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Outstanding Peer Educator of the Year

Each year, The Learning
Center selects a recipient
for the Outstanding Tutor of
the Year award, which is
the highest tribute awarded
to a student member of The
Learning Center staff.

to acknowledge how helpful Mallory is in assisting

them understand challenging concepts in a way that
makes them feel more confident about their own academic capabilities.

On Tuesday April 14, 2015

Mallory Coulombe was
announced as The Learning
Centers Outstanding Peer
Educator for the 20152016 school year.

Above:
Outstanding Peer Educator of the Year recipient,
Mallory Coloumbe

Mallory was nominated by

Kristina Rieger, Business
Tutoring Coordinator.
In recognizing Malllory, Lori
DeConinck shared:
Mallory is the ideal tutor;
shes bright, friendly, enthusiastic, reliable, and patient. Mallory started working for The Learning Center
her freshman year as an
accounting tutor.
Since then, she has accumu-

lated nearly 300 tutoring

hours and over 50 hours of
training, earning her the
title of Master Tutor with
CRLA Level 3 certification in
March 2013.
Her efforts are not only
noticed by The Learning
Center staff, but by the
students she works with as
well. They are always quick

In addition to working as an
accounting walk-in tutor,
Mallory is a go-to person
for students seeking 1-1
tutoring, frequently working
with students in the Retake
with Success program.
Furthermore, she consistently provides new ideas for
tutoring resources, and is
involved with outreach efforts, speaking in the Learning Centers orientation
video. Her charismatic personality will truly be missed
as she graduates this May.
The Learning Center offers
our sincere gratitude for all
that Mallory does, making
her an incredibly deserving
recipient of this award.

Volume , Issue
April 2015

Inside this issue:

Outstanding Peer
Educator of the Year
New Space, New
Trends

As the end of another academic year fast approaches, we took some time to
reflect upon the new trends
and changes in utilization of

Learning Center services

since we first moved into
our new space in September 2014.

Congratulations,
Seniors!

Final Exam Week Walk

-in Tutoring Schedule

Outstanding Peer Educators: March and April

Final Exam Success Tips

7,236 total visits for

the academic year

1,720 students served

This means on average,

students that utilize
Learning Center visited
4.2 times throughout
the year

(continued on page 2)

Special Points
of Interest

Congratulations to
Halie Osgood, the
winner of the poetry
writing contest

Congratulations to
Michael Weinstein
(March) and Hallie
Semmel (April) for
being named Outstanding Peer Educators of the Month

by the 7,236 visits

1,2

Poetry Writing Contest

Winner

New Space, New Trends

Time flies when youre having fun, especially in the
Library Learning Commons.

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The Learning Center Newsletter: April 2015

New Space, New Trends (continued from page one)

Poetry Writing Contest Winner

Ties
as we walked along the tracks i couldnt help but notice the
way that his laughter sounded different than yours always did
every time it bounced off the rocks

1,656 total visits to Math

tutoring

Lab assistants in 43 sections

of IT courses, Game Design
courses and Graphics courses

1,362 total visits to Writing

tutoring

27 students in Commit to
Success

1,280 total visits to Business

tutoring

112 Peer Educators employed by The Learning Center

41 of these 112 Peer Educators will be graduating this

May

These 112 Peer Educators

completed 10,292 total
tutoring hours this year

but when i think of our echoes now

all i can hear are the stabbing syllables that clanged off of
empty walls, no rustling trees

i look around at the pines now and wonder how many people
theyve seen walk by and if they notice when only one
person comes back after always being two before

440 total visits to Mentoring

275 visits for Liberal Arts/

other disciplines

165 conversational English

tutoring visits

i watch him marvel at the things im showing him along the

way, always checking over his shoulder to check for a train
even though its only eight and you and i both know it only
ever comes by late at night
we sit down to watch the sun sink beneath the ocean of trees
as he says something about this being the best view hes ever
seen ive seen it so many times before, its just lost all its luster
i wonder if you still think of me whenever you get woken up
at midnight by the distant horn and rumble from deep in the
woods your sleep was always the lightest but his is as heavy
as these iron beams
see, i told you, he says as we feel the ties start to shake
a light comes around the distant corner and he ushers me off to
the side you would have let me stay right where i was.

Class assistants in 48 sections

of English courses

Class assistants in 44 sections

of Math courses with 831
visits to Class Assistant Review Sessions

Class assistants in 15 sections

of Economics and Finance
courses

-Halie Osgood

Our staff is extraordinarily excited to share these trends of increasing utilization across all services! We are looking forward to
assisting even more students during the 2015-2016 school year.

