Campus Resources
Bentley Lingo
Tips for Success
How to Email Your Professor
Mystery Category
100

The place to go for help in Math classes. 

The Math Center
100

A class that only meets once a week during the day for three hours. 

Day bomb. 

100

The document that contains assignments, due dates, course policies, and other information about your class. 

Syllabus

100

What to do before you send an email to your professor. 

Look to see if you can answer the question yourself. 
100

Your FDS professor's name. 

Jane Griffin

200

A person who can help you decide which classes to take next semester. 

Academic advisor

200

The period of time on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons when there is no class. 

Activity Period

200

Memorization worked well for you in high school, but to succeed in college you will need to do this instead. 

Understand. 

200

What to use at the beginning of an email to your professor or other university official. 

A formal greeting/salutation and the person's title. 

200

Your FDS Peer Leader's first name. 

Nas

300

The place to go when you are feeling anxious or depressed. 

The Counseling Center. 

300

Where you go for help with technology. 

The Help Desk (located in the basement of the library). 

300

What NOT to do when you have missed class. 

Ask your professor to go over everything you missed. 

300
The software program we use at Bentley to send and receive email and schedule meetings. 

Outlook. 

300

Bentley's mascot. 

Flex the Falcon

400

This learning lab is located in the basement of the library. 

The Writing Center (also acceptable: The ESOL Center)

400

Funds on your ID card that can be used to purchase food at any food vendor on campus. 

"Discresh" or "Falcon Funds"
400

This is an excellent way to study, so long as you are not violating Bentley's honor code. 

Studying in a small group. 

400

The section at the end of your email that includes your name, program(s) of study, and other academic or professional information. 

The signature. 

400

The location of Profe Griffin's student hours. 

LaCava Lower Café

500

The place to go when you have a fever and sore throat. 

The Health Center. 

500

What "SGA" stands for. 

Student Government Association

500

It is impossible to succeed in a class without doing this. 

Showing up to class. 

500

What to do after you've composed an email to your professor and before you hit the send button. 

Proof read the email by reading it aloud to yourself. 

500

The man who founded this university. 

Harry Bentley