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Service helps students get ‘savvy’ about school April Bamburg Freelance Reporter Having problems in math? Need to study for the GRE? Want to learn about time management? The Cen ter for Academic Learning Services offers various educational resources to University students, faculty and graduate teaching fellows. “Any student can come in and talk to a staff member about issues related to their education, like time management, or even if they just have this sinking feeling that things aren’t going the way they want them to,” said ALS Director Susan Lesyk. At the center, students can par ticipate in workshops, courses for credit, drop-in math and writing labs, and receive tutoring in differ ent subjects. The ALS also offers preparation courses for standard ized exams, including the SAT, Graduate Record Exam, Law School Admission Test and the Medical College Admission Test. Lesyk said about a quarter to a third of the student body comes to the center during a school year. “We do not keep a tally as people walk in the door, but we do keep track of the number of people who sign up for tutoring or individual conferences and other programs,” she said. One of the services the center of fers is a “Get Savvy” workshop for students and faculty, which runs Tuesday through Friday. For students, the “Get Savvy” workshops address a number of ar eas including critical reading, pre sentations, class discussions, objec tive tests and essay exams. Students can also learn about motivation, stress and time management. Facul ty workshops focus on classroom assessment, teaching portfolios and grant writing. Teachers also discuss how to facilitate difficult discus sions, help students with texts and create course Web sites. Lesyk said that during the school year, students can consult a data base of qualified tutors in subjects not offered by the center, or take advantage of drop-in math and writ ing labs. The labs run Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in PLG 72. The center also offers group tu toring sessions for math, chemistry, physics, French and Spanish that meet twice each week. There is an $80 fee per course for these group sessions. For a schedule of group meetings, check out the Web site at als.uoregon.edu. The ALS center also offers some courses for credit as well as special programs such as the TRiO Student Support Services. This program, which is funded through the depart ORDINARY LIFE in Extraordinary Times November 1 - 30, 2002 Jacobs Gallery - Hult Center for the Performing Arts Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times, opening at the Jacobs Gallery on November 1 and running through November 30, 2002, revisits China’s Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution by looking at its artifacts: propaganda imagery, posters, household items, documents, uniforms, school parapherna iia, ana tne writings ot onairman Mao. I his exhibit, on loan from the Burke Museum of Natural History in Seattle, is the first of its kind to be mounted in a museum in the United States. It is an honest and informative examination of the remark able mobilization of Chinese people that was the Cultural Revolution. The exhibit will be augmented by a gallery talk, lectures, a video showing, a slide presen tation, and K-12 teacher workshops. This exhibit is a collaborative effort by the University of Oregon Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, the University of Oregon Museum of Art, and the Jacobs Gallery. CALENDAR OF SUPPLEMENTAL EVENTS October 21, 2002 Middle/High School Teacher Workshop UO Collier House (1170 E. 13th Street) 4:00 - 6:00 pm November 1, 2002 Exhibit Opening Jacobs Gallery-Hult Center for the Performing Arts Reception: 6:00 - 8:00 pm Teen Docent Guided Tour: 7:00 pm November 2, 2002 Gallery Talk David Davies, Assistant Professor, Dept, of Anthropology, Hamline University and Co-curator of the exhibit Jacobs Gallery-Hult Center for the Performing Arts 1:00 pm November 7, 2002 Lecture: The Utopian Art of China’s Cultural Revolution Professor Richard Kraus, Dept, of Political Science, University of Oregon Knight Library Browsing Room, UO 5:00 pm (pre-lecture reception at 4:30 pm) November 12, 2002 Lecture: Ethnographies of the Strange: (Re)collecting Mao in Post-Mao China Professor Jennifer Hubbert, Dept, of Sociol ogy and Anthropology, Lewis & Clark College Knight Library Browsing Room, UO 5:00 pm (pre-lecture reception at 4:30 pm) November 15, 2002 Video Showing: In the Heat of the Sun Opening comments and post-viewing discussion led by Professor Wendy Larson, Dept, of East Asian Languages and Litera tures, University of Oregon Studio 1-Hult Center for the Performing Arts 7:00 pm November 24, 2002 Lecture and Slide Presentation: Fading Images: My Life as a “Reeducated Youth” (Zhiqing) in