Congratulations, Seniors!
Congratulations to our Peer
Educators who are graduating this May!

Thank you for your hard

work and dedication to The
Learning Center. We will
miss you!

Youssaira Akennad
Bianca Barcelos
Jessica Cafarella
Victoria Carlson
Briana Collins
Rob Conlon
Joe Cote
Mallory Coulombe
Joe Danilchuk
Andrew Dysart
Erin Doherty

Martin Foley
Stephen Fortuna
Jessica Goncalo
Joshua Hall
Sarah Hamilton
Brittany Heyman
Mike Hoffman
Elizabeth Holland
Mikaela Koivisto
Hannah Kump
Alyssa LaFoe

Matt LaRochelle
Mike Levy
Beth Mancuso
Richard Mason
Kael Miyata
Sarah Murray
Alexa Perrotti
Cole Peffer
Jake Reardon
Nathan Richard
Patrick Ryan
Meghan Sherman
Chris Sibanda
Nicholas Stellato
Nathaniel Stiles
Myat Thu Tun
Patrick Tobin
Cynthia Velez
Michael Weinstein

Congratulations to Xue Xang the winner

of the Jelly Bean Counting Contest!

Xue had the closest guess (650) to the

number of jelly beans in the jar (683)!

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Final Exam Week Walk-in Tutoring Schedule
ACCOUNTING 201 & 202

Sunday 4/26

4:00-5:00pm
5:00-6:00pm
6:00-7:00pm
7:00-8:00pm

LC
LC
LC
LC

206
206
206
206

Chris Hakes Jordan Gray Nathaniel Stiles

Chris Hakes Jordan Gray Nathaniel Stiles Emily Holmes
Ann Pastorello Jordan Gray Mallory Coulombe Emily Holmes
Ann Pastorello Jordan Gray Mallory Coulombe Jamie Emerson

ECONOMICS 201 & 202

Sunday 4/26
Monday 4/27

4:00-8:00pm

LC 206

Marek Rivero

6:00-8:00pm

LC 206

Ron Haverty Jordan Gray

FINANCE 320 & 330

Sunday 4/26

4:00-8:00pm

LC 206

Ron Haverty Youssaira Akennad

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 100 & 210

Sunday 4/26

4:00-5:00pm
5:00-6:00pm
6:00-7:00pm
7:00-8:00pm

LC
LC
LC
LC

206
206
206
206

Kyle Kling Victoria Carlson Adam Tremblay

Kyle Kling Victoria Carlson Adam Tremblay
Adam Tremblay Matt Sandstrom
Adam Tremblay Matt Sandstrom Rob Conlon

Monday 4/27

6:00-8:00pm

LC 206

Sunday 4/26
Monday 4/27

4:00-8:00pm

LC 206

Marek Rivero

6:00-8:00pm

LC 206

Marek Rivero

Rob Conlon Cameron Stoughton

QSO 300

MARKETING 113

Sunday 4/26

4:00-8:00pm

LC 206

Jess Cafarella

MATH

Sunday
4/26

Monday
4/27

Sunday
4/26
Monday
4/27

6:00-8:00pm

LC 205

Ms. Kathy Willis Ashleigh Lambert Raj Phadtare Mike Weinstein Katilin Shaughnessy (7-8)

1:00-2:00pm

LC 205

2:00-3:00pm
3:00-4:00pm
5:00-6:00pm

LC 205
LC 205
LC 205

6:00-7:00pm

LC 205

7:00-8:00pm

LC 205

Caitlin Gancorz Mike Hoffman Ashleigh Lambert Jessica Malone

Samantha Townsend Kaitlin Shaughnessy
Chris Hakes Mike Hoffman Ashleigh Lambert Mike Levy Jessica Malone Adam Tremblay
Chris Hakes Mike Levy Brittany Heyman Kaitlin S. Samantha Townsend Adam Tremblay
Youssaira Akennad Evan Bodi Melissa Handy Mike Hoffman Mike Levy
Jessica Malone Raj Phadtare
Youssaira Akennad Caitlin Gancorz Melissa Handy Ashleigh Lambert Mike Levy
Beth Mancuso Raj Phadtare Adam Tremblay
Youssaira Akennad Melissa Handy Ashleigh Lambert Beth Mancuso
Raj Phadtare Adam Tremblay Brittany Heyman
WRITING

