Get Ready for Success! Join us in the Academic Support Center (library, lower level) for 30-minute workshops that will enhance your academic and college experience. If you are an online student and need to access the workshops remotely, please email Heather Martin.
Fall 2026 Workshops
Description: Join us in learning the basics of effective digital communication with university faculty and staff. That way you know who you're talking to, and what information they need to help you out, before you hit send!
Presenters: Eric Pietrzak, Academic Advisor
Date: Thursday, September 10
Time: 2 p.m.
Description: Starting college can be exciting...and overwhelming. In this candid and casual workshop, two upper-year students share the real talk they wish someone had given them before their first semester.
Presenters: Upperclass students in the TRIO Program
Date: Thursday, September 17
Time: 1 p.m.
Description: Learn the practical success skills professors value most - from communication and professionalism to engagement and personal responsibility.
Presenters: KateLynn Albers, Assistant Professor
Date: Tuesday, September 22
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Description: Most students already have the ability to succeed academically. The challenge is often not what they know, but how they study. This interactive workshop will explore effective learning techniques that help students move beyond rereading notes and cramming for exams. Participants will discover strategies for improving concentration, retaining information, reducing test anxiety, and developing study habits that produce better results with less stress, and ways to feed their brain and body for success.
Presenters: Katy Allers, Director TRIO Student Support Services & Tammy Wolf, Starfish & Tutoring Coordinator
Date: Tuesday, September 29
Time: 11 a.m.
Description: Your attention is worth millions, let's talk about how to protect it and use it wisely, by exploring benefits, risks and considerations of your online presence.
Presenters: Kaitlyn Merck, Case Manager & Ralitsa Wierson, Mental Health Counselor
Date: Wednesday, October 7
Time: 11 a.m.
Description: Learn how to organize your life and stay on track from upper classman who have mastered time management skills.
Presenters: Academic Support Center Student Employees & Peer Mentors
Date: Thursday, October 15
Time: 2 p.m.
Description: Sleep is the eight‑hour investment that pays you back in memory, focus, mood, improved GPA and performance. But most college students give it away for free — often without realizing the cost. We will see if you buy in or not to this investment-because your brain, health, grades and future depend upon it.
Presenters: Kim Tiedman
Date: Tuesday, October 20
Time: 1 p.m.
Description: Learn tips and tricks to balance your social life and academics. Let's learn to work hard and play hard!
Presenters: Maleeha Latif, Director of International Programs
Date: Tuesday, October 27
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Description: Let's learn about stress and available on-the-go strategies, easy to use with a busy college schedule.
Presenters: Kaitlyn Merck, Case Manager & Ralitsa Wierson, Mental Health Counselor
Date: Tuesday, November 3
Time: 1 p.m.
Description: Your major is a crucial part of your educational journey. Join us in a discussion to help you explore major options, and make choices that align with your unique interests, strengths, and goals.
Presenters: Lynda Bertsch, Director Career Services & Eric Pietrzak, Academic Advisor
Date: Monday, November 16
Time: 11 a.m.
Description: Exams don't have to be scary! Learn tips to manage test anxiety and other test taking strategies to help you succeed.
Presenters: Heather Martin, Director Academic Support Center & Kelli Sem, Access Services Coordinator
Date: Wednesday, December 2
Time: 11 a.m.
Description: In this workshop, create a daily game plan or "countdown" which identifies and organizes what you need to do to best prepare for your final exams and projects.
Presenters: Chris Lozensky, TRIO Academic Coach & Kyle Patterson, Academic Advisor
Date: Monday, December 7
Time: 11 a.m.
