Come one, come all … to the Finals Fair!
LLCC Student Life and the Center for Academic Success are hosting a Finals Fair today, Nov. 28, and tomorrow, Nov. 29, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. and 5-6 p.m. in A. Lincoln Commons on the Springfield campus. There will be snacks, prizes and staff on-hand to help students prepare for finals.
Julie Clevenger, executive director, LLCC Center for Academic Success, and Tiffany Elliott, academic support program coordinator, presented a session titled, “At the Point of Need: Implementing Collaborative Embedded Support to Increase Student Success” at the annual International College Learning Center Association conference in Portland, Oregon, on Sept.26. The session included learning center directors and staff from around the world and demonstrated how the LLCC Center for Academic Success expanded an embedded tutoring program into a more comprehensive embedded support initiative that utilizes both peer tutors and professional staff to address the college’s goal of increasing student success rates, especially in their first year.
Oct. 1-7 is National Tutor Appreciation Week. Please take time this week to thank the amazing team of peer tutors that support student success on our campus. In addition to being students themselves, they all work hard to support fellow LLCC students in a wide variety of courses.
Front: Tiffany Elliott, Academic Support Programs Coordinator
Back (from left to right): Olin T., peer tutor; Isaac B., peer tutor; David M., Math Center tutor; Erik B., peer tutor; Grace B., peer tutor; Preston S., Math Center tutor and peer tutor; Jamie W., peer tutor; Kevin E., peer tutor; Zoey C., peer tutor; Ben F., Math Center tutor and peer tutor
Not Pictured: Cassidy C., peer tutor; Kat W., peer tutor and Information Desk student worker
The LLCC Center for Academic Success has peer tutors available for a wide range of courses. Peer tutors meet with students in person or online via Microsoft Teams by appointment. Some tutors will be available for walk-in hours as well. A complete list of subjects tutors can assist students with will be made available in the next week or two to deans and department heads to share with their teams. Peer tutors can visit classes to introduce themselves and share information about their availability and the benefits of tutoring.
If you would like more information about peer tutoring this fall or if you are interested in having a tutor visit your class in the first few weeks of the semester, please email Tiffany Elliott, academic support programs coordinator at tiffany-anne.elliott@llcc.edu with course number(s), room number(s) and meeting time(s).
Front: Tiffany Elliott; Back (l-r): Olin T., Isaac B., David M., Erik B., Grace B., Preston S., Jamie W., Kevin E., Zoey C., Ben F.; Not pictured: Cassidy C., Kat W.
Vicki Sutker, academic success professional, joined LLCC July 17. She previously taught high school sciences, most recently at Rochester. Vicki earned a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences with a minor in chemistry from Illinois State University.
She can be reached at 217-786-3496 or vicki.sutker@llcc.edu.
Welcome Vicki!
Tiffany Elliott, academic support programs coordinator for the LLCC Center for Academic Success, attended the College Reading and Learning Association’s (CRLA’s) Summer Institute Tutor Trainer Program July 9-11, earning certification as a tutor trainer. Completion of this program ensures that the Center for Academic Success is up to date on all CRLA requirements and LLCC’s peer tutoring program continues to maintain the standards necessary for its Level 1 Certification status.
Meet the LLCC Center for Academic Success’ summer peer tutors! For more information about tutor availability and courses each tutor can help with, please contact the Center for Academic Success at 217-786-2396 or cas@llcc.edu.
The LLCC Math Center is open for summer hours!
Students can visit the Math Center for help with math courses and math skills for other courses like chemistry, engineering, physics and more.
During weeks 1 and 2, the Math Center will be open:
The remainder of the summer semester, the Math Center will be open Monday – Thursday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
In the LLCC Center for Academic Success, tutors and professionals often work with students who cannot afford to buy basic school supplies to help them be successful in their classes. In response to this, a small school supply pantry has been established in the CAS with supply donations from LLCC staff. Supplies currently available include new pencils, pens, highlighters, notecards, notebooks and three-ring binders.
If you are aware of any students in need of basic school supplies for summer classes or if you would like to donate supplies to the pantry, please contact Julie Clevenger at 217-786-2365 or julie.clevenger@llcc.edu.
Tiffany Elliott, academic support programs coordinator for the LLCC Center for Academic Success hosted an online discussion of embedded tutoring Tuesday, May 23, to share information about best practices in designing, implementing and assessing embedded tutoring programs. Learning center professionals and administrators from 58 colleges and universities in the United States and Canada participated. Julie Clevenger, executive director of the Center for Academic Success, and Dr. Colin Suchland, professor of sociology, shared insights into the successes of embedded support at LLCC. Continued discussion and collaboration among participants in this event will take place over the summer to enhance awareness of the value and effectiveness of embedded tutoring and to provide space for learning center professionals and administrators to share their knowledge and experience, so we can all continue to enhance our support of students’ academic success.
If you are a faculty member interested in having embedded support in a course you teach or would like more information on how this program can benefit your students, please contact Julie Clevenger or Tiffany Elliott.