- ACE conducts regular tutor trainings to equip tutors with appropriate strategies for peer learning assistance. This semester, to date, the trainings have included:

January: Philosophy of the Tutoring Program, Sexual Harassment

February: Critical Thinking Skills, SI Responsibilities, Handling Difficult Tutoring Situations

o March: Referral Skills, Math & English Training

At midterm, ACE posted flyers in appropriate classroom buildings announcing times of tutor availability for courses specific to those buildings/floors. The student supplemental instructors (SI's) conducted conferences with their respective faculty to promote referrals to tutorials and study groups. The SI's also distributed ACE bookmarks to students in the classrooms so that students could record tutorial times on the bookmarks. Instructional Counselors also set up ACE information tables in Hathaway Hall and the Blazer Library.

Finding Resources in Education for Nontraditional Students (FRIENDS)

Between the months of January and March, FRIENDS has served 91 students who have visited the center a total 191 times for various reasons including: lunch, computer usage, tutoring, workshops and group study.

To continue to address student progress through the midterm point, the FRIENDS Program required student clientele to honor quiet hours in the center to increase student ability to focus and concentrate. CAPS and FRIENDS collaborated to assist students who need to improve one or more of the following: GPA, academic standing, class performance, and/or attendance. The workshop "Improving Academic Success" allowed students seeking assistance an opportunity to find out how departments are structured to assist them.

Center for Academic Persistence and Success (CAPS)

• CAPS staff has held 844 individual advising/counseling sessions this semester.
• Academic Persistence Officers within CAPS are conducting weekly progress reports through individualized counseling and faculty monitoring with the fall 2008 and 2009 cohort to help ensure they are on track for graduation, in an effort to impact the university's 6-year graduation rate.
• Emails were sent to students on probation and students on the mid-term DFW list. Three (3) workshops were held for students on the mid-term warning list.

Placement, Testing, and Career Preparation (CPCP)

• CPCP served 20 students for -Computer Based Tests (CLEPS, Correspondence and Miller Analogies).
• This semester, CPCP administered the state-mandated Rising Junior Assessment (CAAP) to 150 students.
• To date, approximately 264 students have attended the Testing lab, received individualized services, or attended faculty-led workshops for PRAXIS, LSAT and GRE preparation from CPCP.
• CPCP served 30 attendees for the LSAT, PRAXIS & SAT National Exams.

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