My Sketchbooks (1972-76) Professor Gu Xiong, Dept, of Fine Arts, University of British Columbia Studio 1-Hult Center for the Performing Arts 2:00 pm All events are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Lori O’Hollaren at the UO Center for Asian and Pacific Studies at 346-1521. Adam Amato Emerald Junior Tammy Louie helps sophomore Scott Jensen with business calculus in the ALS center, which offers workshops, tutoring and drop-in sessions. ment of Education, caters to the University’s non-traditional stu dents. The program provides class es in math, writing and critical thinking, as well as access to per sonal counseling and academic ad vising for students who qualify. Eli gibility is based on income level, parents’ education and an academ ic need for support services. Sarah Adkison, a returning stu dent in her senior year, is one of the students in the Student Sup port Services program. She said she gets help with academic writ ing and test taking. “Academic Learning Services is like a small college within the larg er one. I come in and people know my name, they know what I’m studying; I’m very comfortable,” Adkison said. Adkison said if stu dents have problems with any as pect of school or if their education al approach needs improvement, they need to remember that they can get help. “Students just have to wander in, and we’ll help them,” said Deb Casey, associate director of the SSS program. I feel bad when students come in and say that they wish they’d found us sooner, because we’re here to help.” Academic Learning Services is not just for students, though. Facul ty and graduate teaching fellows can participate in the Teaching Ef fectiveness Program. The program assists instructors in evaluating and improving their teaching. The center is located in PLC 62 and is open from 8:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m. For more information on the Center for Academic Learning Services or any of its programs, visit www.uoregon.edu/~al or call 346-3226. April Bamburg is a freelance writer for the Emerald. Workin' continued from page 1B complete their education. Awarded to students in conjunction with other forms of financial aid, the programs are exclusive to students enrolled for at least half-time status THE CULTURAL FORUM culturatforum.uoregoR.edu Providing Innovative Programs ♦Visual Ads ♦ Contemporary' issues ♦ Reform nc; An.s UPCOMING EVENTS Delicatessen mind twisting cinema Thursday. Octcber 17 100 W -nr- H ',v\ $2 students. $3 generei Tickets available, at the doer Passageway explorations of perspective Photography exhibit by Bea j Gordon Aperture-Gaiie'y, near the food court <nthe EMU Show rjn.S from Oelobe.r 9io November 1 FREE ' Lite in Motion street influenced artwork Art exhibit by Peter Baldwin Buz;? Cafe Ga ;er> Show rvifis frpr'n Octope.r 9 to‘November 1 Rasputina experimental gothic cello Sunday October 20 . Ge-iinger Lounge- b p m $7 students $9 gene re ; Tickets ava -aD!e at EMU ticket office' and House of 'Records Rocky Horror Picture Show cult film showing and performance Tr jrsday . October 21 and Fnday November 1 EMU 6.; mem ppm $fc slpcu.' iv. Se'genairai Tc-t !• ava ableatrv door Neurotheology where the brain, art and religion meet N< , M O .Ope^.ridvon Saturday Novelet'2 A u M * ’ . C . EM Mt . • f In the works: ♦ Pc'ttce November 11-17 ♦ r ♦ : H X mV O during the regular academic year (6 credit hours undergraduate, 9 credit hours graduate, 5 credit hours law). Young said she likes the flexibil ity of being able to drop or pick up hours and the convenience of be ing so close to classes, calling the Rec center “the best place on campus to work.” Seeing people all the time makes the position fun for Young, even when the counter gets “mobbed” during busy morning hours and physical education classes, she said. Rhythmically stamping the cur rent date on pink paper circulation reminders, Knight Library employ ee Nelson Gonzalves-Shinnick is just getting into the swing of things with new classes on a new campus. As a sophomore transfer student, he said he reads for leisure between flexible shifts and plans to save money from each paycheck. Besides having an adjustable schedule and being able to work across the street from his apart ment, Gonzalves-Shinnick said he enjoys the constant interaction with others. “People are fun and interest ing,” he said, “especially when you’re meeting people from differ ent countries.” Though he has worked in li brary systems for more than two years, experience wasn’t Gonza lves-Shinnick’s only advantage when applying for a job at Knight Library. He made his point — in reference to how difficult it was to find a job — unaffectedly. “If you have your crap together, and you do what you can ahead of time, you can beat the slackers,” he said. Caron Alarab is a freelance writer for the Emerald.
