Meeting with her tutor, senior Jason Loy, freshman Lauren Alexander receives help for her chemistry class Nov. lOin theAmerican Studies bUilding. Free tutoring was offered to all students for most li beral arts classes and selected upper-level classes throughout the year to ensure students succeeded academically. -Amber Bazargani Center provides free services, raises awareness The Academic Resource Center had a long– standing reputation of providing students wich the tools necessary to achieve success within their schoolwork and in their per– sonallife. The Academic Resource Center provided numer– ous services to students, all free of charge. From some of the most fundamental learning concepts to more complex course studies, the resource center was dedicated to providing services necessary for a student to be successful. Acco rd ing to the Web site, the resource center's mission was to "provide a learning environment that is individualized, personal ;nd supportive to all Harding University students. Wanda Gooden became the newes t member {Q the resource center's staff in 2006 when she joined the team as the administrative assistant. Since joining the staff, Gooden said she could see the positive progression of the studems. "1 have seen students fro m all levels and all majors come in to use the Academic Resource Center," Gooden said. "They all seem to really _"J~90 academics like the free tutoring." Free tu toring was no t where the services ended. Workshops throughout the entire year provided students with skills ranging from time management to study skills. Also, a more personal, peer-led study session technique gained popularity with students despite having been first developed in the 1970s. Supplemental Instruction groups were designed to give a more' tho rough study session environment for the rigorous liberal arts courses in the curriculum. "Supplemental Instruction groups seem to work very well because a student who has been through the course leads them," Gooden said. Dr. Dee Bost, coordi nator for the Academic Resource Center, was dedica ted to her job ofhelp– ing students succeed in their studies. "I especially enjoy working with the tutors and Supplemental Instruction study group leaders to encourage them in this wonderful Christian miniscry chac they are undertaking," Bost said. "I am especially delighted to see students who have taken advantage of tutoring or SI, adopted more effective learning strategies, improved their grades and recurned to become tutors." The resource center provided tutoring for over 80 of the courses offered, conducted thousands of hours oftutoring each semestet and presented at least 20 learning-enhancement workshops throughout the school year. ''A great part of our job is about helping stu– dents to understand their learning styles and what powerful effective strategies they have to choose from," Bost said. Furthermore, professors, as well as students, benefited from the free-of-charge services. Faculty members urilized Bost and the resource center for use in their classroom. In fact, Bost had often been seen around campus conducting workshops for students or going from class to class teaching new learning techniques in various courses. "Learning is a choice, and also, I believe, the second greatest res ponsibility chat an individual has, the first being a pos itive response {Q the gospel," Bost said. -Jordan Dyniewski
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