http://PennStateLearning.psu.edu
220 Boucke
101 Pattee Leisure Reading
10 pm-midnight Sun.-Thurs.
Fall 2014 Hours for Boucke and Sparks:
Sundays
Mon.-Thurs.
Friday
6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
10:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
7 Sparks
Academic Success
http://dus.psu.edu/academicsuccess/studyskills.html
How to use your study time most effectively by developing good study skills.
http://dus.psu.edu/academicsuccess/index.html
The Academic Success website will help you identify factors that can be obstacles to
academic success and offer you strategies to overcome them.
http://istudy.psu.edu
Ensure your academic success with iStudy tutorials on a variety of critical skills.
We are . . . trained Math and Statistics Tutors who help you
• Solve problems with confidence
• Communicate quantitatively
• Teach friends and roommates
• Prepare for exams
• Enjoy working with numbers
• Ask real questions
• Connect with faculty
• Join math and stat. communities
We are . . . trained Writing Tutors who help you
• Brainstorm ideas for essays
• Develop a thesis
• Outline a paper
• Develop job applications
• Compose personal statements
• Use good transitions
• Do your own proofreading
• Assist peers with their writing
• Join writing communities
Guided Study Groups are
• Associated with large first- and second-year courses
• Led by A-grade course alums who attend classes
• Multiple drop-in sessions per week
• Provided at no charge
Guided Study Groups - # Sections
Fall 2014
ACCTG 211 - 2
MATH 141 - 3
BIOL 110 - 3
MATH 200 - 3
CHEM 110 - 6
MATH 201 - 1
CHEM 210 - 2
PHIL 012 - 1
ECON 102 - 5
PHYS 211L - 2
ECON 104 - 4
PHYS 212 - TBD
MATH 034 - 3
PHYS 250L - 2
MATH 110 - 5
PHYS 251L - 2
MATH 140 - 2
STAT 200 - 3
MATH 140B - 3
We are . . . trained Foreign Language Tutors who help you
• Practice conversation
• Improve your accent
• Interpret and apply grammar
• Develop fluency
• Teach your peers
• Create compositions
• Express yourself!
• Join language communities
The Penn State Undergraduate Speaking Center
Public Speaking
http://speakingcenter.la.psu.edu/
7 Sparks Bldg
Sunday: 6 – 10pm
Mon-Thu: 10am-9pm
Friday: 10am – 3pm
We even provide Teamwork Areas, which you may reserve online
for course projects and for practicing presentations.
And most of us are undergraduates, like you.
So please consider the subjects you enjoy most,
the concepts you want to learn even better,
the “people skills” you can share, and
apply to be a tutor or receptionist yourself.
Everything is provided
at no charge!
You’ve already paid for it with your tuition.
Dave Ryan, dfr1
http://PennStateLearning.psu.edu