Tutoring
Success Coaching
Myths
Campus Resource
Academic Success Hacks
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The Official Name of the Tutoring Center @ WSU

What is the Tutoring Center?

100

These students can book a coaching session at the Course Achievement Center.  

What are All Students? 

100

This common myth suggests that only students who are failing need tutoring.

What is "Tutoring is only for struggling students"?

100

Building on WSU Campus that houses most of the Support Services.

What is Parenzo? 

100

This academic hack can help you earn participation points, get recommendation letters, understand assignments better, and feel more connected to your courses.

What is building a healthy relationship with your professors? 

200

The Subjects You DO Not Use the CARE Ctr Tutoring for

What are MATH & WRITING? 

200

There are five of these people on Campus to guide students in the Course Achievement Center 


Success Coaches 

200

This myth incorrectly assumes that having an academic coach means a student is not intelligent enough to succeed on their own.

What is "Having an academic coach means I'm not smart enough"?

200

This campus resource is in Scanlon and offers mental health support, counseling, crisis intervention, and well-being programming.

What is the "Counseling Center"? 

200

Successful students often use this strategy at the start of the semester to identify due dates, exams, projects, and when they should begin working on them.

What is mapping out coursework and creating a semester plan?

300

The platform you book your Tutoring Appt through. 

What is WSU360?

300

3 Actions Success Coaching Can Help Students Improve Upon.   

What are Increasing Your Grades, Time Management, Study Habits, Wellness, Goals, Professional Skills, Resources, Limiting Beliefs, Networking, or Financial Literacy?

300

This misconception claims that tutors simply provide answers instead of helping students learn.

What is "Tutors just give students the answers"?

300

An office for students to explore academic opportunities, to drop in or schedule an appointment to receive academic advisement or help with course registration.

What is the Office of Academic Advising? 

300

These free campus resources can help with writing papers, solving math problems, understanding course content, and improving study skills.

What is using a tutor?

400

Grade you need to have in a course to become a paid Peer Tutor? 

What is a B+?

400

Students who are required to work with a coach 2x a month in order to register for their classes the next semester? 

What are Students on Academic Warning? 

400

This myth leads students to believe they should handle every academic challenge by themselves without asking for support.

What is "I must figure everything out on my own"?

400

This resource provides support in stabilizing housing, addresses food insecurity, and other basic needs by connecting students to financial, academic, and social-emotional resources. 

What is FACES? 

400

This study technique encourages students to work in focused bursts, often 25 minutes at a time, followed by short breaks.

What is the Pomodoro Method?

500

Joseph Seal is the Coordinator of this Tutoring program at WSU.  

What is the "Tutoring Center"? 

500

This Dept of Higher Ed coaching program is by invitation-only for select incoming freshmen. 

What is Achieve to Succeed (formerly Rise to Success)?

500

Tutoring and academic coaching help students build serious skills to become this.

What are "stronger, more independent learners & thinkers"?

500

This resource provides support in figuring out your future, internships, skill development, resume writing, interview skills, networking, and job searches. 

What is the Career Center? 

500

This note-taking system divides your paper into cue questions, notes, and a summary section to improve learning and test preparation.

What is the Cornell Note-Taking Method?