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GW 101
Academic Support Resources
Academic Success: The Do’s & Don’ts of
Your 1st Semester at GW
Tracy Arwari, Ph.D., Ed.D.Student Success
Division of Student Affairs
Transitioning to GW
O What’s going to be different?O No parentsO IndependenceO AccountabilityO Class sizeO Relationships with professorsO Workload
Academic success tips
O What did you do to be successful in high school or at your previous school?
O What can you do to be successful here?
What can you do now to prepare?
O Create a study schedule
O Buy a calendar and organize assignments/ tests
O Buy a good pair of headphones!
Student schedules
O What other commitments might you have?O Student organizationsO JobsO SportsO Service projectsO SLEEP!
O Everybody makes choices: what will yours be?
A typical GW student week…
Academic resources: Faculty
O Role of faculty
O What are office hours and why do they matter?
O What are some advantages to developing a professional relationship with faculty?
O How to communicate with professors
Academic resources: Emailing a professor
What NOT to do What to do
Hey T-dawg, So I like had some qs abt what we talked about yesterday can I come talk to you plz??!! Wanna get some coffee and hang? Maybe I’ll even understand what ur saying! LOLZ Later— Nacho
Dear Professor Arwari, How are you? I hope you’re having a good day! I had some more questions about what we covered in class yesterday (the past subjunctive) and would like to make an appointment during your office hours. What would be a convenient time to come by? Thanks for your help and I’ll see you soon. Sincerely, John Smith
Academic resources: Talking with your professors
O How should you approach your professors?
O What should you talk about?
Academic resources: Faculty Guides & Faculty-in-
Residence
O 9 faculty guides & 9 faculty-in-residence
O Create programming that brings intellectual discourse into the residence halls
O Goals of the program:O Make faculty more approachableO Show students how to engage with
facultyO Demonstrate the value of
extracurricular learning (Learning doesn’t just happen in a classroom!)
Academic resources: Academic advisors
O How is your academic advisor different from your high school guidance counselor?
O Four year relationship
O When (and why) should you contact your academic advisor?
Academic resources: The Writing Center
O Tutors help you with writing projects (papers, etc.) – grammar, style, overall structure, etc. – in 25 or 50 minute sessions
O Will also help with group papers and projects
O Visit their site: www.gwu.edu/~gwriter/
Academic resources: The Tutoring Initiative
O Offers 10 free hours of tutoring per year to each student
O Group tutoring is FREE!
O Classes in accounting, biology, chemistry, economics, English, math, philosophy, physics, etc. are all supported
O Some departments & schools also offer tutoring
O Partnership with Smarthinking for an additional five free hours of online tutoring
O Visit: http://gwired.gwu.edu/tutor for more information
Academic resources: The Language Center
O Free, walk-in language tutoring for all languages taught at GW
O Language exchange program for all members of GW community
O Conversation Club at Mount Vernon Campus
O Visit: www.gwu.edu/~language to learn more
Academic resources:Gelman & Eckles Libraries
O How can you get help?O Walk inO IM (anonymously too!)O Personal research appointments
O Gelman is open 24-7!O Where should you study?
O Study carrelsO Group study roomsO Quiet areasO Conversation areas
Other university resources
O Disability Support Services: http://gwired.gwu.edu/dss/
O Office of Academic Integrity
O Resident Advisors
O UCC stress management workshops
O Exercise Science stress management classes
How to help yourself(and others!)
O What happens when you get off-track?
O Look out for one anotherO CARE Network
O Who submits a CARE form? O Who is in the CARE Network?O What happens next?O Visit: http://students.gwu.edu/care
Do you have questions? We have answers!
O For more information, feel free to contact [email protected].
O Good luck for a fantastic and successful year ahead!
WELCOME TO GW!
