The number of credit hours needed to graduate with a Bachelor's Degree
What is 120 credit hours?
A reading strategy that allows you to take in the major points of a passage without the active use of notations and annotations--often the first step in reading.
What is skimming?
A campus resources that provides tutoring for all Spalding math classes (and some other math-related courses as well!).
What is the Math Lab?
We all do this to a certain extent: putting off tasks that need to be completed. Could be because of lack of energy, lack of focus, or fear of failure.
What is procrastination?
An annual event, involving running rodents, that takes place in April each year.
A designated person on campus (could be faculty or staff, depending on your major), who assists you with course selection, sequencing, and planning.
What is an academic advisor?
Includes letters, first editions of books, legal documents, and other texts
What is a primary source?
Online tutoring service, available through Canvas, that allows access to subject based tutoring.
What is TutorMe?
A Spalding staff member or graduate student you can work with to map out your assignments in a planner.
What is success coaching?
The President of Spalding University, the first woman and first American to ski to the geographic South Pole, and the first woman and first American to row across the Atlantic.
Who is Dr. Tori Murden McClure?
The minimum GPA required to graduate with a Bachelor's degree
What is 2.0?
"You can multitask while studying."
"You can highlight only the main points."
"Studying effectively is effortless."
What are myths about studying?
A campus resource that works with students to develop academic reading skills.
What is the Reading Lab?
Instead of changing everything at once, what concept can you use to make small, incremental, and manageable changes?
What is habit stacking?
Sisters who founded Spalding University.
Who are the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth?
The number of credit hours one can take in a single semester for the same tuition cost
What is 12-18 credit hours?
A note taking strategy that involves drawing a horizontal line across your paper near the bottom (the summary area) and then drawing a vertical column to create a recall column and a notes column.
What is the Cornell Method?
Not sure how to start your paper, and think Chat GPT is a good idea? This is where you should go instead.
What is the Writing Center?
A time management strategy that plans for 25 minute intervals of work. There are six steps:
1) Decide on the task to be done. 2) Set the timer to the desired interval. 3) Work on the task. 4) When the timer goes off, put a check mark on a piece of paper. 5) If you have fewer than four check marks, take a short (3-5 minute) break and return to step one. 6) After four intervals, take a longer break (15-30 minutes).
What is the Pomodoro Technique?
The most recent winner of a SLIAC Championship.
Who is the Spalding Women's Soccer team?
The minimum GPA in BIO + CHEM courses required for the Upper Division Nursing program
What is 2.75?
An active reading strategy that that includes Survey, Question, Read, Recite, and Review
What is SQ3R?
This group is students programming for students. The group works to provide quality, fun, and educational events and programs for the student body. Any student can be involved in the planning and selection of events.
What is the Campus Activities Board?
The author of Atomic Habits.
Who is James Clear?
The year that Spalding University was founded.
What is 1814?