1. GW 101 Academic Support Resources

2. Academic Success: The Do’s & Don’ts of Your 1 st Semester at GW Tracy Arwari, Ph.D., Ed.D. Student Success Division of Student Affairs

3. Transitioning to GW O What’s going to be different? O No parents O Independence O Accountability O Class size O Relationships with professors O Workload

4. Academic success tips O What did you do to be successful in high school or at your previous school? O What can you do to be successful here?

5. What can you do now to prepare? O Create a study schedule O Buy a calendar and organize assignments/ tests O Buy a good pair of headphones!

6. Student schedules O What other commitments might you have? O Student organizations O Jobs O Sports O Service projects O SLEEP! O Everybody makes choices: what will yours be?

7. A typical GW student week…

8. Academic resources: Faculty O Role of faculty O What are office hours and why do they matter? O What are some advantages to developing a professional relationship with faculty? O How to communicate with professors

9. Academic resources: Emailing a professor What NOT to do What to do Hey T-dawg, So I like had some qs abt what we talked about yesterday can I come talk to you plz??!! Wanna get some coffee and hang? Maybe I’ll even understand what ur saying! LOLZ Later— Nacho Dear Professor Arwari, How are you? I hope you’re having a good day! I had some more questions about what we covered in class yesterday (the past subjunctive) and would like to make an appointment during your office hours. What would be a convenient time to come by? Thanks for your help and I’ll see you soon. Sincerely, John Smith

10. Academic resources: Talking with your professors O How should you approach your professors? O What should you talk about?

11. Academic resources: Faculty Guides & Faculty-in-Residence O 9 faculty guides & 9 faculty-in-residence O Create programming that brings intellectual discourse into the residence halls O Goals of the program: O Make faculty more approachable O Show students how to engage with faculty O Demonstrate the value of extracurricular learning (Learning doesn’t just happen in a classroom!)

12. Academic resources: Academic advisors O How is your academic advisor different from your high school guidance counselor? O Four year relationship O When (and why) should you contact your academic advisor?

13. Academic resources: The Writing Center O Tutors help you with writing projects (papers, etc.) – grammar, style, overall structure, etc. – in 25 or 50 minute sessions O Will also help with group papers and projects O Visit their site: www.gwu.edu/~gwriter/www.gwu.edu/~gwriter/

14. Academic resources: The Tutoring Initiative O Offers 10 free hours of tutoring per year to each student O Group tutoring is FREE! O Classes in accounting, biology, chemistry, economics, English, math, philosophy, physics, etc. are all supported O Some departments & schools also offer tutoring O Partnership with Smarthinking for an additional five free hours of online tutoring O Visit: http://gwired.gwu.edu/tutor for more informationhttp://gwired.gwu.edu/tutor

15. Academic resources: The Language Center O Free, walk-in language tutoring for all languages taught at GW O Language exchange program for all members of GW community O Conversation Club at Mount Vernon Campus O Visit: www.gwu.edu/~language to learn morewww.gwu.edu/~language

16. Academic resources: Gelman & Eckles Libraries O How can you get help? O Walk in O IM (anonymously too!) O Personal research appointments O Gelman is open 24-7! O Where should you study? O Study carrels O Group study rooms O Quiet areas O Conversation areas

17. Other university resources O Disability Support Services: http://gwired.gwu.edu/dss/ http://gwired.gwu.edu/dss/ O Office of Academic Integrity O Resident Advisors O UCC stress management workshops O Exercise Science stress management classes

18. How to help yourself (and others!) O What happens when you get off-track? O Look out for one another O CARE Network O Who submits a CARE form? O Who is in the CARE Network? O What happens next? O Visit: http://students.gwu.edu/carehttp://students.gwu.edu/care

19. Do you have questions? We have answers! O For more information, feel free to contact students@gwu.edu. students@gwu.edu O Good luck for a fantastic and successful year ahead! WELCOME TO GW!