2014 1200 1000 800 Individual Consultations 600 400 200 0 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13 13-14 Academic Year

‘13 - ’14 Center Use by Origin of Assignment 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0

Acade Academic mic Ex Excellence cellence “ For excellence, the presence of others is always required.” -Hannah Arendt • Group tutoring workshops for core technical courses facilitated by trained peer tutors- Bio 52 & 113, Chem 23, Eng 59, Physics 23, 24, and 51, Math 30, 35, 40,45,55, 60, 65, 70, & 80

AE Schedule Fall 2014 Facilitators: Chemistry - Marie Kirkegaard, Coline Devin, Shannon Wetzler, Maddi Hartley, All workshops Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Bruce Yan held in Shanahan 1480 Physics 23 and 51- Aaron Rosenthal, Chem 23 S & 9- 8- Tasha Arvanitis, Marie Kirkegaard, Lin Yang, Jim Wu, Caleb Eades, Morgan E 11pm 10pm Mastrovich, & Sophie Blee-Goldmam Physics 23 1-3pm 7-9pm Math- Elizabeth Kelley, Nathan Hall, Physics 51 1-3pm 7-9pm John Phillpot, Michael Baeder, Patrick Tierney, Eric Stucky, Angela Chin, Math 30b, Amzi Jeffs, Abram Sanderson, Kyle Shan, & Cheng Wai Koo 8- 8- 30g, 35, 55, 8- 8- 10pm 10pm 60, &65 10pm 10pm Engineering- Jennifer Zheng, Tamara Savage, Sean Messenger, Steve Ibanez, 7-9pm (on Engineering 7-9pm 7- Spenser Anderson, Akhil Bagaria, weeks Ben Chasnov, Apoorva Sharma, Aarthi 59 9pm with labs) Sridhar, Nicky Subler Biology 113 7-9pm Biology - Sherry Zhang, and Suzy Beeler

Academic Academic Ex Excellence cellence “ For excellence, the presence of others is always required.” -Hannah Arendt • Teaches teamwork and collaboration skills • Emphasis on discovering and using good study habits, problem-solving strategies and critical thinking skills- NOT remedial

2013-2014 AE Attendance Workshop Total Workshop Visits #Participants Physics 23, 24 813 135 Physics 51 361 105 Chemistry 23 438 149 Engineering 59 461 131 Combined Math 990 273 (30, 35, 40, 45, 60, 65, 55, 70 & 80) Biology 113 & 52 375 134

Did AE Workshop Attendance Improve Your Understanding of Course Material? (Fall ‘10 - Fall ‘14, n=108) not at all 4% greatly 29% somewhat 28% a good deal 39%