Sears Learning Center provides students with opportunities for both. TEACHING AND LEARNING On the northwe t corner of ampu , next to the American tudie building tand the ears hou bearing the name of Harding' longtime Dean L. C. ear , its former o ner. To the a ual person trollino the sidewalk, it i nothing but a nostalgic tone house remini cent of the 1930 . But as oon a you step thr ugh the door and s the buzz of activity thi leeping giant uddenly awaken with the park of life olowing from within many college tucl nt . Tucked away in ide this hou e i the ear Learning C nter ( LC\ whi h offer free tutoring to all Hardino tudents. All tutoring is done by tudents who have ucc fully complet d the classes th now tutor. The LC i certified by the C llege of R ading and Learning o iation, and it operates by their guideline . The include 10 pour of training and certification upon completion of25 hours of tutoring. Thi training emphaize helping students learn how to 1 am, the ba ic philo ophy of the LC. tutor Heather McGlaughlin said '·we ny to tutor ·tudents in such a way that th y won 't need tutoring.· Basically, the tutor are trying to work them elve out of a job teaching the students to become independent learner . The Learning Center had two major expansion thi year. First, their upplemental In truction ( I) program expanded by two cla s I i group tutoring, offered for ome of Harding general education requirements , potentially reaching 00 tudents. The other expan ion thi year wa a reading proficiency oftare program which offer upplemental reading a i tance through the u e of computers. Besides offering tutoring, the Learning Center al o offer several learning trategy orkshops each semester. Th e include seminar in note-taking re t-taking, time management , and general tudy kill . Student tutoring i rewarding to the tutors who know they are h !ping tudents excel. Roger Clayton aid, ·· eeing omeone you 've worked with get an 'A' ba11 Andrews as. ists Tracy Holmes with an assignment . ears Learning Center p rol'ided many student u ith the help they needed to do better in their studies. Photo hy jaso11 Burt. Faith Ort - \ 'ancouvc:r, \X ' ,\ 11rsi11g;Bihle. Tri - igma Delta, CampJign' ( \igeria, Flo..xl RelieO. :impus Ministry, Int rJmurab, Re,idc:nt A." ist3nt , . tudent Impact, Timoth) Club, Who 's ~ ho . Jennie Overman - Will is. TX. Accou111i11g . Lane O'\\·en - Lakeview. OR ucial Sc1e11ce. .J a -o n Pace - Houston. MO. Business .Ha11age111e111. Semi nol e:~ f\ 'P. Athletic Dire.:tor), Ko Io Kai beau, Dean\ List, Del ta Mu Delta , lntmmurals. lntercollegiJte-Alhletic!-. SA.\I f \ 1'l, FRI El\DS. HARM, 1'1 <; igma Ep,ilon, Who '' \\Ono. R\'ln Pace - . 'ixa, l\10 . H11111a11 Resources. 'erni noles, Dean·, L1~t Delta \ Ju Delta. Psi hi . Re,ident A.'>.,iswnl. SI JR>.!. beryl Page - Hager~\'i ll e , Canada. ,\un;ing!Biulogy. Alpha Chi , Oe-an·, L1't , 11 '> \;A, Sigma Thc:t:.1 Tau. \X'ho's Who. hri ~ Page - Hagers\'i lle, Crnacb .11athemat ics. Knights. my Pa rish - Lirnnia , Ml. .4 11 Chi Omega Pi , Dean's List, Student Impact. e ni0rs so ~~~~~~~ lasses makes you feel like you 've accompli hed something. " till , there i hesitation among some student to admit difficulty in learning to study. The crosssection of tudent from the humanities to the physical sciences who us the Learning Center, however, indicate that it is really the sma11 students who have taken advantage of this service. - Jimmy Brooks
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