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This is the quiet study floor in Hillman Library.
What is the 4th floor?
These are 2 things you can do for free with your Pitt ID.
What is Museums, Bus, and Trolley?
This two word term means “the ethical standards of integrity by which each student and faculty member is expected to operate”.
What is academic integrity?
Before sending any emails, be sure to do this to check for grammar and spelling errors.
What is proofread?
The Global Experiences Office is located on the 7th floor of this building.
What is the WPU?
One-on-one tutoring is available from the Study Lab in the Gardner Steel Conference Center and online. To schedule, use this app.
What is the Navigate Student App?
When writing an email, it's best to include this type of information to help your professor know which class you are in.
What is your class name, number, day/time or student ID.
A student is considered to have done this, when he or she “presents as one’s own, for academic evaluation, the ideas, representations, or words of another person or persons without customary proper acknowledgement of sources."
What is plagiarism?
Arriving to class on time, avoiding cell phone use and side discussions during class, and being attentive are all examples of this.
What is classroom etiquette/ behavior?
If you're interested in studying abroad, this is a good place to begin looking for information.
What is the Global Experiences office or website?
This center on campus provides individual and small-group instruction for all forms of public speaking and oral communication. Scheduled appointments are available Mon-Fri.
What is the Oral Comm Lab?
These are a few activities that you can get OCC credit for.
Attendings workshops, events on campus, Pitt Programs Council.
Adding these to the end of a paper or project is a form of academic communication and show where you found information.
What are references?
Also accepted: Works cited
Attending these hours can help you get to know your professors and provide an opportunity to answer questions that weren’t addressed in class.
What are office hours?
If you are interested in completing a Global Experience, you can schedule a consultation with the Global Experiences Office. It will also be helpful to talk to this person. They can help you figure out the best time to go in relation to you academic program and credits.
Who is your academic advisor?
These two centers offer tutoring in the O'Hara Student Center.
What is the Writing Center and the Math Assistance Center?
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This is the name of an app that allows you to view bus routes and track buses.
What is Transloc (for Pitt shuttles), Ready2Ride, Moovit, Transit, and others listed here: https://www.portauthority.org/inside-Port-Authority/rider-info/mobile-applications/.
Also accepted: Google Maps
Using a paper more than once for different classes is an example of this.
What is self plagiarism?
This is a good number of words to include in an email’s subject line.
What is 5-10?
What is 2.75?