4:00-5:00pm
5:00-6:00pm
6:00-7:00pm
7:00-8:00pm

LC
LC
LC
LC

207
207
207
207

Hallie Semmel Annie Boghigian Cody Harlow

Hallie Semmel Annie Boghigian Sarah Hamilton
Hallie Semmel Matt Gagnon Molly Coyne
Hallie Semmel Matt Gagnon Molly Coyne

LC
LC
LC
LC

207
207
207
207

Annie Boghigian Sarah Hamilton Cody Harlow

Joe Cote Mikaela Koivisto Cody Harlow
Evan Bodi Taylor Picard Andrew Pesci
Elizabeth Worth Hallie Semmel Andrew Pesci

11:00am12:00pm

12:00-1:00pm
6:00-7:00pm
7:00-8:00pm

Outstanding Peer Educators: March and April

Each month, The Learning Center selects
one of its Peer Educators to be recognized
as the Outstanding Peer Educator of the
Month. Students are nominated by coordinators for going above and beyond the
expectations of their Peer Educator roles.
Congratulations to Hallie
Semmel for
being named
The Learning
Centers
Outstanding
Peer Educator
of the Month
for March
2015.

any extra responsibilities or to help her

Mike Weinstein is a senior and has been
fellow tutors out by covering shifts. The
tutoring for The Learning Center since
students Hallie works with sing her praises. January 2014.
We are very appreciative of all Hallie
does for The Learning Center and her
peers; her work as a walk-in and 1-1
writing tutor, a writing classroom assistant
for a Hospitality class, Conversational
English tutor and 1-1 history tutor has
been outstanding. We are very fortunate
to have Hallie on The Learning Center
team.

Mike wears many hats in his work at The

Learning Center. He is currently a walk-in
tutor for Math, a 1-1 tutor for Math, Geography and Geology, as well as a classroom assistant for three sections of Math
240. Mike is certified as a Level 1 tutor
by the international College Reading and
Learning Association and is quick to help
out in any capacity when needed. A true
educator, Mike finds ways to make
meaningful connections with the content for
the students with whom he works and continually shares his enthusiasm for learning.

Congratulations to
Michael
Weinstein for
being named
The Learning
Centers Outstanding Peer
Educator of
the Month for
March 2015.

Hallie has done amazing work as a writing tutor at The Learning Center. Hallie is
a new addition to the writing tutoring
team, starting as a new tutor this January,
but she had quickly become one of Selinas go-to tutors. Hallie is incredibly reliable and is the first to step up and take on

He is positive and encouraging in his approach and is very well-respected by all

students and fellow Peer Educators who
work with him. The Learning Center is extremely fortunate to have Mike as part of
our team and is grateful for all that he
does.

Final Exam Success Tips!

With final exams right around the
corner, were sure that you have
your hands full with projects, papers
and the like.
Were sure that using some of these
study tips will help you to beat the
stress and work toward achieving
final exam success!
1.

2.

Use your resources! Take advantage of resources such as

walk-in tutoring, or reviewing
your study guide, as these resources are designed to help
you be more prepared.
Location, Location, Location!
Spend your time thinking about
the exam itself, not worrying
about where and when your
exam will be. To do this, make
sure you know the date, time

and location of your final exam

ahead of time. To do this, ask your
professor.
3. Get a grip (on the subject matter!)
Knowing whether or not the exam will
be cumulative or if the exam will focus
on the last few chapters of material can
make a big difference in how you prepare. For a cumulative exam, it may
help to make a list of key ideas and
key terms for each chapter, so you
dont feel overwhelmed trying to memorize all of the material.
For an exam that covers just a few
chapters, you may want to drill down
and study the content from each chapter more in-depth.

exam. Remember that classmates are in the

same boat as you and if you are stressed,
they are too. Reach out to a classmate (or
several classmates) to form a study group.
You can quiz each other on some of the material and it will boost your confidence to
know that you have prepared well!

5. Stay organized! Whether you have one

final exam or five, time management is a
key factor for success, especially when you
are trying to balance academics, with end of
the year social events and logistical challenges like moving out of your residence hall.
Keep a planner or schedule where you block
out study times, exam times, and any other
commitments to keep you feeling organized
throughout this busy time of year.

4. Study Buddies!

6. Be positive! Youve been learning all semester and studying hard. You will succeed!

You are not alone in preparing for your

Best of luck during final exam week!

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